diff --git a/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
index c22a728a5..e10861e06 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ var (
 	)
 	objectCounts = compbasemetrics.NewGaugeVec(
 		&compbasemetrics.GaugeOpts{
-			Name:           "apiserver_storage_objects",
-			Help:           "Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.",
-			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.STABLE,
+			Name:              "apiserver_storage_objects",
+			Help:              "Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.",
+			StabilityLevel:    compbasemetrics.STABLE,
+			DeprecatedVersion: "1.34.0",
 		},
 		[]string{"resource"},
 	)
@@ -86,6 +87,14 @@ var (
 		},
 		[]string{"group", "resource"},
 	)
+	newObjectCounts = compbasemetrics.NewGaugeVec(
+		&compbasemetrics.GaugeOpts{
+			Name:           "apiserver_resource_objects",
+			Help:           "Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.",
+			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.ALPHA,
+		},
+		[]string{"group", "resource"},
+	)
 	dbTotalSize = compbasemetrics.NewGaugeVec(
 		&compbasemetrics.GaugeOpts{
 			Subsystem:         "apiserver",
@@ -178,6 +187,7 @@ func Register() {
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(etcdRequestErrorCounts)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(objectCounts)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(resourceSizeEstimate)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(newObjectCounts)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(dbTotalSize)
 		legacyregistry.CustomMustRegister(storageMonitor)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(etcdEventsReceivedCounts)
@@ -195,12 +205,14 @@ func Register() {
 func UpdateStoreStats(groupResource schema.GroupResource, stats storage.Stats, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		objectCounts.WithLabelValues(groupResource.String()).Set(-1)
+		newObjectCounts.WithLabelValues(groupResource.Group, groupResource.Resource).Set(-1)
 		if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.SizeBasedListCostEstimate) {
 			resourceSizeEstimate.WithLabelValues(groupResource.Group, groupResource.Resource).Set(-1)
 		}
 		return
 	}
 	objectCounts.WithLabelValues(groupResource.String()).Set(float64(stats.ObjectCount))
+	newObjectCounts.WithLabelValues(groupResource.Group, groupResource.Resource).Set(float64(stats.ObjectCount))
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.SizeBasedListCostEstimate) {
 		if stats.ObjectCount > 0 && stats.EstimatedAverageObjectSizeBytes == 0 {
 			resourceSizeEstimate.WithLabelValues(groupResource.Group, groupResource.Resource).Set(-1)
@@ -213,6 +225,7 @@ func UpdateStoreStats(groupResource schema.GroupResource, stats storage.Stats, e
 // DeleteStoreStats delete the stats metrics.
 func DeleteStoreStats(groupResource schema.GroupResource) {
 	objectCounts.DeleteLabelValues(groupResource.String())
+	newObjectCounts.DeleteLabelValues(groupResource.Group, groupResource.Resource)
 	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.SizeBasedListCostEstimate) {
 		resourceSizeEstimate.DeleteLabelValues(groupResource.Group, groupResource.Resource)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go b/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go
index 16741b1e2..efe732230 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ func TestStorageSizeCollector(t *testing.T) {
 func TestUpdateStoreStats(t *testing.T) {
 	registry := metrics.NewKubeRegistry()
 	registry.Register(objectCounts)
+	registry.MustRegister(newObjectCounts)
 	registry.MustRegister(resourceSizeEstimate)
 
 	testCases := []struct {
@@ -243,7 +244,10 @@ func TestUpdateStoreStats(t *testing.T) {
 			desc:     "successful object count",
 			resource: schema.GroupResource{Group: "foo", Resource: "bar"},
 			stats:    storage.Stats{ObjectCount: 10},
-			want: `# HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+			want: `# HELP apiserver_resource_objects [ALPHA] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# TYPE apiserver_resource_objects gauge
+apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo",resource="bar"} 10
+# HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo",resource="bar"} -1
 # HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
@@ -255,7 +259,10 @@ apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar.foo"} 10
 			desc:     "successful object count and size",
 			resource: schema.GroupResource{Group: "foo", Resource: "bar"},
 			stats:    storage.Stats{ObjectCount: 10, EstimatedAverageObjectSizeBytes: 10},
-			want: `# HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+			want: `# HELP apiserver_resource_objects [ALPHA] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# TYPE apiserver_resource_objects gauge
+apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo",resource="bar"} 10
+# HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo",resource="bar"} 100
 # HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
@@ -267,7 +274,10 @@ apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar.foo"} 10
 			desc:     "empty object count",
 			resource: schema.GroupResource{Group: "foo", Resource: "bar"},
 			stats:    storage.Stats{ObjectCount: 0, EstimatedAverageObjectSizeBytes: 0},
-			want: `# HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+			want: `# HELP apiserver_resource_objects [ALPHA] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# TYPE apiserver_resource_objects gauge
+apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo",resource="bar"} 0
+# HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo",resource="bar"} 0
 # HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
@@ -279,7 +289,10 @@ apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar.foo"} 0
 			desc:     "failed fetch",
 			resource: schema.GroupResource{Group: "foo", Resource: "bar"},
 			err:      errors.New("dummy"),
-			want: `# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+			want: `# HELP apiserver_resource_objects [ALPHA] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# TYPE apiserver_resource_objects gauge
+apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo",resource="bar"} -1
+# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar.foo"} -1
 # HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
@@ -293,7 +306,7 @@ apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo",resource="bar"} -1
 		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
 			defer registry.Reset()
 			UpdateStoreStats(test.resource, test.stats, test.err)
-			if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(test.want), "apiserver_storage_objects", "apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes"); err != nil {
+			if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(test.want), "apiserver_storage_objects", "apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes", "apiserver_resource_objects"); err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 		})