diff --git a/internal/controller/metrics.go b/internal/controller/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3da0e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/controller/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package controller
+
+import (
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics"
+)
+
+var (
+	notifications = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "notification_controller_notifications_total",
+			Help: "Number of total notification actions",
+		},
+	)
+	notificationsFailures = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Name: "notification_controller_notifications_failures_total",
+			Help: "Number of failed notifications",
+		},
+	)
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// Register custom metrics with the global prometheus registry
+	metrics.Registry.MustRegister(notifications, notificationsFailures)
+}
diff --git a/internal/controller/notificationservice_controller.go b/internal/controller/notificationservice_controller.go
index a724a26..c576b29 100644
--- a/internal/controller/notificationservice_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/notificationservice_controller.go
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@ func (r *NotificationServiceReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			}
 			err = r.Notifier.Notify(ctx, string(results))
+			notifications.Inc()
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.Error(err, "Failed to Notify")
+				notificationsFailures.Inc()
 				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			}
 			logger.Info("SNS Notified", "pipelinerun", pipelineRun.Name, "namespace", pipelineRun.Namespace)