diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt
index a93f926df5f4..8f70bac8d89a 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ActionUpdateThread
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.service
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.logger
 import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAware
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.welcomeScreen.recentProjects.RecentProjectIt
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.welcomeScreen.recentProjects.RecentProjectTreeItem
 import com.intellij.ui.UIBundle
 import com.intellij.util.concurrency.annotations.RequiresBlockingContext
+import com.intellij.util.containers.forEachLoggingErrors
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
 import javax.swing.Icon
 
@@ -234,6 +236,20 @@ open class RecentProjectListActionProvider {
     }
   }
 
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
+  fun countLocalProjects(): Int {
+    return RecentProjectsManagerBase.getInstanceEx().getRecentPaths().size
+  }
+
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
+  fun countProjectsFromProviders(): Int {
+    var sum = 0
+    EP.extensionList.forEachLoggingErrors(logger<RecentProjectListActionProvider>()) {
+      sum += it.getRecentProjects().size
+    }
+    return sum
+  }
+
   /**
    * Keep [projects] order intact, but insert [projectsFromEP] into the correct place if possible
    */
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/ProjectsTabFactory.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/ProjectsTabFactory.kt
index 1457338d808a..67c52b99afcb 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/ProjectsTabFactory.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/ProjectsTabFactory.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import com.intellij.ide.IdeBundle
 import com.intellij.ide.RecentProjectListActionProvider
 import com.intellij.ide.RecentProjectsManager
 import com.intellij.ide.RecentProjectsManager.RecentProjectsChange
-import com.intellij.ide.RecentProjectsManagerBase
 import com.intellij.ide.dnd.DnDEvent
 import com.intellij.ide.dnd.DnDNativeTarget
 import com.intellij.ide.dnd.DnDSupport
@@ -92,9 +91,11 @@ internal class ProjectsTab(private val parentDisposable: Disposable) : DefaultWe
   }
 
   override fun buildComponent(): JComponent {
-    val recentPaths = RecentProjectsManagerBase.getInstanceEx().getRecentPaths()
-    WelcomeScreenCounterUsageCollector.reportWelcomeScreenShowed(recentPaths.size)
-    val promo = WelcomeScreenComponentFactory.getSinglePromotion(recentPaths.isEmpty())
+    val recentProjectsCount = RecentProjectListActionProvider.getInstance().countLocalProjects()
+    val providerRecentProjectsCount = RecentProjectListActionProvider.getInstance().countProjectsFromProviders()
+    WelcomeScreenCounterUsageCollector.reportWelcomeScreenShowed(recentProjectsCount, providerRecentProjectsCount)
+
+    val promo = WelcomeScreenComponentFactory.getSinglePromotion(recentProjectsCount == 0)
 
     return panel {
       customizeSpacingConfiguration(EmptySpacingConfiguration()) {
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/statistics/WelcomeScreenCounterUsageCollector.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/statistics/WelcomeScreenCounterUsageCollector.kt
index e95a81dcadbc..b0d2cb96f290 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/statistics/WelcomeScreenCounterUsageCollector.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/statistics/WelcomeScreenCounterUsageCollector.kt
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ import com.intellij.internal.statistic.eventLog.events.EventFields
 import com.intellij.internal.statistic.service.fus.collectors.CounterUsagesCollector
 
 internal object WelcomeScreenCounterUsageCollector : CounterUsagesCollector() {
-  private val GROUP = EventLogGroup("welcome.screen", 2)
+  private val GROUP = EventLogGroup("welcome.screen", 3)
 
   private val WELCOME_SCREEN_SHOWN = GROUP.registerEvent(
     "projects.tab.created",
-    EventFields.BoundedInt("recent_paths_count", intArrayOf(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 50))
+    EventFields.BoundedInt("recent_paths_count", intArrayOf(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 50)),
+    EventFields.BoundedInt("provider_recent_projects_count", intArrayOf(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 30, 50))
   )
 
-  fun reportWelcomeScreenShowed(recentPathsCount: Int) = WELCOME_SCREEN_SHOWN.log(recentPathsCount)
+  fun reportWelcomeScreenShowed(recentPathsCount: Int, providerRecentProjectsCount: Int) =
+    WELCOME_SCREEN_SHOWN.log(recentPathsCount, providerRecentProjectsCount)
 
   override fun getGroup(): EventLogGroup = GROUP
 }
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