diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84553b0c3d..99242c1af2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@
     "string-width": "^4.2.3",
     "tailwindcss": "3.1.8",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0",
-    "weak-napi": "^2.0.2"
+    "weak-napi": "^2.0.2",
+    "axios": "0.21.1"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "**/xmlhttprequest-ssl": "~1.6.2",
diff --git a/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.ts b/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.ts
index c967c779ad..32aa54fafe 100644
--- a/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { dirSync } from 'tmp';
 import * as yargs from 'yargs';
 import { showNxWarning, unparse } from './shared';
-import { output } from './output';
+import { isCI, output } from './output';
 import * as ora from 'ora';
 import {
   detectInvokedPackageManager,
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import chalk = require('chalk');
 import { ciList } from './ci';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { initializeGitRepo } from './git';
+import axios from 'axios';
 
 type Arguments = {
   name: string;
@@ -306,6 +307,8 @@ async function main(parsedArgs: yargs.Arguments<Arguments>) {
   if (nxCloud && nxCloudInstallRes.code === 0) {
     printNxCloudSuccessMessage(nxCloudInstallRes.stdout);
   }
+
+  await recordWorkspaceCreationStats(nxCloud);
 }
 
 async function getConfiguration(
@@ -1012,3 +1015,24 @@ function pointToFreeCourseOnEgghead(): string[] {
     `https://egghead.io/playlists/scale-react-development-with-nx-4038`,
   ];
 }
+
+/**
+ * We are incrementing a counter to track how often create-nx-workspace is used in CI
+ * vs dev environments. No personal information is collected.
+ */
+async function recordWorkspaceCreationStats(useCloud: boolean) {
+  try {
+    const major = Number(nxVersion.split('.')[0]);
+    if (major < 10 || major > 30) return; // test version, skip it
+    await axios
+      .create({
+        baseURL: 'https://cloud.nx.app',
+        timeout: 400,
+      })
+      .post('/nx-cloud/stats', {
+        command: 'create-nx-workspace',
+        isCI: isCI(),
+        useCloud,
+      });
+  } catch (e) {}
+}
diff --git a/packages/create-nx-workspace/package.json b/packages/create-nx-workspace/package.json
index e4a95a9972..618dd135cb 100644
--- a/packages/create-nx-workspace/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-nx-workspace/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "ora": "5.3.0",
     "tmp": "~0.2.1",
     "tslib": "^2.3.0",
-    "yargs": "^17.4.0"
+    "yargs": "^17.4.0",
+    "axios": "0.21.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 51ffad5ff0..0c6dbf5d39 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7351,6 +7351,13 @@ axe-core@^4.3.5, axe-core@^4.4.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axe-core/-/axe-core-4.4.3.tgz#11c74d23d5013c0fa5d183796729bc3482bd2f6f"
   integrity sha512-32+ub6kkdhhWick/UjvEwRchgoetXqTK14INLqbGm5U2TzBkBNF3nQtLYm8ovxSkQWArjEQvftCKryjZaATu3w==
 
+axios@0.21.1:
+  version "0.21.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.21.1.tgz#22563481962f4d6bde9a76d516ef0e5d3c09b2b8"
+  integrity sha512-dKQiRHxGD9PPRIUNIWvZhPTPpl1rf/OxTYKsqKUDjBwYylTvV7SjSHJb9ratfyzM6wCdLCOYLzs73qpg5c4iGA==
+  dependencies:
+    follow-redirects "^1.10.0"
+
 axios@^0.21.1:
   version "0.21.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.21.4.tgz#c67b90dc0568e5c1cf2b0b858c43ba28e2eda575"
@@ -11902,7 +11909,7 @@ flush-write-stream@^1.0.0:
     inherits "^2.0.3"
     readable-stream "^2.3.6"
 
-follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.14.0:
+follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.10.0, follow-redirects@^1.14.0:
   version "1.15.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.15.1.tgz#0ca6a452306c9b276e4d3127483e29575e207ad5"
   integrity sha512-yLAMQs+k0b2m7cVxpS1VKJVvoz7SS9Td1zss3XRwXj+ZDH00RJgnuLx7E44wx02kQLrdM3aOOy+FpzS7+8OizA==