diff --git a/src/Controller/Administration/VisitorAnalyticsController.php b/src/Controller/Administration/VisitorAnalyticsController.php
index cb2533c..d151020 100644
--- a/src/Controller/Administration/VisitorAnalyticsController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/Administration/VisitorAnalyticsController.php
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class VisitorAnalyticsController extends AbstractController
             ];
         }
 
+        // Article publish statistics
+        $articlePublishStats = $visitRepository->getArticlePublishStats();
+
         return $this->render('admin/analytics.html.twig', [
             'routeVisitCountsLast7Days' => $routeVisitCountsLast7Days,
             'visitsLast24Hours' => $visitsLast24Hours,
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ class VisitorAnalyticsController extends AbstractController
             'recentVisitRecords' => $recentVisitRecords,
             'dailyUniqueVisitorCountsLast7Days' => $dailyUniqueVisitorCountsLast7Days,
             'topArticlesLast24Hours' => $topArticlesLast24Hours,
+            'articlePublishStats' => $articlePublishStats,
         ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/EventListener/VisitTrackingListener.php b/src/EventListener/VisitTrackingListener.php
index 6fbf77d..6611479 100644
--- a/src/EventListener/VisitTrackingListener.php
+++ b/src/EventListener/VisitTrackingListener.php
@@ -40,10 +40,15 @@ class VisitTrackingListener
         $request = $event->getRequest();
         $route = $request->getPathInfo();
 
+        // Exception: Always track article publish API calls
+        $isArticlePublish = str_starts_with($route, '/api/article/publish');
+
         // Skip tracking for excluded routes (API, profiler, assets, etc.)
-        foreach (self::EXCLUDED_ROUTES as $excludedRoute) {
-            if (str_starts_with($route, $excludedRoute)) {
-                return;
+        if (!$isArticlePublish) {
+            foreach (self::EXCLUDED_ROUTES as $excludedRoute) {
+                if (str_starts_with($route, $excludedRoute)) {
+                    return;
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Repository/VisitRepository.php b/src/Repository/VisitRepository.php
index 21c8201..0409a02 100644
--- a/src/Repository/VisitRepository.php
+++ b/src/Repository/VisitRepository.php
@@ -223,4 +223,40 @@ class VisitRepository extends ServiceEntityRepository
             ->setMaxResults($limit);
         return $qb->getQuery()->getResult();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of times the article publish API was called since a given datetime.
+     */
+    public function countArticlePublishSince(\DateTimeImmutable $since): int
+    {
+        $qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('v')
+            ->select('COUNT(v.id)')
+            ->where('v.route = :route')
+            ->andWhere('v.visitedAt >= :since')
+            ->setParameter('route', '/api/article/publish')
+            ->setParameter('since', $since, \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types::DATETIME_IMMUTABLE);
+
+        return (int) $qb->getQuery()->getSingleScalarResult();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns article publish statistics for different time periods.
+     */
+    public function getArticlePublishStats(): array
+    {
+        $qb = $this->createQueryBuilder('v')
+            ->select('COUNT(v.id)')
+            ->where('v.route = :route')
+            ->setParameter('route', '/api/article/publish');
+
+        $allTime = (int) $qb->getQuery()->getSingleScalarResult();
+
+        return [
+            'last_hour' => $this->countArticlePublishSince(new \DateTimeImmutable('-1 hour')),
+            'last_24_hours' => $this->countArticlePublishSince(new \DateTimeImmutable('-24 hours')),
+            'last_7_days' => $this->countArticlePublishSince(new \DateTimeImmutable('-7 days')),
+            'last_30_days' => $this->countArticlePublishSince(new \DateTimeImmutable('-30 days')),
+            'all_time' => $allTime,
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/templates/admin/analytics.html.twig b/templates/admin/analytics.html.twig
index 723acd1..c92e33d 100644
--- a/templates/admin/analytics.html.twig
+++ b/templates/admin/analytics.html.twig
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
     <div class="analytics-container">
         <h1>Page Visit Analytics</h1>
 
+        <div class="analytics-summary-row">
+            <div class="analytics-card">
+                <h2>Article Publish Activity</h2>
+                <ul class="analytics-stats">
+                    <li><strong>Last hour:</strong> {{ articlePublishStats.last_hour|number_format }}</li>
+                    <li><strong>Last 24 hours:</strong> {{ articlePublishStats.last_24_hours|number_format  }}</li>
+                    <li><strong>Last 7 days:</strong> {{ articlePublishStats.last_7_days|number_format  }}</li>
+                    <li><strong>Last 30 days:</strong> {{ articlePublishStats.last_30_days|number_format  }}</li>
+                    <li><strong>All time:</strong> {{ articlePublishStats.all_time|number_format  }}</li>
+                </ul>
+                <p class="analytics-note">Number of times articles were published via the API endpoint</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
         <div class="analytics-summary-row">
             <div class="analytics-card">
                 <h2>Total Visits</h2>