diff --git a/net/sockstats/sockstats_tsgo.go b/net/sockstats/sockstats_tsgo.go
index 9011d2027..a75e3f316 100644
--- a/net/sockstats/sockstats_tsgo.go
+++ b/net/sockstats/sockstats_tsgo.go
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"math"
 	"net"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"tailscale.com/net/interfaces"
 	"tailscale.com/util/clientmetric"
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ var sockStats = struct {
 	currentInterfaceCellular atomic.Bool
 
 	txBytesMetric, rxBytesMetric, txBytesCellularMetric, rxBytesCellularMetric *clientmetric.Metric
+	radioHighMetric                                                            *clientmetric.Metric
 }{
 	countersByLabel:       make(map[Label]*sockStatCounters),
 	knownInterfaces:       make(map[int]string),
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ var sockStats = struct {
 	rxBytesMetric:         clientmetric.NewCounter("sockstats_rx_bytes"),
 	txBytesCellularMetric: clientmetric.NewCounter("sockstats_tx_bytes_cellular"),
 	rxBytesCellularMetric: clientmetric.NewCounter("sockstats_rx_bytes_cellular"),
+	radioHighMetric:       clientmetric.NewGaugeFunc("sockstats_cellular_radio_high_fraction", radio.radioHighPercent),
 }
 
 func withSockStats(ctx context.Context, label Label) context.Context {
@@ -122,6 +126,9 @@ func withSockStats(ctx context.Context, label Label) context.Context {
 		if sockStats.currentInterfaceCellular.Load() {
 			sockStats.rxBytesCellularMetric.Add(int64(n))
 			counters.rxBytesCellularMetric.Add(int64(n))
+			if n > 0 {
+				radio.active()
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	didWrite := func(n int) {
@@ -136,6 +143,9 @@ func withSockStats(ctx context.Context, label Label) context.Context {
 		if sockStats.currentInterfaceCellular.Load() {
 			sockStats.txBytesCellularMetric.Add(int64(n))
 			counters.txBytesCellularMetric.Add(int64(n))
+			if n > 0 {
+				radio.active()
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	willOverwrite := func(trace *net.SockTrace) {
@@ -276,3 +286,77 @@ func isLikelyCellularInterface(ifName string) bool {
 		strings.HasPrefix(ifName, "ww") || // systemd naming scheme for WWAN
 		strings.HasPrefix(ifName, "pdp") // iOS
 }
+
+// radioMonitor tracks usage of the cellular radio, approximates the power state transitions,
+// and reports the percentage of time the radio was on.
+type radioMonitor struct {
+	// usage tracks the last time (as unix timestamp) the radio was used over the last hour.
+	// Values are indexed by the number of seconds since the beginning of the current hour.
+	usage [radioSampleSize]int64
+
+	// startTime is the time we started tracking radio usage.
+	startTime int64
+
+	now func() time.Time
+}
+
+// radioSampleSize is the number of samples to store and report for cellular radio usage.
+// Usage is measured once per second, so this is the number of seconds of history to track.
+const radioSampleSize = 3600 // 1 hour
+
+var radio = &radioMonitor{
+	now:       time.Now,
+	startTime: time.Now().Unix(),
+}
+
+// radioActivity should be called whenever network activity occurs on a cellular network interface.
+func (rm *radioMonitor) active() {
+	t := rm.now().Unix()
+	rm.usage[t%radioSampleSize] = t
+}
+
+// Timings for radio power state transitions taken from
+// https://developer.android.com/training/connectivity/network-access-optimization#radio-state
+// Even though that documents a typical 3G radio and newer radios are much more efficient,
+// it provides worst-case timings to use for analysis.
+const (
+	radioHighIdle = 5  // seconds radio idles in high power state before transitioning to low
+	radioLowIdle  = 12 // seconds radio idles in low power state before transitioning to off
+)
+
+// radioHighPercent returns the percentage of time (as an int from 0 to 100)
+// that the cellular radio was in high power mode during the past hour.
+// If the radio has been monitored for less than an hour,
+// the percentage is calculated based on the time monitored.
+func (rm *radioMonitor) radioHighPercent() int64 {
+	now := rm.now().Unix()
+	var periodLength int64 = radioSampleSize
+	if t := now - rm.startTime; t < periodLength {
+		periodLength = t
+	}
+	periodStart := now - periodLength // start of current reporting period
+
+	// slices of radio usage, with values in chronological order
+	slices := [2][]int64{
+		rm.usage[now%radioSampleSize:],
+		rm.usage[:now%radioSampleSize],
+	}
+	var highPowerSec int64 // total seconds radio was in high power (active or idle)
+	var c int              // counter
+	var lastActive int     // counter when radio was last active
+	for _, slice := range slices {
+		for _, v := range slice {
+			c++ // increment first so we don't have zero values
+			if v >= periodStart {
+				// radio on and active
+				highPowerSec++
+				lastActive = c
+			} else if lastActive > 0 && c-lastActive < radioHighIdle {
+				// radio on but idle
+				highPowerSec++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return int64(math.Round(float64(highPowerSec) / float64(periodLength) * 100))
+}
diff --git a/net/sockstats/sockstats_tsgo_test.go b/net/sockstats/sockstats_tsgo_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf825018c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/sockstats/sockstats_tsgo_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+//go:build tailscale_go && (darwin || ios || android)
+
+package sockstats
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type testTime struct {
+	time.Time
+}
+
+func (t *testTime) now() time.Time {
+	return t.Time
+}
+
+func (t *testTime) Add(d time.Duration) {
+	t.Time = t.Time.Add(d)
+}
+
+func TestRadioMonitor(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		activity func(*testTime, *radioMonitor)
+		want int64
+	}{
+		{
+			"no activity",
+			func(_ *testTime, _ *radioMonitor) {},
+			0,
+		},
+		{
+			"active, 10 sec idle",
+			func(tt *testTime, rm *radioMonitor) {
+				rm.active()
+				tt.Add(10 * time.Second)
+			},
+			50, // radio on 5 seconds of every 10 seconds
+		},
+		{
+			"400 iterations: 2 sec active, 1 min idle",
+			func(tt *testTime, rm *radioMonitor) {
+				// 400 iterations to ensure values loop back around rm.usage array
+				for i := 0; i < 400; i++ {
+					rm.active()
+					tt.Add(1 * time.Second)
+					rm.active()
+					tt.Add(1 * time.Minute)
+				}
+			},
+			10, // radio on 6 seconds of every minute
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tm := &testTime{time.Date(2021, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)}
+			rm := &radioMonitor{
+				startTime: tm.Time.Unix(),
+				now:       tm.now,
+			}
+			tt.activity(tm, rm)
+			got := rm.radioHighPercent()
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("got radioOnPercent %d, want %d", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}