<dependency> <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId> <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId> <version>4.1.9</version> </dependency> Counter counter = new Counter(); MetricRegistry registry = new MetricRegistry(); registry.register("my_counter", counter); counter.inc(); ConsoleReporter reporter = ConsoleReporter.forRegistry(registry) .convertRatesTo(TimeUnit.SECONDS) .convertDurationsTo(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) .build(); reporter.start(1, TimeUnit.MINUTES);