diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f3b925076a..d6a4c77ced 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#4799](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4799)) and ([#4867](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4867)).
 - Implement span start/end metrics
   ([#4880](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4880))
+- Implement log creation metric
+  ([#4935](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4935))
 - Add environment variable carriers to API
   ([#4609](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/pull/4609))
 - Add experimental composable rule based sampler
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
index d775dd4455..4bb9667800 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/__init__.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.attributes import _VALID_ANY_VALUE_TYPES, BoundedAttributes
 from opentelemetry.context import get_current
 from opentelemetry.context.context import Context
+from opentelemetry.metrics import MeterProvider, get_meter_provider
 from opentelemetry.sdk.environment_variables import (
     OTEL_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT,
     OTEL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE_LENGTH_LIMIT,
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@
 )
 from opentelemetry.util.types import AnyValue, _ExtendedAttributes
 
+from ._logger_metrics import LoggerMetrics
+
 _DEFAULT_OTEL_ATTRIBUTE_COUNT_LIMIT = 128
 _ENV_VALUE_UNSET = ""
 
@@ -600,6 +603,8 @@ def __init__(
             ConcurrentMultiLogRecordProcessor,
         ],
         instrumentation_scope: InstrumentationScope,
+        *,
+        logger_metrics: LoggerMetrics,
     ):
         super().__init__(
             instrumentation_scope.name,
@@ -610,6 +615,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._resource = resource
         self._multi_log_record_processor = multi_log_record_processor
         self._instrumentation_scope = instrumentation_scope
+        self._logger_metrics = logger_metrics
 
     @property
     def resource(self):
@@ -662,6 +668,7 @@ def emit(
                 instrumentation_scope=self._instrumentation_scope,
             )
 
+        self._logger_metrics.emit_log()
         self._multi_log_record_processor.on_emit(writable_record)
 
 
@@ -673,6 +680,8 @@ def __init__(
         multi_log_record_processor: SynchronousMultiLogRecordProcessor
         | ConcurrentMultiLogRecordProcessor
         | None = None,
+        *,
+        meter_provider: MeterProvider | None = None,
     ):
         if resource is None:
             self._resource = Resource.create({})
@@ -681,6 +690,9 @@ def __init__(
         self._multi_log_record_processor = (
             multi_log_record_processor or SynchronousMultiLogRecordProcessor()
         )
+        self._logger_metrics = LoggerMetrics(
+            meter_provider or get_meter_provider()
+        )
         disabled = environ.get(OTEL_SDK_DISABLED, "")
         self._disabled = disabled.lower().strip() == "true"
         self._at_exit_handler = None
@@ -709,6 +721,7 @@ def _get_logger_no_cache(
                 schema_url,
                 attributes,
             ),
+            logger_metrics=self._logger_metrics,
         )
 
     def _get_logger_cached(
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/_logger_metrics.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/_logger_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92a4c76a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/_logger_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from opentelemetry import metrics as metrics_api
+from opentelemetry.semconv._incubating.metrics.otel_metrics import (
+    create_otel_sdk_log_created,
+)
+
+
+class LoggerMetrics:
+    def __init__(self, meter_provider: metrics_api.MeterProvider) -> None:
+        meter = meter_provider.get_meter("opentelemetry-sdk")
+        self._created_logs = create_otel_sdk_log_created(meter)
+
+    def emit_log(self) -> None:
+        self._created_logs.add(1)
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py
index f12b9dd8a2..ddae0de7dd 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/_logs/_internal/export/__init__.py
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ class ConsoleLogRecordExporter(LogRecordExporter):
     def __init__(
         self,
         out: IO = sys.stdout,
-        formatter: Callable[
-            [ReadableLogRecord], str
-        ] = lambda record: record.to_json() + linesep,
+        formatter: Callable[[ReadableLogRecord], str] = lambda record: (
+            record.to_json() + linesep
+        ),
     ):
         self.out = out
         self.formatter = formatter
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
index cdbad3e343..b3ff93ea35 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/_internal/export/__init__.py
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ class ConsoleMetricExporter(MetricExporter):
     def __init__(
         self,
         out: IO = stdout,
-        formatter: Callable[
-            [MetricsData], str
-        ] = lambda metrics_data: metrics_data.to_json() + linesep,
+        formatter: Callable[[MetricsData], str] = lambda metrics_data: (
+            metrics_data.to_json() + linesep
+        ),
         preferred_temporality: dict[type, AggregationTemporality]
         | None = None,
         preferred_aggregation: dict[
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
index a9108b7337..d853dfd6c4 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/__init__.py
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         service_name: str | None = None,
         out: typing.IO = sys.stdout,
-        formatter: typing.Callable[
-            [ReadableSpan], str
-        ] = lambda span: span.to_json() + linesep,
+        formatter: typing.Callable[[ReadableSpan], str] = lambda span: (
+            span.to_json() + linesep
+        ),
     ):
         self.out = out
         self.formatter = formatter
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py
index 70811260ae..6a9c95685c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_logs.py
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
 
 from opentelemetry._logs import LogRecord, SeverityNumber
 from opentelemetry.context import get_current
+from opentelemetry.metrics import NoOpMeterProvider
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import (
     Logger,
     LoggerProvider,
     ReadableLogRecord,
 )
 from opentelemetry.sdk._logs._internal import (
+    LoggerMetrics,
     NoOpLogger,
     SynchronousMultiLogRecordProcessor,
 )
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ def _get_logger():
                 "schema_url",
                 {"an": "attribute"},
             ),
+            logger_metrics=LoggerMetrics(NoOpMeterProvider()),
         )
         return logger, log_record_processor_mock
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_sdk_metrics.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_sdk_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a0e18c4fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/logs/test_sdk_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LoggerProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import InMemoryMetricReader
+
+
+class TestLoggerProviderMetrics(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.metric_reader = InMemoryMetricReader()
+        self.meter_provider = MeterProvider(
+            metric_readers=[self.metric_reader]
+        )
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.meter_provider.shutdown()
+
+    def assert_created_logs(self, metric_data, value, attrs):
+        metrics = metric_data.resource_metrics[0].scope_metrics[0].metrics
+        created_logs_metric = next(
+            (m for m in metrics if m.name == "otel.sdk.log.created"), None
+        )
+        self.assertIsNotNone(created_logs_metric)
+        self.assertEqual(created_logs_metric.data.data_points[0].value, value)
+        self.assertDictEqual(
+            created_logs_metric.data.data_points[0].attributes, attrs
+        )
+
+    def test_create_logs(self):
+        logger_provider = LoggerProvider(meter_provider=self.meter_provider)
+        logger = logger_provider.get_logger("test")
+        logger.emit(body="log1")
+        metric_data = self.metric_reader.get_metrics_data()
+        self.assert_created_logs(
+            metric_data,
+            1,
+            {},
+        )
+        logger.emit(body="log2")
+        metric_data = self.metric_reader.get_metrics_data()
+        self.assert_created_logs(
+            metric_data,
+            2,
+            {},
+        )