diff --git a/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/usagestats.go b/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/usagestats.go
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+++ b/pkg/services/login/authinfoservice/database/usagestats.go
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+package database
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore/db"
+)
+
+type loginStats struct {
+	DuplicateUserEntries int `xorm:"duplicate_user_entries"`
+}
+
+func (s *AuthInfoStore) GetLoginStats(ctx context.Context) (loginStats, error) {
+	var stats loginStats
+	outerErr := s.sqlStore.WithDbSession(ctx, func(dbSession *sqlstore.DBSession) error {
+		rawSQL := `SELECT COUNT(*) as duplicate_user_entries FROM (` + s.DuplicateUserEntriesSQL(ctx) + `)`
+		_, err := dbSession.SQL(rawSQL).Get(&stats)
+		return err
+	})
+	if outerErr != nil {
+		return stats, outerErr
+	}
+	return stats, nil
+}
+
+func (s *AuthInfoStore) CollectLoginStats(ctx context.Context) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	m := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	loginStats, err := s.GetLoginStats(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.Error("Failed to get login stats", "error", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	m["stats.users.duplicate_user_entries"] = loginStats.DuplicateUserEntries
+	if loginStats.DuplicateUserEntries > 0 {
+		m["stats.users.has_duplicate_user_entries"] = 1
+	} else {
+		m["stats.users.has_duplicate_user_entries"] = 0
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func (s *AuthInfoStore) DuplicateUserEntriesSQL(ctx context.Context) string {
+	userDialect := db.DB.GetDialect(s.sqlStore).Quote("user")
+	// this query counts how many users have the same login or email.
+	// which might be confusing, but gives a good indication
+	// we want this query to not require too much cpu
+	sqlQuery := `SELECT
+		(SELECT login from ` + userDialect + ` WHERE (LOWER(login) = LOWER(u.login)) AND (login != u.login)) AS dup_login,
+		(SELECT email from ` + userDialect + ` WHERE (LOWER(email) = LOWER(u.email)) AND (email != u.email)) AS dup_email
+	FROM ` + userDialect + ` AS u
+	WHERE (dup_login IS NOT NULL OR dup_email IS NOT NULL)
+	`
+	return sqlQuery
+}