diff --git a/tsdb/block.go b/tsdb/block.go
index 7d243f8bf7..44c6ef5053 100644
--- a/tsdb/block.go
+++ b/tsdb/block.go
@@ -188,10 +188,12 @@ type BlockMeta struct {
 
 // BlockStats contains stats about contents of a block.
 type BlockStats struct {
-	NumSamples    uint64 `json:"numSamples,omitempty"`
-	NumSeries     uint64 `json:"numSeries,omitempty"`
-	NumChunks     uint64 `json:"numChunks,omitempty"`
-	NumTombstones uint64 `json:"numTombstones,omitempty"`
+	NumSamples          uint64 `json:"numSamples,omitempty"`
+	NumFloatSamples     uint64 `json:"numFloatSamples,omitempty"`
+	NumHistogramSamples uint64 `json:"numHistogramSamples,omitempty"`
+	NumSeries           uint64 `json:"numSeries,omitempty"`
+	NumChunks           uint64 `json:"numChunks,omitempty"`
+	NumTombstones       uint64 `json:"numTombstones,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // BlockDesc describes a block by ULID and time range.
diff --git a/tsdb/compact.go b/tsdb/compact.go
index 602958eaeb..517c42ff02 100644
--- a/tsdb/compact.go
+++ b/tsdb/compact.go
@@ -895,7 +895,14 @@ func (c DefaultBlockPopulator) PopulateBlock(ctx context.Context, metrics *Compa
 		meta.Stats.NumChunks += uint64(len(chks))
 		meta.Stats.NumSeries++
 		for _, chk := range chks {
-			meta.Stats.NumSamples += uint64(chk.Chunk.NumSamples())
+			samples := uint64(chk.Chunk.NumSamples())
+			meta.Stats.NumSamples += samples
+			switch chk.Chunk.Encoding() {
+			case chunkenc.EncHistogram, chunkenc.EncFloatHistogram:
+				meta.Stats.NumHistogramSamples += samples
+			case chunkenc.EncXOR:
+				meta.Stats.NumFloatSamples += samples
+			}
 		}
 
 		for _, chk := range chks {
diff --git a/tsdb/compact_test.go b/tsdb/compact_test.go
index 655cfa408b..1ee08e3efb 100644
--- a/tsdb/compact_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/compact_test.go
@@ -1098,6 +1098,13 @@ func TestCompaction_populateBlock(t *testing.T) {
 				s.NumChunks += uint64(len(series.chunks))
 				for _, chk := range series.chunks {
 					s.NumSamples += uint64(len(chk))
+					for _, smpl := range chk {
+						if smpl.h != nil || smpl.fh != nil {
+							s.NumHistogramSamples++
+						} else {
+							s.NumFloatSamples++
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			require.Equal(t, s, meta.Stats)