diff --git a/java/ql/src/Telemetry/APIUsage.qll b/java/ql/src/Telemetry/APIUsage.qll
index cde33411b63..816a18a0852 100644
--- a/java/ql/src/Telemetry/APIUsage.qll
+++ b/java/ql/src/Telemetry/APIUsage.qll
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import java
 private import semmle.code.java.dataflow.FlowSteps
 private import semmle.code.java.dataflow.ExternalFlow
 
-private string jarName(CompilationUnit cu) {
+string jarName(CompilationUnit cu) {
   result = cu.getParentContainer().toString().regexpCapture(".*/(.*\\.jar)/?.*", 1)
 }
 
diff --git a/java/ql/src/Telemetry/ExternalAPI.qll b/java/ql/src/Telemetry/ExternalAPI.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..db83ea6f8e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/src/Telemetry/ExternalAPI.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import java
+import APIUsage
+private import experimental.semmle.code.java.Logging
+
+class ExternalAPI extends Callable {
+  ExternalAPI() {
+    not this.fromSource() and
+    not this.getDeclaringType().getPackage().getName().matches("java.%") and
+    not isJavaRuntime(this)
+  }
+
+  string jarName() { result = jarName(this.getCompilationUnit()) }
+
+  string simpleName() {
+    result = getDeclaringType().getSourceDeclaration() + "#" + this.getStringSignature()
+  }
+}
+
+// TODO [bm]: Shall we move this into LoggingCall or a LoggingSetup predicate?
+predicate loggingRelated(Call call) {
+  call instanceof LoggingCall or
+  call.getCallee().getName() = "getLogger" or // getLogger is not a LoggingCall
+  call.getCallee().getName() = "isDebugEnabled" // org.slf4j.Logger#isDebugEnabled is not a LoggingCall
+}
+
+class TestLibrary extends RefType {
+  TestLibrary() {
+    getPackage()
+        .getName()
+        .matches([
+            "org.junit%", "junit.%", "org.mockito%", "org.assertj%",
+            "com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock%", "org.hamcrest%", "org.springframework.test.%",
+            "org.springframework.mock.%", "org.springframework.boot.test.%", "reactor.test%",
+            "org.xmlunit%", "org.testcontainers.%", "org.opentest4j%", "org.mockserver%",
+            "org.powermock%", "org.skyscreamer.jsonassert%", "org.rnorth.visibleassertions",
+            "org.openqa.selenium%", "com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit%",
+            "org.jboss.arquillian.testng%", "org.testng%"
+          ])
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/ql/src/Telemetry/ExternalLibraryUsage.ql b/java/ql/src/Telemetry/ExternalLibraryUsage.ql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b47091462a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/src/Telemetry/ExternalLibraryUsage.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * @name External libraries
+ * @description A list of external libraries used in the code
+ * @id java/telemetry/external-libs
+ */
+
+import java
+import ExternalAPI
+
+from ExternalAPI api
+where not api.getDeclaringType() instanceof TestLibrary
+// TODO [bm]: the count is not aggregated and we have the same jar with multiple usages, e.g.
+// 1	protobuf-java-3.17.3.jar	373
+// 2	protobuf-java-3.17.3.jar	48
+select api.jarName() as jarname, count(Call c | c.getCallee() = api) as Usages
+order by Usages desc
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