diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2967f8b87a..4a2525dcd7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Changelog for FrostFS Node
 ### Added
 - Separate batching for replicated operations over the same container in pilorama (#1621)
 - Doc for extended headers (#2128)
+- New `frostfs_node_object_container_size` metric for tracking size of reqular objects in a container (#2116)
 
 ### Changed
 - `common.PrintVerbose` prints via `cobra.Command.Printf` (#1962)
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/metrics.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/metrics.go
index f2f16c631e..e430707ae2 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/metrics.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type MetricRegister interface {
 	AddToObjectCounter(shardID, objectType string, delta int)
 
 	SetReadonly(shardID string, readonly bool)
+
+	AddToContainerSize(cnrID string, size int64)
 }
 
 func elapsed(addFunc func(d time.Duration)) func() {
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
index b6bb4201a5..b0cad18dea 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/shards.go
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ func (m *metricsWithID) SetReadonly(readonly bool) {
 	m.mw.SetReadonly(m.id, readonly)
 }
 
+func (m *metricsWithID) AddToContainerSize(cnr string, size int64) {
+	m.mw.AddToContainerSize(cnr, size)
+}
+
 // AddShard adds a new shard to the storage engine.
 //
 // Returns any error encountered that did not allow adding a shard.
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/delete.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/delete.go
index 2e6ac2a6e3..0204e98f2c 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/delete.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type DeletePrm struct {
 type DeleteRes struct {
 	rawRemoved       uint64
 	availableRemoved uint64
+	sizes            []uint64
 }
 
 // AvailableObjectsRemoved returns the number of removed available
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ func (d DeleteRes) RawObjectsRemoved() uint64 {
 	return d.rawRemoved
 }
 
+// RemovedObjectSizes returns the sizes of removed objects.
+func (d DeleteRes) RemovedObjectSizes() []uint64 {
+	return d.sizes
+}
+
 // SetAddresses is a Delete option to set the addresses of the objects to delete.
 //
 // Option is required.
@@ -66,9 +72,11 @@ func (db *DB) Delete(prm DeletePrm) (DeleteRes, error) {
 	var rawRemoved uint64
 	var availableRemoved uint64
 	var err error
+	var sizes = make([]uint64, len(prm.addrs))
 
 	err = db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
-		rawRemoved, availableRemoved, err = db.deleteGroup(tx, prm.addrs)
+		// We need to clear slice because tx can try to execute multiple times.
+		rawRemoved, availableRemoved, err = db.deleteGroup(tx, prm.addrs, sizes)
 		return err
 	})
 	if err == nil {
@@ -81,6 +89,7 @@ func (db *DB) Delete(prm DeletePrm) (DeleteRes, error) {
 	return DeleteRes{
 		rawRemoved:       rawRemoved,
 		availableRemoved: availableRemoved,
+		sizes:            sizes,
 	}, err
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +99,7 @@ func (db *DB) Delete(prm DeletePrm) (DeleteRes, error) {
 // objects that were stored. The second return value is a logical objects
 // removed number: objects that were available (without Tombstones, GCMarks
 // non-expired, etc.)
-func (db *DB) deleteGroup(tx *bbolt.Tx, addrs []oid.Address) (uint64, uint64, error) {
+func (db *DB) deleteGroup(tx *bbolt.Tx, addrs []oid.Address, sizes []uint64) (uint64, uint64, error) {
 	refCounter := make(referenceCounter, len(addrs))
 	currEpoch := db.epochState.CurrentEpoch()
 
@@ -98,13 +107,14 @@ func (db *DB) deleteGroup(tx *bbolt.Tx, addrs []oid.Address) (uint64, uint64, er
 	var availableDeleted uint64
 
 	for i := range addrs {
-		removed, available, err := db.delete(tx, addrs[i], refCounter, currEpoch)
+		removed, available, size, err := db.delete(tx, addrs[i], refCounter, currEpoch)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, 0, err // maybe log and continue?
 		}
 
 		if removed {
 			rawDeleted++
+			sizes[i] = size
 		}
 
 		if available {
@@ -143,8 +153,8 @@ func (db *DB) deleteGroup(tx *bbolt.Tx, addrs []oid.Address) (uint64, uint64, er
 // The first return value indicates if an object has been removed. (removing a
 // non-exist object is error-free). The second return value indicates if an
 // object was available before the removal (for calculating the logical object
-// counter).
-func (db *DB) delete(tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, refCounter referenceCounter, currEpoch uint64) (bool, bool, error) {
+// counter). The third return value is removed object payload size.
+func (db *DB) delete(tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, refCounter referenceCounter, currEpoch uint64) (bool, bool, uint64, error) {
 	key := make([]byte, addressKeySize)
 	addrKey := addressKey(addr, key)
 	garbageBKT := tx.Bucket(garbageBucketName)
@@ -156,7 +166,7 @@ func (db *DB) delete(tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, refCounter referenceCounter
 	if garbageBKT != nil {
 		err := garbageBKT.Delete(addrKey)
 		if err != nil {
-			return false, false, fmt.Errorf("could not remove from garbage bucket: %w", err)
+			return false, false, 0, fmt.Errorf("could not remove from garbage bucket: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -167,10 +177,10 @@ func (db *DB) delete(tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, refCounter referenceCounter
 		var notFoundErr apistatus.ObjectNotFound
 
 		if errors.As(err, &notFoundErr) || errors.As(err, &siErr) {
-			return false, false, nil
+			return false, false, 0, nil
 		}
 
-		return false, false, err
+		return false, false, 0, err
 	}
 
 	// if object is an only link to a parent, then remove parent
@@ -196,10 +206,10 @@ func (db *DB) delete(tx *bbolt.Tx, addr oid.Address, refCounter referenceCounter
 	// remove object
 	err = db.deleteObject(tx, obj, false)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, false, fmt.Errorf("could not remove object: %w", err)
+		return false, false, 0, fmt.Errorf("could not remove object: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	return true, removeAvailableObject, nil
+	return true, removeAvailableObject, obj.PayloadSize(), nil
 }
 
 func (db *DB) deleteObject(
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
index 0a2506a1f8..c96b267ede 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/control.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (s *Shard) Init() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	s.updateObjectCounter()
+	s.updateMetrics()
 
 	s.gc = &gc{
 		gcCfg:       &s.gcCfg,
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/delete.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/delete.go
index 77d1c9772b..044b2f55f2 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/delete.go
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ func (s *Shard) delete(prm DeletePrm) (DeleteRes, error) {
 
 	s.decObjectCounterBy(physical, res.RawObjectsRemoved())
 	s.decObjectCounterBy(logical, res.AvailableObjectsRemoved())
+	for i := range prm.addr {
+		s.addToContainerSize(prm.addr[i].Container().EncodeToString(), -int64(res.RemovedObjectSizes()[i]))
+	}
 
 	for i := range prm.addr {
 		var delPrm common.DeletePrm
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/metrics_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/metrics_test.go
index 9500da5f47..da73cca19a 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/metrics_test.go
@@ -17,26 +17,28 @@ import (
 )
 
 type metricsStore struct {
-	s map[string]uint64
+	objCounters map[string]uint64
+	cnrSize     map[string]int64
+	readOnly    bool
 }
 
 func (m metricsStore) SetShardID(_ string) {}
 
 func (m metricsStore) SetObjectCounter(objectType string, v uint64) {
-	m.s[objectType] = v
+	m.objCounters[objectType] = v
 }
 
 func (m metricsStore) AddToObjectCounter(objectType string, delta int) {
 	switch {
 	case delta > 0:
-		m.s[objectType] += uint64(delta)
+		m.objCounters[objectType] += uint64(delta)
 	case delta < 0:
 		uDelta := uint64(-delta)
 
-		if m.s[objectType] >= uDelta {
-			m.s[objectType] -= uDelta
+		if m.objCounters[objectType] >= uDelta {
+			m.objCounters[objectType] -= uDelta
 		} else {
-			m.s[objectType] = 0
+			m.objCounters[objectType] = 0
 		}
 	case delta == 0:
 		return
@@ -44,19 +46,19 @@ func (m metricsStore) AddToObjectCounter(objectType string, delta int) {
 }
 
 func (m metricsStore) IncObjectCounter(objectType string) {
-	m.s[objectType] += 1
+	m.objCounters[objectType] += 1
 }
 
 func (m metricsStore) DecObjectCounter(objectType string) {
 	m.AddToObjectCounter(objectType, -1)
 }
 
-func (m metricsStore) SetReadonly(r bool) {
-	if r {
-		m.s[readonly] = 1
-	} else {
-		m.s[readonly] = 0
-	}
+func (m *metricsStore) SetReadonly(r bool) {
+	m.readOnly = r
+}
+
+func (m metricsStore) AddToContainerSize(cnr string, size int64) {
+	m.cnrSize[cnr] += size
 }
 
 const physical = "phy"
@@ -68,9 +70,9 @@ func TestCounters(t *testing.T) {
 	sh, mm := shardWithMetrics(t, dir)
 
 	sh.SetMode(mode.ReadOnly)
-	require.Equal(t, mm.s[readonly], uint64(1))
+	require.True(t, mm.readOnly)
 	sh.SetMode(mode.ReadWrite)
-	require.Equal(t, mm.s[readonly], uint64(0))
+	require.False(t, mm.readOnly)
 
 	const objNumber = 10
 	oo := make([]*object.Object, objNumber)
@@ -79,10 +81,17 @@ func TestCounters(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	t.Run("defaults", func(t *testing.T) {
-		require.Zero(t, mm.s[physical])
-		require.Zero(t, mm.s[logical])
+		require.Zero(t, mm.objCounters[physical])
+		require.Zero(t, mm.objCounters[logical])
+		require.Empty(t, mm.cnrSize)
 	})
 
+	expectedSizes := make(map[string]int64)
+	for i := range oo {
+		cnr, _ := oo[i].ContainerID()
+		expectedSizes[cnr.EncodeToString()] += int64(oo[i].PayloadSize())
+	}
+
 	t.Run("put", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var prm shard.PutPrm
 
@@ -93,8 +102,9 @@ func TestCounters(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 		}
 
-		require.Equal(t, uint64(objNumber), mm.s[physical])
-		require.Equal(t, uint64(objNumber), mm.s[logical])
+		require.Equal(t, uint64(objNumber), mm.objCounters[physical])
+		require.Equal(t, uint64(objNumber), mm.objCounters[logical])
+		require.Equal(t, expectedSizes, mm.cnrSize)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("inhume_GC", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -108,8 +118,9 @@ func TestCounters(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 		}
 
-		require.Equal(t, uint64(objNumber), mm.s[physical])
-		require.Equal(t, uint64(objNumber-inhumedNumber), mm.s[logical])
+		require.Equal(t, uint64(objNumber), mm.objCounters[physical])
+		require.Equal(t, uint64(objNumber-inhumedNumber), mm.objCounters[logical])
+		require.Equal(t, expectedSizes, mm.cnrSize)
 
 		oo = oo[inhumedNumber:]
 	})
@@ -118,8 +129,8 @@ func TestCounters(t *testing.T) {
 		var prm shard.InhumePrm
 		ts := objectcore.AddressOf(generateObject(t))
 
-		phy := mm.s[physical]
-		logic := mm.s[logical]
+		phy := mm.objCounters[physical]
+		logic := mm.objCounters[logical]
 
 		inhumedNumber := int(phy / 4)
 		prm.SetTarget(ts, addrFromObjs(oo[:inhumedNumber])...)
@@ -127,8 +138,9 @@ func TestCounters(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err := sh.Inhume(prm)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		require.Equal(t, phy, mm.s[physical])
-		require.Equal(t, logic-uint64(inhumedNumber), mm.s[logical])
+		require.Equal(t, phy, mm.objCounters[physical])
+		require.Equal(t, logic-uint64(inhumedNumber), mm.objCounters[logical])
+		require.Equal(t, expectedSizes, mm.cnrSize)
 
 		oo = oo[inhumedNumber:]
 	})
@@ -136,8 +148,8 @@ func TestCounters(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Delete", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var prm shard.DeletePrm
 
-		phy := mm.s[physical]
-		logic := mm.s[logical]
+		phy := mm.objCounters[physical]
+		logic := mm.objCounters[logical]
 
 		deletedNumber := int(phy / 4)
 		prm.SetAddresses(addrFromObjs(oo[:deletedNumber])...)
@@ -145,8 +157,13 @@ func TestCounters(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err := sh.Delete(prm)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		require.Equal(t, phy-uint64(deletedNumber), mm.s[physical])
-		require.Equal(t, logic-uint64(deletedNumber), mm.s[logical])
+		require.Equal(t, phy-uint64(deletedNumber), mm.objCounters[physical])
+		require.Equal(t, logic-uint64(deletedNumber), mm.objCounters[logical])
+		for i := range oo[:deletedNumber] {
+			cnr, _ := oo[i].ContainerID()
+			expectedSizes[cnr.EncodeToString()] -= int64(oo[i].PayloadSize())
+		}
+		require.Equal(t, expectedSizes, mm.cnrSize)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -163,11 +180,11 @@ func shardWithMetrics(t *testing.T, path string) (*shard.Shard, *metricsStore) {
 	}
 
 	mm := &metricsStore{
-		s: map[string]uint64{
-			"phy":      0,
-			"logic":    0,
-			"readonly": 1,
+		objCounters: map[string]uint64{
+			"phy":   0,
+			"logic": 0,
 		},
+		cnrSize: make(map[string]int64),
 	}
 
 	sh := shard.New(
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/put.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/put.go
index 33eb3cd250..84ae3b0062 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/put.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/put.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ func (s *Shard) Put(prm PutPrm) (PutRes, error) {
 		}
 
 		s.incObjectCounter()
+		s.addToContainerSize(putPrm.Address.Container().EncodeToString(), int64(prm.obj.PayloadSize()))
 	}
 
 	return PutRes{}, nil
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go
index 921a4221e7..912876b1ce 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/shard.go
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ type MetricsWriter interface {
 	// type.
 	// Negative parameter must decrease the counter.
 	AddToObjectCounter(objectType string, delta int)
+	// AddToContainerSize must add a value to the container size.
+	// Value can be negative.
+	AddToContainerSize(cnr string, value int64)
 	// IncObjectCounter must increment shard's object counter taking into account
 	// object type.
 	IncObjectCounter(objectType string)
@@ -323,7 +326,7 @@ const (
 	logical = "logic"
 )
 
-func (s *Shard) updateObjectCounter() {
+func (s *Shard) updateMetrics() {
 	if s.cfg.metricsWriter != nil && !s.GetMode().NoMetabase() {
 		cc, err := s.metaBase.ObjectCounters()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -336,6 +339,23 @@ func (s *Shard) updateObjectCounter() {
 
 		s.cfg.metricsWriter.SetObjectCounter(physical, cc.Phy())
 		s.cfg.metricsWriter.SetObjectCounter(logical, cc.Logic())
+
+		cnrList, err := s.metaBase.Containers()
+		if err != nil {
+			s.log.Warn("meta: can't read container list", zap.Error(err))
+			return
+		}
+
+		for i := range cnrList {
+			size, err := s.metaBase.ContainerSize(cnrList[i])
+			if err != nil {
+				s.log.Warn("meta: can't read container size",
+					zap.String("cid", cnrList[i].EncodeToString()),
+					zap.Error(err))
+				continue
+			}
+			s.metricsWriter.AddToContainerSize(cnrList[i].EncodeToString(), int64(size))
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -353,3 +373,9 @@ func (s *Shard) decObjectCounterBy(typ string, v uint64) {
 		s.cfg.metricsWriter.AddToObjectCounter(typ, -int(v))
 	}
 }
+
+func (s *Shard) addToContainerSize(cnr string, size int64) {
+	if s.cfg.metricsWriter != nil {
+		s.cfg.metricsWriter.AddToContainerSize(cnr, size)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/engine.go b/pkg/metrics/engine.go
index 4f280e0f28..7b1ce4c450 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/engine.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type (
 		rangeDuration                 prometheus.Counter
 		searchDuration                prometheus.Counter
 		listObjectsDuration           prometheus.Counter
+		containerSize                 prometheus.GaugeVec
 	}
 )
 
@@ -102,6 +103,13 @@ func newEngineMetrics() engineMetrics {
 			Name:      "list_objects_duration",
 			Help:      "Accumulated duration of engine list objects operations",
 		})
+
+		containerSize = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Namespace: namespace,
+			Subsystem: engineSubsystem,
+			Name:      "container_size",
+			Help:      "Accumulated size of all objects in a container",
+		}, []string{containerIDLabelKey})
 	)
 
 	return engineMetrics{
@@ -116,6 +124,7 @@ func newEngineMetrics() engineMetrics {
 		rangeDuration:                 rangeDuration,
 		searchDuration:                searchDuration,
 		listObjectsDuration:           listObjectsDuration,
+		containerSize:                 *containerSize,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -131,6 +140,7 @@ func (m engineMetrics) register() {
 	prometheus.MustRegister(m.rangeDuration)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(m.searchDuration)
 	prometheus.MustRegister(m.listObjectsDuration)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(m.containerSize)
 }
 
 func (m engineMetrics) AddListContainersDuration(d time.Duration) {
@@ -176,3 +186,7 @@ func (m engineMetrics) AddSearchDuration(d time.Duration) {
 func (m engineMetrics) AddListObjectsDuration(d time.Duration) {
 	m.listObjectsDuration.Add(float64(d))
 }
+
+func (m engineMetrics) AddToContainerSize(cnrID string, size int64) {
+	m.containerSize.With(prometheus.Labels{containerIDLabelKey: cnrID}).Add(float64(size))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/object.go b/pkg/metrics/object.go
index bb8f6c261c..0a94975834 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/object.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/object.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ type (
 const (
 	shardIDLabelKey     = "shard"
 	counterTypeLabelKey = "type"
+	containerIDLabelKey = "cid"
 )
 
 func newMethodCallCounter(name string) methodCount {