diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
index da2776fb..81399264 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 		playerDefaultQualityStore,
 		playerProxyVideosStore,
 		playerSavePlaybackPositionStore,
+		playerStatisticsByDefault,
 		playerYouTubeJsFallback,
 		sponsorBlockCategoriesStore,
 		sponsorBlockDisplayToastStore,
@@ -325,6 +326,14 @@
 		if ($playerDefaultPlaybackSpeed && playerElement) {
 			playerElement.playbackRate = $playerDefaultPlaybackSpeed;
 		}
+
+		if ($playerStatisticsByDefault) {
+			// Appears to be no native way in shaka to toggle statistics on and off
+			const shakaStatisticsButton = document.querySelector('.shaka-statistics-button') as
+				| HTMLButtonElement
+				| undefined;
+			shakaStatisticsButton?.click();
+		}
 	}
 
 	async function reloadVideo() {
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/Settings/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/Settings/Player.svelte
index 38ecdd61..066c6a86 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/Settings/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/Settings/Player.svelte
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 		playerDefaultQualityStore,
 		playerProxyVideosStore,
 		playerSavePlaybackPositionStore,
+		playerStatisticsByDefault,
 		playerTheatreModeByDefaultStore,
 		playerYouTubeJsAlways,
 		playerYouTubeJsFallback
@@ -239,3 +240,19 @@
 		</label>
 	</nav>
 </div>
+
+<div class="field no-margin">
+	<nav class="no-padding">
+		<div class="max">
+			<div>{$_('layout.player.playerStatistics')}</div>
+		</div>
+		<label class="switch">
+			<input
+				type="checkbox"
+				bind:checked={$playerStatisticsByDefault}
+				onclick={() => playerStatisticsByDefault.set(!playerStatisticsByDefault)}
+			/>
+			<span></span>
+		</label>
+	</nav>
+</div>
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/css/shaka-player-theme.css b/materialious/src/lib/css/shaka-player-theme.css
index b59a55c2..24853d98 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/css/shaka-player-theme.css
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/css/shaka-player-theme.css
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 }
 
 .shaka-overflow-button-label span:not(.shaka-current-selection-span) {
-	font-weight: bold !important;
+	font-weight: 200 !important;
 }
 
 .youtube-theme .shaka-overflow-menu span + span {
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/externalSettings.ts b/materialious/src/lib/externalSettings.ts
index be62ca2c..96fba3fd 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/externalSettings.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/externalSettings.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ import {
 	synciousStore,
 	themeColorStore,
 	interfaceAutoExpandChapters,
-	playerDefaultPlaybackSpeed
+	playerDefaultPlaybackSpeed,
+	playerStatisticsByDefault
 } from '$lib/store';
 import { get, type Writable } from 'svelte/store';
 
@@ -211,6 +212,11 @@ const persistedStores: {
 		name: 'defaultPlaybackSpeed',
 		store: playerDefaultPlaybackSpeed,
 		type: 'number'
+	},
+	{
+		name: 'playerStatistics',
+		store: playerStatisticsByDefault,
+		type: 'boolean'
 	}
 ];
 
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.json b/materialious/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
index 3f9b8425..afa0f36c 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@
 			"youtubeJsFallback": "Local video processing fallback",
 			"youtubeJsAlways": "Always use",
 			"lockOrientation": "Orientation locked to aspect ratio",
-			"defaultPlaybackSpeed": "Default playback speed"
+			"defaultPlaybackSpeed": "Default playback speed",
+			"playerStatistics": "Show player statistics by default"
 		},
 		"bookmarklet": "Bookmarklet",
 		"instanceUrl": "Instance URL",
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/store.ts b/materialious/src/lib/store.ts
index c22fd1e1..bb36fb13 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/store.ts
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/store.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const playerYouTubeJsAlways = persisted('youTubeJsAlways', false);
 export const playerAndroidLockOrientation = persisted('androidLockOrientation', true);
 export const playerDefaultLanguage = persisted('defaultLanguage', '');
 export const playerDefaultPlaybackSpeed: Writable<number> = persisted('defaultPlaybackSpeed', 1);
+export const playerStatisticsByDefault = persisted('playerStatistics', false);
 
 export const returnYtDislikesStore = persisted('returnYtDislikes', false);
 export const returnYTDislikesInstanceStore: Writable<string | null | undefined> = persisted(