diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/resourcegroups/InternalResourceGroup.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/resourcegroups/InternalResourceGroup.java
index fe11ea4a6a67b..792da9a3241be 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/resourcegroups/InternalResourceGroup.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/execution/resourcegroups/InternalResourceGroup.java
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public class InternalResourceGroup
     @GuardedBy("root")
     private long lastStartMillis;
     private final CounterStat timeBetweenStartsSec = new CounterStat();
+    private final CounterStat startedQueries = new CounterStat();
 
     public InternalResourceGroup(String name, BiConsumer<InternalResourceGroup, Boolean> jmxExportListener, Executor executor)
     {
@@ -513,6 +514,13 @@ public CounterStat getTimeBetweenStartsSec()
         return timeBetweenStartsSec;
     }
 
+    @Managed
+    @Nested
+    public CounterStat getStartedQueries()
+    {
+        return startedQueries;
+    }
+
     @Managed
     @Override
     public int getSchedulingWeight()
@@ -733,6 +741,10 @@ private void startInBackground(ManagedQueryExecution query)
             updateEligibility();
             executor.execute(query::startWaitingForResources);
         }
+        // mark the time when the query was started for this group and all ancestors
+        for (InternalResourceGroup group = this; group != null; group = group.parent.orElse(null)) {
+            group.getStartedQueries().update(1);
+        }
     }
 
     public void updateGroupsAndProcessQueuedQueries()
diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/resourcegroups/TestResourceGroups.java b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/resourcegroups/TestResourceGroups.java
index 18211ca8a463a..6e9f45a263261 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/resourcegroups/TestResourceGroups.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/execution/resourcegroups/TestResourceGroups.java
@@ -1291,6 +1291,48 @@ public void testGetResourceGroupStateInfo()
         assertThat(queryInfo.getResourceGroupId()).isEqualTo(Optional.of(rootB.getId()));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testStartedQueries()
+    {
+        InternalResourceGroup root = new InternalResourceGroup("root", (_, _) -> {}, directExecutor())
+        {
+            @Override
+            public void triggerProcessQueuedQueries()
+            {
+                // No op to allow the test fine-grained control about when to trigger the next query.
+            }
+        };
+        var rootA = root.getOrCreateSubGroup("a");
+        var rootA1 = rootA.getOrCreateSubGroup("1");
+        var rootB = root.getOrCreateSubGroup("b");
+
+        var allGroups = List.of(root, rootB, rootA, rootA1);
+        allGroups.forEach(group -> {
+            group.setHardConcurrencyLimit(2);
+            group.setMaxQueuedQueries(100);
+        });
+
+        var queries = Stream.generate(() -> new MockManagedQueryExecutionBuilder().build()).limit(4).toArray(MockManagedQueryExecution[]::new);
+
+        rootB.run(queries[0]);
+        // no values yet since there is no previous start time to compare against
+        assertThat(allGroups).extracting(group -> group.getStartedQueries().getTotalCount()).containsExactly(1L, 1L, 0L, 0L);
+
+        rootA1.run(queries[1]);
+        assertThat(allGroups).extracting(group -> group.getStartedQueries().getTotalCount()).containsExactly(2L, 1L, 1L, 1L);
+
+        // these should queue
+        rootA1.run(queries[2]);
+        rootA1.run(queries[3]);
+        assertThat(allGroups).extracting(group -> group.getStartedQueries().getTotalCount()).containsExactly(2L, 1L, 1L, 1L);
+
+        // let q3/q4 run by draining q1/q2
+        queries[0].complete();
+        queries[1].complete();
+        root.updateGroupsAndProcessQueuedQueries();
+        assertThat(allGroups).extracting(group -> group.getStartedQueries().getTotalCount()).containsExactly(4L, 1L, 3L, 3L);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGetWaitingQueuedQueries()
     {