diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/default-scm.ts b/lib/modules/platform/default-scm.ts
index edf27c2e391566..aa50e2fddfb469 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/default-scm.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/default-scm.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as git from '../../util/git';
 import type { CommitFilesConfig, LongCommitSha } from '../../util/git/types';
-import type { PlatformScm } from './types';
+import type { PlatformScm, ScmStats } from './types';
 
 export class DefaultGitScm implements PlatformScm {
   branchExists(branchName: string): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -48,4 +48,8 @@ export class DefaultGitScm implements PlatformScm {
   mergeToLocal(branchName: string): Promise<void> {
     return git.mergeToLocal(branchName);
   }
+
+  getStats(): Promise<ScmStats | null> {
+    return git.getStats();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/local/scm.ts b/lib/modules/platform/local/scm.ts
index 30c51d01d1f626..b56e006ab08731 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/local/scm.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/local/scm.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { glob } from 'glob';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import type { CommitFilesConfig, LongCommitSha } from '../../../util/git/types';
-import type { PlatformScm } from '../types';
+import type { PlatformScm, ScmStats } from '../types';
 
 let fileList: string[] | undefined;
 export class LocalFs implements PlatformScm {
@@ -59,4 +59,8 @@ export class LocalFs implements PlatformScm {
   mergeToLocal(branchName: string): Promise<void> {
     return Promise.resolve();
   }
+
+  getStats(): Promise<ScmStats | null> {
+    return Promise.resolve(null);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/types.ts b/lib/modules/platform/types.ts
index 752d98d779b274..1dff8ebaba300d 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/types.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/types.ts
@@ -282,6 +282,14 @@ export interface Platform {
   maxBodyLength(): number;
 }
 
+export interface ScmStats {
+  defaultBranchSha: string;
+  last90Days: {
+    committerHashList: string[];
+    renovateCommitCount: number;
+  };
+}
+
 export interface PlatformScm {
   isBranchBehindBase(branchName: string, baseBranch: string): Promise<boolean>;
   isBranchModified(branchName: string, baseBranch: string): Promise<boolean>;
@@ -294,4 +302,5 @@ export interface PlatformScm {
   checkoutBranch(branchName: string): Promise<LongCommitSha>;
   mergeToLocal(branchName: string): Promise<void>;
   mergeAndPush(branchName: string): Promise<void>;
+  getStats(): Promise<ScmStats | null>;
 }
diff --git a/lib/util/cache/repository/types.ts b/lib/util/cache/repository/types.ts
index 3341418e23064e..f29d10998908e1 100644
--- a/lib/util/cache/repository/types.ts
+++ b/lib/util/cache/repository/types.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   UpdateType,
 } from '../../../config/types';
 import type { PackageFile } from '../../../modules/manager/types';
+import type { ScmStats } from '../../../modules/platform';
 import type { RepoInitConfig } from '../../../workers/repository/init/types';
 import type { PrBlockedBy } from '../../../workers/types';
 
@@ -42,6 +43,21 @@ export interface OnboardingBranchCache {
   configFileParsed?: string;
 }
 
+export interface RepoStats {
+  scm: ScmStats;
+  /*
+  renovatePrs?: {
+    counts: {
+      open: number;
+      closed: number;
+      merged: number;
+    };
+    lastMerged?: string;
+  };
+  stargazerCount?: number;
+  */
+}
+
 export interface ReconfigureBranchCache {
   reconfigureBranchSha: string;
   isConfigValid: boolean;
@@ -149,6 +165,7 @@ export interface RepoCacheData {
   prComments?: Record<number, Record<string, string>>;
   onboardingBranchCache?: OnboardingBranchCache;
   reconfigureBranchCache?: ReconfigureBranchCache;
+  repoStats?: RepoStats;
 }
 
 export interface RepoCache {
diff --git a/lib/util/git/index.ts b/lib/util/git/index.ts
index 4b6a5bf453124a..620a7cfd5d892f 100644
--- a/lib/util/git/index.ts
+++ b/lib/util/git/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import crypto from 'crypto';
 import URL from 'node:url';
 import { setTimeout } from 'timers/promises';
 import is from '@sindresorhus/is';
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   TEMPORARY_ERROR,
 } from '../../constants/error-messages';
 import { logger } from '../../logger';
+import type { ScmStats } from '../../modules/platform/types';
 import { ExternalHostError } from '../../types/errors/external-host-error';
 import type { GitProtocol } from '../../types/git';
 import { incLimitedValue } from '../../workers/global/limits';
@@ -1370,3 +1372,80 @@ export async function listCommitTree(
   }
   return result;
 }
+
+function parseGitShortlog(inputText: string): Map<string, number> {
+  const emailMap = new Map();
+
+  if (!inputText.trim().length) {
+    return emailMap;
+  }
+
+  // Split the input text into individual lines
+  const lines = inputText.trim().split('\n');
+
+  // Iterate over each line using "for...of"
+  for (const line of lines) {
+    // Match the pattern "<count> <name> <email>" or "<count> <email>"
+    const match = line.match(/^\s*(\d+)\s+.*?<(.+?)>|^\s*(\d+)\s+(.+@.+)$/);
+
+    if (match) {
+      // If the line matches, extract the count and the email
+      const count = parseInt(match[1] || match[3], 10);
+      const email = match[2] || match[4];
+
+      // Add or update the email's commit count in the map
+      if (emailMap.has(email)) {
+        emailMap.set(email, emailMap.get(email) + count);
+      } else {
+        emailMap.set(email, count);
+      }
+    } else {
+      logger.once.warn('Failed to parse shortlog line');
+    }
+  }
+
+  return emailMap;
+}
+
+export async function getStats(): Promise<ScmStats | null> {
+  if (!config.defaultBranch) {
+    logger.warn('No default branch found');
+    return null;
+  }
+  const defaultBranchSha = getBranchCommit(config.defaultBranch);
+  if (!defaultBranchSha) {
+    logger.warn('No default branch sha found');
+    return null;
+  }
+  await syncGit();
+  await resetToBranch(config.defaultBranch);
+  logger.debug('Checking git committers in last 90 days');
+  const rawCommitters = await git.raw([
+    'shortlog',
+    '-sne',
+    '--since="last 90 days"',
+    'HEAD',
+  ]);
+  logger.trace({ rawCommitters }, 'rawCommitters');
+  const emailMap = parseGitShortlog(rawCommitters);
+  // Find Renovate's email address and commit count
+  let renovateCommitCount = 0;
+  if (config.gitAuthorEmail) {
+    renovateCommitCount = emailMap.get(config.gitAuthorEmail) ?? 0;
+  }
+  // Convert each email to a base64-encoded SHA256 hash and produce a sorted list,
+  // excluding Renovate's email address
+  const committerHashList = Array.from(emailMap.keys())
+    .filter((email) => email !== config.gitAuthorEmail)
+    .map((email) => crypto.createHash('sha256').update(email).digest('base64'))
+    .sort();
+
+  const scmStats: ScmStats = {
+    defaultBranchSha,
+    last90Days: {
+      committerHashList,
+      renovateCommitCount,
+    },
+  };
+  return scmStats;
+}
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/finalize/index.ts b/lib/workers/repository/finalize/index.ts
index e530834c7ef705..a6d34c0aca44dc 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/finalize/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/finalize/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import type { RenovateConfig } from '../../../config/types';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import { platform } from '../../../modules/platform';
+import { scm } from '../../../modules/platform/scm';
 import * as repositoryCache from '../../../util/cache/repository';
-import { clearRenovateRefs } from '../../../util/git';
+import { clearRenovateRefs, getBranchCommit } from '../../../util/git';
 import { PackageFiles } from '../package-files';
 import { validateReconfigureBranch } from '../reconfigure';
 import { pruneStaleBranches } from './prune';
@@ -11,12 +12,33 @@ import {
   runRenovateRepoStats,
 } from './repository-statistics';
 
+export async function calculateScmStats(config: RenovateConfig): Promise<void> {
+  const defaultBranchSha = getBranchCommit(config.defaultBranch!);
+  // istanbul ignore if: shouldn't happen
+  if (!defaultBranchSha) {
+    logger.debug('No default branch sha found');
+  }
+  const repoCache = repositoryCache.getCache();
+  if (repoCache.repoStats?.scm.defaultBranchSha === defaultBranchSha) {
+    logger.debug('Default branch sha unchanged - scm stats are up to date');
+  } else {
+    logger.debug('Recalculating repo scm stats');
+    const repoStats = await scm.getStats();
+    if (repoStats) {
+      repoCache.repoStats = { scm: repoStats };
+    } else {
+      logger.debug(`Could not calcualte repo stats`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // istanbul ignore next
 export async function finalizeRepo(
   config: RenovateConfig,
   branchList: string[],
 ): Promise<void> {
   await validateReconfigureBranch(config);
+  await calculateScmStats(config);
   await repositoryCache.saveCache();
   await pruneStaleBranches(config, branchList);
   await ensureIssuesClosing();
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/finalize/repository-statistics.ts b/lib/workers/repository/finalize/repository-statistics.ts
index 36d450c92950dd..5306cd31a99b17 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/finalize/repository-statistics.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/finalize/repository-statistics.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ export function runRenovateRepoStats(
     }
   }
   logger.debug({ stats: prStats }, `Renovate repository PR statistics`);
+  const repoCache = getCache();
+  const scmStats = repoCache?.repoStats?.scm?.last90Days;
+  if (scmStats) {
+    logger.debug(
+      `Repository has ${scmStats.renovateCommitCount} Renovate commits in the last 90 days plus ${scmStats.committerHashList?.length} other committers`,
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 function branchCacheToMetadata({