diff --git a/lib/cartodb/carto_data.js b/lib/cartodb/carto_data.js
index e43b7233..a5c5939d 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/carto_data.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/carto_data.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ module.exports = function() {
         user_metadata_db: 5,
         table_metadata_db: 0,
         user_key:  "rails:users:<%= username %>",
-        table_key: "rails:<%= database_name %>:<%= table_name %>"
+        table_key: "rails:<%= database_name %>:<%= table_name %>",
+        user_stats_key: "tiler:users:<%= username %>"
     };
 
 
@@ -43,6 +44,24 @@ module.exports = function() {
         });
     };
 
+    me.userFromHostname = function(hostname) {
+        return hostname.split('.')[0];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Increment mapview count for a user
+     *
+     * @param username 
+     * @param callback will be called with the new value
+     */
+    me.incMapviewCount = function(username, callback) {
+        var redisKey = _.template(this.user_stats_key, {username: username});
+
+        this.redisCmd(me.user_metadata_db, 'HINCRBY', [redisKey, 'mapviews', 1], function(err, val) {
+          if ( err ) callback(err, null);
+          else callback(err, val);
+        });
+    };
 
 
     /**
@@ -207,6 +226,11 @@ module.exports = function() {
         this.redisCmd(db,'SISMEMBER',[setKey, member], callback);
     };
 
+    // Redis INCREMENT 
+    me.increment = function(db, key, callback) {
+        this.redisCmd(db,'INCR', key, callback);
+    };
+
     /**
      * Use Redis
      *
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index d39fcead..cc4c1f7e 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -220,6 +220,29 @@ module.exports = function(){
     me.afterLayergroupCreate = function(req, mapconfig, response, callback) {
         var token = response.layergroupid;
 
+        var username = cartoData.userFromHostname(req.headers.host);
+
+        var tasksleft = 2; // redis key and affectedTables
+        var errors = [];
+
+        var done = function(err) {
+          if ( err ) {
+            errors.push('' + err);
+          }
+          if ( ! --tasksleft ) {
+            err = errors.length ? new Error(errors.join('\n')) : null;
+            callback(err);
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Don't wait for the mapview count increment to
+        // take place before proceeding. Error will be logged
+        // asyncronously
+        cartoData.incMapviewCount(username, function(err) {
+          if ( err ) console.log("ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '" + username + "': " + err);
+          done();
+        });
+
         var sql = [];
         _.each(mapconfig.layers, function(lyr) {
           sql.push(lyr.options.sql);
@@ -234,14 +257,14 @@ module.exports = function(){
 
         me.affectedTables(usr, key, sql, function(err, tableNames) {
 
-            if ( err ) { callback(err); return; }
+            if ( err ) { done(err); return; }
             var cacheChannel = me.buildCacheChannel(dbName,tableNames);
             me.channelCache[cacheKey] = cacheChannel; // store for caching
             // find last updated
             me.findLastUpdated(usr, key, tableNames, function(err, lastUpdated) {
-              if ( err ) { callback(err); return; }
+              if ( err ) { done(err); return; }
               response.last_updated = lastUpdated;
-              callback(null);
+              done(null);
             });
         });
     };
diff --git a/test/acceptance/multilayer.js b/test/acceptance/multilayer.js
index 259c0c6e..35e0027e 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/multilayer.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/multilayer.js
@@ -329,6 +329,87 @@ suite('multilayer', function() {
       );
     });
 
+    test("layergroup creation raises mapviews counter", function(done) {
+      var layergroup =  {
+        version: '1.0.0',
+        layers: [
+           { options: {
+               sql: 'select 1 as cartodb_id, '
+                  + 'ST_Buffer(!bbox!, -32*greatest(!pixel_width!,!pixel_height!)) as the_geom_webmercator',
+               cartocss: '#layer { polygon-fill:red; }', 
+               cartocss_version: '2.0.1' 
+             } }
+        ]
+      };
+      var statskey = "tiler:users:localhost";
+      var mapviews_field = 'mapviews';
+      var redis_stats_client = redis.createClient(global.environment.redis.port);
+      var redis_stats_db = 5;
+      var expected_token; // will be set on first post and checked on second
+      Step(
+        function clean_stats()
+        {
+          var next = this;
+          redis_stats_client.select(redis_stats_db, function(err) {
+            if ( err ) next(err);
+            else redis_stats_client.del(statskey, next);
+          });
+        },
+        function do_post_1(err)
+        {
+          if ( err ) throw err;
+          var next = this;
+          assert.response(server, {
+              url: '/tiles/layergroup',
+              method: 'POST',
+              headers: {host: 'localhost', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+              data: JSON.stringify(layergroup)
+          }, {}, function(res) {
+              assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.body);
+              expected_token = JSON.parse(res.body).layergroupid;
+              redis_stats_client.hget(statskey, mapviews_field, next);
+          });
+        },
+        function check_stats_1_do_post_2(err, val) {
+          if ( err ) throw err;
+          assert.equal(val, 1);
+          var next = this;
+          assert.response(server, {
+              url: '/tiles/layergroup',
+              method: 'POST',
+              headers: {host: 'localhost', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+              data: JSON.stringify(layergroup)
+          }, {}, function(res) {
+              assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200, res.body);
+              assert.equal(JSON.parse(res.body).layergroupid, expected_token);
+              redis_stats_client.hget(statskey, mapviews_field, next);
+          });
+        },
+        function check_stats_2(err, val)
+        {
+          if ( err ) throw err;
+          assert.equal(val, 2);
+          return 1;
+        },
+        function finish(err) {
+          var errors = [];
+          if ( err ) {
+            errors.push(err.message);
+            console.log("Error: " + err);
+          }
+          redis_client.keys("map_style|cartodb_test_user_1_db|~" + expected_token, function(err, matches) {
+              if ( err ) errors.push(err.message);
+              assert.equal(matches.length, 1, "Missing expected token " + expected_token + " from redis: " + matches);
+              redis_client.del(matches, function(err) {
+                if ( err ) errors.push(err.message);
+                if ( errors.length ) done(new Error(errors));
+                else done(null);
+              });
+          });
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
     suiteTeardown(function(done) {
         // This test will add map_style records, like
         // 'map_style|null|publicuser|my_table',