diff --git a/explorer/Explorer.tsx b/explorer/Explorer.tsx
index d9106ebad4..952d9f3ef2 100644
--- a/explorer/Explorer.tsx
+++ b/explorer/Explorer.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
     SlideShowController,
     SlideShowManager,
     DEFAULT_GRAPHER_ENTITY_TYPE,
+    GrapherAnalytics,
 } from "@ourworldindata/grapher"
 import {
     Bounds,
@@ -188,6 +189,8 @@ export class Explorer
         EntityPickerManager,
         GrapherManager
 {
+    analytics = new GrapherAnalytics()
+
     // caution: do a ctrl+f to find untyped usages
     static renderSingleExplorerOnExplorerPage(
         program: ExplorerProps,
@@ -271,6 +274,24 @@ export class Explorer
         return new Map(arr.map((config) => [config.id!, config]))
     }
 
+    private setUpIntersectionObserver(): void {
+        if (typeof window !== "undefined" && "IntersectionObserver" in window) {
+            const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
+                entries.forEach((entry) => {
+                    if (entry.isIntersecting) {
+                        this.analytics.logExplorerView(
+                            this.explorerProgram.slug,
+                            this.explorerProgram.decisionMatrix.currentParams
+                        )
+                        observer.disconnect()
+                    }
+                })
+            })
+            observer.observe(this.grapherContainerRef.current!)
+            this.disposers.push(() => observer.disconnect())
+        }
+    }
+
     disposers: (() => void)[] = []
     componentDidMount() {
         this.setGrapher(this.grapherRef!.current!)
@@ -290,6 +311,7 @@ export class Explorer
         this.grapher?.populateFromQueryParams(url.queryParams)
 
         exposeInstanceOnWindow(this, "explorer")
+        this.setUpIntersectionObserver()
         this.attachEventListeners()
         this.updateEntityPickerTable() // call for the first time to initialize EntityPicker
     }
@@ -414,6 +436,11 @@ export class Explorer
             : tabsWithoutTable[0] ?? GrapherTabOption.table
 
         this.grapher.populateFromQueryParams(newGrapherParams)
+
+        this.analytics.logExplorerView(
+            this.explorerProgram.slug,
+            this.explorerProgram.decisionMatrix.currentParams
+        )
     }
 
     @action.bound private setGrapherTable(table: OwidTable) {
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/GrapherAnalytics.ts b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/GrapherAnalytics.ts
index bbaf5234f4..8e84b2508b 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/GrapherAnalytics.ts
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/core/GrapherAnalytics.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export enum EventCategory {
     GrapherView = "owid.grapher_view",
     GrapherClick = "owid.grapher_click",
     GrapherError = "owid.grapher_error",
+    ExplorerView = "owid.explorer_view",
     ExplorerCountrySelector = "owid.explorer_country_selector",
     Hover = "owid.hover",
     KeyboardShortcut = "owid.keyboard_shortcut",
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ interface GAEvent {
     eventTarget?: string
     grapherPath?: string
     grapherView?: string // specifies a view in a multi-dim data page
+    explorerPath?: string
+    explorerView?: string
 }
 
 // taken from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/blob/de66435d18fbdb2684947d16b5cd3a77f876324c/types/gtag.js/index.d.ts#L151-L156
@@ -97,6 +100,14 @@ export class GrapherAnalytics {
         })
     }
 
+    logExplorerView(slug: string, view: Record<string, string>): void {
+        this.logToGA({
+            event: EventCategory.ExplorerView,
+            explorerPath: `/explorers/${slug}`,
+            explorerView: JSON.stringify(view),
+        })
+    }
+
     logGlobalEntitySelector(action: entityControlEvent, note?: string): void {
         this.logToGA({
             event: EventCategory.GlobalEntitySelectorUsage,
@@ -194,6 +205,7 @@ export class GrapherAnalytics {
     }
 
     protected logToGA(event: GAEvent): void {
+        console.log("Analytics.logToGA", event)
         if (DEBUG && this.isDev) {
             // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
             console.log("Analytics.logToGA", event)