diff --git a/api/metrics.go b/api/metrics.go
index a6655fa..e23f86b 100644
--- a/api/metrics.go
+++ b/api/metrics.go
@@ -1,32 +1,30 @@
 package api
 
 import (
+	"github.com/voc/srtrelay/config"
 	"github.com/voc/srtrelay/srt"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
-const (
-	namespace    = "srtrelay"
-	srtSubsystem = "srt"
-)
+const srtSubsystem = "srt"
 
 var (
 	activeSocketsDesc = prometheus.NewDesc(
-		prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, srtSubsystem, "active_sockets"),
+		prometheus.BuildFQName(config.MetricsNamespace, srtSubsystem, "active_sockets"),
 		"The number of active SRT sockets",
 		nil, nil,
 	)
 
 	// Metrics from: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/haivision/srtgo#SrtStats
 	pktSentTotalDesc = prometheus.NewDesc(
-		prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, srtSubsystem, "packets_sent_total"),
+		prometheus.BuildFQName(config.MetricsNamespace, srtSubsystem, "packets_sent_total"),
 		"total number of sent data packets, including retransmissions",
 		[]string{"address", "stream_id"}, nil,
 	)
 
 	pktRecvTotalDesc = prometheus.NewDesc(
-		prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, srtSubsystem, "packets_received_total"),
+		prometheus.BuildFQName(config.MetricsNamespace, srtSubsystem, "packets_received_total"),
 		"total number of received packets",
 		[]string{"address", "stream_id"}, nil,
 	)
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index cb96e2d..a965dcd 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/voc/srtrelay/auth"
 )
 
+const MetricsNamespace = "srtrelay"
+
 type Config struct {
 	App  AppConfig
 	Auth AuthConfig
diff --git a/relay/channel.go b/relay/channel.go
index a7c0de1..716f79a 100644
--- a/relay/channel.go
+++ b/relay/channel.go
@@ -5,11 +5,36 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/voc/srtrelay/config"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
+)
+
+const relaySubsystem = "relay"
+
+var (
+	activeClients = promauto.NewGaugeVec(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Name: prometheus.BuildFQName(config.MetricsNamespace, relaySubsystem, "active_clients"),
+			Help: "The number of active clients per channel",
+		},
+		[]string{"channel_name"},
+	)
+	channelCreatedTimestamp = promauto.NewGaugeVec(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Name: prometheus.BuildFQName(config.MetricsNamespace, relaySubsystem, "created_timestamp_seconds"),
+			Help: "The UNIX timestamp when the channel was created",
+		},
+		[]string{"channel_name"},
+	)
 )
 
 type UnsubscribeFunc func()
 
 type Channel struct {
+	name       string
 	mutex      sync.Mutex
 	subs       Subs
 	maxPackets uint
@@ -17,6 +42,10 @@ type Channel struct {
 	// statistics
 	clients atomic.Value
 	created time.Time
+
+	// Prometheus metrics.
+	activeClients    prometheus.Gauge
+	createdTimestamp prometheus.Gauge
 }
 type Subs []chan []byte
 
@@ -47,13 +76,18 @@ func (subs Subs) Remove(sub chan []byte) Subs {
 	return subs[:len(subs)-1]     // Truncate slice.
 }
 
-func NewChannel(maxPackets uint) *Channel {
+func NewChannel(name string, maxPackets uint) *Channel {
+	channelActiveClients := activeClients.WithLabelValues(name)
 	ch := &Channel{
-		subs:       make([]chan []byte, 0, 10),
-		maxPackets: maxPackets,
-		created:    time.Now(),
+		name:          name,
+		subs:          make([]chan []byte, 0, 10),
+		maxPackets:    maxPackets,
+		created:       time.Now(),
+		activeClients: channelActiveClients,
 	}
 	ch.clients.Store(0)
+	ch.createdTimestamp = channelCreatedTimestamp.WithLabelValues(name)
+	ch.createdTimestamp.Set(float64(ch.created.UnixNano()) / 1000000.0)
 	return ch
 }
 
@@ -64,6 +98,7 @@ func (ch *Channel) Sub() (<-chan []byte, UnsubscribeFunc) {
 	sub := make(chan []byte, ch.maxPackets)
 	ch.subs = append(ch.subs, sub)
 	ch.clients.Store(len(ch.subs))
+	ch.activeClients.Inc()
 
 	var unsub UnsubscribeFunc = func() {
 		ch.mutex.Lock()
@@ -76,6 +111,7 @@ func (ch *Channel) Sub() (<-chan []byte, UnsubscribeFunc) {
 
 		ch.subs = ch.subs.Remove(sub)
 		ch.clients.Store(len(ch.subs))
+		ch.activeClients.Dec()
 	}
 	return sub, unsub
 }
@@ -99,6 +135,7 @@ func (ch *Channel) Pub(b []byte) {
 	}
 	for _, sub := range toRemove {
 		ch.subs = ch.subs.Remove(sub)
+		ch.activeClients.Dec()
 	}
 	ch.clients.Store(len(ch.subs))
 }
@@ -111,6 +148,8 @@ func (ch *Channel) Close() {
 		close(ch.subs[i])
 	}
 	ch.subs = nil
+	activeClients.DeleteLabelValues(ch.name)
+	channelCreatedTimestamp.DeleteLabelValues(ch.name)
 }
 
 func (ch *Channel) Stats() Stats {
diff --git a/relay/channel_test.go b/relay/channel_test.go
index f9c1051..9529d92 100644
--- a/relay/channel_test.go
+++ b/relay/channel_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestChannel_PubSub(t *testing.T) {
-	ch := NewChannel(uint(1316 * 50))
+	ch := NewChannel("test", uint(1316 * 50))
 
 	// sub
 	out, unsub := ch.Sub()
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestChannel_PubSub(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestChannel_DropOnOverflow(t *testing.T) {
-	ch := NewChannel(uint(1316 * 50))
+	ch := NewChannel("test", uint(1316 * 50))
 
 	sub, _ := ch.Sub()
 	capacity := cap(sub) + 1
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func TestChannel_DropOnOverflow(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestChannel_Close(t *testing.T) {
-	ch := NewChannel(0)
+	ch := NewChannel("test", 0)
 	sub1, _ := ch.Sub()
 	_, _ = ch.Sub()
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestChannel_Close(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestChannel_Stats(t *testing.T) {
-	ch := NewChannel(0)
+	ch := NewChannel("test", 0)
 	if num := ch.Stats().clients; num != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected 0 clients after create, got %d", num)
 	}
diff --git a/relay/relay.go b/relay/relay.go
index 1235e76..6f05fa6 100644
--- a/relay/relay.go
+++ b/relay/relay.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (s *RelayImpl) Publish(name string) (chan<- []byte, error) {
 		return nil, ErrStreamAlreadyExists
 	}
 
-	channel := NewChannel(s.config.BufferSize / s.config.PacketSize)
+	channel := NewChannel(name, s.config.BufferSize/s.config.PacketSize)
 	s.channels[name] = channel
 
 	ch := make(chan []byte)