diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Events.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Events.kt
index 09c0d6f7c..8a25a536d 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Events.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/model/Events.kt
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ data class PerfStatsEvent(
     val queuingMS: Long,
     val deferredComputationMS: Long,
     val serializationMS: Long,
-    val socketMS: Long
+    val socketMS: Long,
+    val payloadSize: Int,
 ) {
   companion object {
     const val name = "performanceStats"
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/observers/TreeObserverManager.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/observers/TreeObserverManager.kt
index 0cd45e99f..35d6c453b 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/observers/TreeObserverManager.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/facebook/flipper/plugins/uidebugger/observers/TreeObserverManager.kt
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ class TreeObserverManager(val context: UIDContext) {
     val socketEndTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis()
     Log.i(LogTag, "Sent event for batched subtree update  with  nodes with ${nodes.size}")
 
+    // Note about payload size:
+    // Payload size is an approximation as it assumes all characters
+    // are ASCII encodable, this should be true for most of the payload content.
+    // So, assume each character will at most occupy one byte.
     val perfStats =
         PerfStatsEvent(
             txId = batchedUpdate.frameTimeMs,
@@ -154,7 +158,8 @@ class TreeObserverManager(val context: UIDContext) {
                 workerThreadStartTimestamp - batchedUpdate.updates.minOf { it.queuedTimestamp },
             deferredComputationMS = (deferredComputationEndTimestamp - workerThreadStartTimestamp),
             serializationMS = (serialisationEndTimestamp - deferredComputationEndTimestamp),
-            socketMS = (socketEndTimestamp - serialisationEndTimestamp))
+            socketMS = (socketEndTimestamp - serialisationEndTimestamp),
+            payloadSize = serialized.length)
 
     context.connectionRef.connection?.send(
         PerfStatsEvent.name, Json.encodeToString(PerfStatsEvent.serializer(), perfStats))