diff --git a/app/controllers/site_controller.rb b/app/controllers/site_controller.rb
index f86e45b9691..587c9c79345 100644
--- a/app/controllers/site_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/site_controller.rb
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ class SiteController < ApplicationController
       title: SiteSetting.title,
       description: SiteSetting.site_description
     }
+    results[:mobile_logo_url] = SiteSetting.mobile_logo_url if SiteSetting.mobile_logo_url.present?
 
-    if SiteSetting.mobile_logo_url.present?
-      results[:mobile_logo_url] = SiteSetting.mobile_logo_url
-    end
+    DiscourseHub.stats_fetched_at = Time.zone.now if request.user_agent == "Discourse Hub"
 
     # this info is always available cause it can be scraped from a 404 page
     render json: results
diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index b82e2b8be83..cffbd0ce650 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -1310,7 +1310,6 @@ uncategorized:
 
   share_anonymized_statistics: true
 
-
 user_preferences:
   default_email_digest_frequency:
     enum: 'DigestEmailSiteSetting'
diff --git a/lib/discourse_hub.rb b/lib/discourse_hub.rb
index 3176902c849..dc97b1748d6 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_hub.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_hub.rb
@@ -3,19 +3,27 @@ require_dependency 'version'
 
 module DiscourseHub
 
+  STATS_FETCHED_AT_KEY = "stats_fetched_at"
+
   def self.version_check_payload
-    {
-      installed_version: Discourse::VERSION::STRING
-    }.merge!( Discourse.git_branch == "unknown" ? {} : {branch: Discourse.git_branch})
+    default_payload = { installed_version: Discourse::VERSION::STRING }.merge!(Discourse.git_branch == "unknown" ? {} : {branch: Discourse.git_branch})
+    default_payload.merge!(get_payload)
   end
 
   def self.discourse_version_check
     get('/version_check', version_check_payload)
   end
 
+  def self.stats_fetched_at=(time_with_zone)
+    $redis.set STATS_FETCHED_AT_KEY, time_with_zone.to_i
+  end
 
   private
 
+  def self.get_payload
+    SiteSetting.share_anonymized_statistics && stats_fetched_at < 7.days.ago ? About.fetch_cached_stats.symbolize_keys : {}
+  end
+
   def self.get(rel_url, params={})
     singular_action :get, rel_url, params
   end
@@ -56,4 +64,9 @@ module DiscourseHub
     Discourse.base_url
   end
 
+  def self.stats_fetched_at
+    t = $redis.get(STATS_FETCHED_AT_KEY)
+    t ? Time.zone.at(t.to_i) : 1.year.ago
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/components/discourse_hub_spec.rb b/spec/components/discourse_hub_spec.rb
index b9ebdee2828..29699ebeec2 100644
--- a/spec/components/discourse_hub_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/discourse_hub_spec.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,73 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 require_dependency 'discourse_hub'
 
 describe DiscourseHub do
-  describe '#discourse_version_check' do
+  describe '.discourse_version_check' do
     it 'should return just return the json that the hub returns' do
       hub_response = {'success' => 'OK', 'latest_version' => '0.8.1', 'critical_updates' => false}
       RestClient.stubs(:get).returns( hub_response.to_json )
       expect(DiscourseHub.discourse_version_check).to eq(hub_response)
     end
   end
+
+  describe '.version_check_payload' do
+
+    describe 'when Discourse Hub has not fetched stats since past 7 days' do
+      it 'should include stats' do
+        DiscourseHub.stats_fetched_at = 8.days.ago
+        json = JSON.parse(DiscourseHub.version_check_payload.to_json)
+
+        expect(json["topic_count"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["post_count"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["user_count"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["topics_7_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["topics_30_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["posts_7_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["posts_30_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["users_7_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["users_30_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["active_users_7_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["active_users_30_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["like_count"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["likes_7_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["likes_30_days"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["installed_version"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["branch"]).to be_present
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'when Discourse Hub has fetched stats in past 7 days' do
+      it 'should not include stats' do
+        DiscourseHub.stats_fetched_at = 2.days.ago
+        json = JSON.parse(DiscourseHub.version_check_payload.to_json)
+
+        expect(json["topic_count"]).not_to be_present
+        expect(json["post_count"]).not_to be_present
+        expect(json["user_count"]).not_to be_present
+        expect(json["like_count"]).not_to be_present
+        expect(json["likes_7_days"]).not_to be_present
+        expect(json["likes_30_days"]).not_to be_present
+        expect(json["installed_version"]).to be_present
+        expect(json["branch"]).to be_present
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'when send_anonymize_stats is disabled' do
+      describe 'when Discourse Hub has not fetched stats for the past year' do
+        it 'should not include stats' do
+          DiscourseHub.stats_fetched_at = 1.year.ago
+          SiteSetting.share_anonymized_statistics = false
+          json = JSON.parse(DiscourseHub.version_check_payload.to_json)
+
+          expect(json["topic_count"]).not_to be_present
+          expect(json["post_count"]).not_to be_present
+          expect(json["user_count"]).not_to be_present
+          expect(json["like_count"]).not_to be_present
+          expect(json["likes_7_days"]).not_to be_present
+          expect(json["likes_30_days"]).not_to be_present
+          expect(json["installed_version"]).to be_present
+          expect(json["branch"]).to be_present
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end