diff --git a/cmd/admin.go b/cmd/admin.go
index 36cac50a47fb..fcf331751c3c 100644
--- a/cmd/admin.go
+++ b/cmd/admin.go
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ func runCreateUser(c *cli.Context) error {
 
 	// If this is the first user being created.
 	// Take it as the admin and don't force a password update.
-	if n := user_model.CountUsers(); n == 0 {
+	if n := user_model.CountUsers(nil); n == 0 {
 		changePassword = false
 	}
 
diff --git a/custom/conf/app.example.ini b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
index cbfde9c8d8cc..0d0d8097552d 100644
--- a/custom/conf/app.example.ini
+++ b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
@@ -2240,6 +2240,9 @@ PATH =
 ;;
 ;; Enable/Disable federation capabilities
 ; ENABLED = true
+;;
+;; Enable/Disable user statistics for nodeinfo if federation is enabled
+; SHARE_USER_STATISTICS = true
 
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
diff --git a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
index 84703aa56345..5400f3208ea9 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
@@ -1085,6 +1085,7 @@ Task queue configuration has been moved to `queue.task`. However, the below conf
 ## Federation (`federation`)
 
 - `ENABLED`: **true**: Enable/Disable federation capabilities
+- `SHARE_USER_STATISTICS`: **true**: Enable/Disable user statistics for nodeinfo if federation is enabled
 
 ## Packages (`packages`)
 
diff --git a/integrations/api_nodeinfo_test.go b/integrations/api_nodeinfo_test.go
index 1d25dc026928..822dbf3f0e95 100644
--- a/integrations/api_nodeinfo_test.go
+++ b/integrations/api_nodeinfo_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ func TestNodeinfo(t *testing.T) {
 		resp := MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
 		var nodeinfo api.NodeInfo
 		DecodeJSON(t, resp, &nodeinfo)
+		assert.True(t, nodeinfo.OpenRegistrations)
 		assert.Equal(t, "gitea", nodeinfo.Software.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, 23, nodeinfo.Usage.Users.Total)
+		assert.Equal(t, 15, nodeinfo.Usage.LocalPosts)
+		assert.Equal(t, 2, nodeinfo.Usage.LocalComments)
 	})
 }
diff --git a/models/issue_test.go b/models/issue_test.go
index 19e1295264f9..5382c04f43a0 100644
--- a/models/issue_test.go
+++ b/models/issue_test.go
@@ -590,3 +590,10 @@ func TestLoadTotalTrackedTime(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(3682), milestone.TotalTrackedTime)
 }
+
+func TestCountIssues(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
+	count, err := CountIssues(&IssuesOptions{})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, 15, count)
+}
diff --git a/models/statistic.go b/models/statistic.go
index 87c1bd6d754e..d858102be8e3 100644
--- a/models/statistic.go
+++ b/models/statistic.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type IssueByRepositoryCount struct {
 // GetStatistic returns the database statistics
 func GetStatistic() (stats Statistic) {
 	e := db.GetEngine(db.DefaultContext)
-	stats.Counter.User = user_model.CountUsers()
+	stats.Counter.User = user_model.CountUsers(nil)
 	stats.Counter.Org = organization.CountOrganizations()
 	stats.Counter.PublicKey, _ = e.Count(new(asymkey_model.PublicKey))
 	stats.Counter.Repo = repo_model.CountRepositories(true)
diff --git a/models/user/user.go b/models/user/user.go
index 5b556c988414..6aa63a0a567d 100644
--- a/models/user/user.go
+++ b/models/user/user.go
@@ -744,16 +744,25 @@ func CreateUser(u *User, overwriteDefault ...*CreateUserOverwriteOptions) (err e
 	return committer.Commit()
 }
 
-func countUsers(e db.Engine) int64 {
-	count, _ := e.
-		Where("type=0").
-		Count(new(User))
-	return count
+// CountUserFilter represent optional filters for CountUsers
+type CountUserFilter struct {
+	LastLoginSince *int64
 }
 
 // CountUsers returns number of users.
-func CountUsers() int64 {
-	return countUsers(db.GetEngine(db.DefaultContext))
+func CountUsers(opts *CountUserFilter) int64 {
+	return countUsers(db.DefaultContext, opts)
+}
+
+func countUsers(ctx context.Context, opts *CountUserFilter) int64 {
+	sess := db.GetEngine(ctx).Where(builder.Eq{"type": "0"})
+
+	if opts != nil && opts.LastLoginSince != nil {
+		sess = sess.Where(builder.Gte{"last_login_unix": *opts.LastLoginSince})
+	}
+
+	count, _ := sess.Count(new(User))
+	return count
 }
 
 // GetVerifyUser get user by verify code
diff --git a/modules/context/api.go b/modules/context/api.go
index 7d281b998a7d..20a3e05177cc 100644
--- a/modules/context/api.go
+++ b/modules/context/api.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/auth"
 	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ func APIContexter() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 					Resp:   NewResponse(w),
 					Data:   map[string]interface{}{},
 					Locale: locale,
+					Cache:  cache.GetCache(),
 					Repo: &Repository{
 						PullRequest: &PullRequest{},
 					},
diff --git a/modules/setting/federation.go b/modules/setting/federation.go
index c3000607894e..fd39e5c7c2af 100644
--- a/modules/setting/federation.go
+++ b/modules/setting/federation.go
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ import "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 // Federation settings
 var (
 	Federation = struct {
-		Enabled bool
+		Enabled             bool
+		ShareUserStatistics bool
 	}{
-		Enabled: true,
+		Enabled:             true,
+		ShareUserStatistics: true,
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/misc/nodeinfo.go b/routers/api/v1/misc/nodeinfo.go
index bc36fa1be128..ce1f9ec0f76e 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/misc/nodeinfo.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/misc/nodeinfo.go
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ package misc
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
+	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs"
 )
 
+const cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage = "API_NodeInfoUsage"
+
 // NodeInfo returns the NodeInfo for the Gitea instance to allow for federation
 func NodeInfo(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	// swagger:operation GET /nodeinfo miscellaneous getNodeInfo
@@ -23,6 +28,37 @@ func NodeInfo(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 	//   "200":
 	//     "$ref": "#/responses/NodeInfo"
 
+	nodeInfoUsage := structs.NodeInfoUsage{}
+	if setting.Federation.ShareUserStatistics {
+		info, ok := ctx.Cache.Get(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage).(structs.NodeInfoUsage)
+		if !ok {
+			usersTotal := int(user_model.CountUsers(nil))
+			now := time.Now()
+			timeOneMonthAgo := now.AddDate(0, -1, 0).Unix()
+			timeHaveYearAgo := now.AddDate(0, -6, 0).Unix()
+			usersActiveMonth := int(user_model.CountUsers(&user_model.CountUserFilter{LastLoginSince: &timeOneMonthAgo}))
+			usersActiveHalfyear := int(user_model.CountUsers(&user_model.CountUserFilter{LastLoginSince: &timeHaveYearAgo}))
+
+			allIssues, _ := models.CountIssues(&models.IssuesOptions{})
+			allComments, _ := models.CountComments(&models.FindCommentsOptions{})
+
+			info = structs.NodeInfoUsage{
+				Users: structs.NodeInfoUsageUsers{
+					Total:          usersTotal,
+					ActiveMonth:    usersActiveMonth,
+					ActiveHalfyear: usersActiveHalfyear,
+				},
+				LocalPosts:    int(allIssues),
+				LocalComments: int(allComments),
+			}
+			if err := ctx.Cache.Put(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage, nodeInfoUsage, 180); err != nil {
+				ctx.InternalServerError(err)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+		nodeInfoUsage = info
+	}
+
 	nodeInfo := &structs.NodeInfo{
 		Version: "2.1",
 		Software: structs.NodeInfoSoftware{
@@ -34,12 +70,10 @@ func NodeInfo(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 		Protocols: []string{"activitypub"},
 		Services: structs.NodeInfoServices{
 			Inbound:  []string{},
-			Outbound: []string{},
+			Outbound: []string{"rss2.0"},
 		},
 		OpenRegistrations: setting.Service.ShowRegistrationButton,
-		Usage: structs.NodeInfoUsage{
-			Users: structs.NodeInfoUsageUsers{},
-		},
+		Usage:             nodeInfoUsage,
 	}
 	ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, nodeInfo)
 }
diff --git a/routers/web/auth/auth.go b/routers/web/auth/auth.go
index e8250616abdf..be936d2230f5 100644
--- a/routers/web/auth/auth.go
+++ b/routers/web/auth/auth.go
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ func createUserInContext(ctx *context.Context, tpl base.TplName, form interface{
 // sends a confirmation email if required.
 func handleUserCreated(ctx *context.Context, u *user_model.User, gothUser *goth.User) (ok bool) {
 	// Auto-set admin for the only user.
-	if user_model.CountUsers() == 1 {
+	if user_model.CountUsers(nil) == 1 {
 		u.IsAdmin = true
 		u.IsActive = true
 		u.SetLastLogin()