diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
index 3c6a6ba302..d653e5386b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
 using osu.Framework.Lists;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
+using osu.Framework.Statistics;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
 using osu.Game.Database;
@@ -311,6 +312,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
                 workingCache.Add(working = new BeatmapManagerWorkingBeatmap(beatmapInfo, this));
 
+                // best effort; may be higher than expected.
+                GlobalStatistics.Get<int>(nameof(Beatmaps), $"Cached {nameof(WorkingBeatmap)}s").Value = workingCache.Count();
+
                 return working;
             }
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap.cs
index aab8ff6bd6..f7f276230f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/WorkingBeatmap.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ using osu.Framework.Audio;
 using osu.Framework.Audio.Track;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
 using osu.Framework.Logging;
-using osu.Framework.Statistics;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mods;
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
         protected AudioManager AudioManager { get; }
 
-        private static readonly GlobalStatistic<int> total_count = GlobalStatistics.Get<int>(nameof(Beatmaps), $"Total {nameof(WorkingBeatmap)}s");
-
         protected WorkingBeatmap(BeatmapInfo beatmapInfo, AudioManager audioManager)
         {
             AudioManager = audioManager;
@@ -47,8 +44,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             waveform = new RecyclableLazy<Waveform>(GetWaveform);
             storyboard = new RecyclableLazy<Storyboard>(GetStoryboard);
             skin = new RecyclableLazy<ISkin>(GetSkin);
-
-            total_count.Value++;
         }
 
         protected virtual Track GetVirtualTrack(double emptyLength = 0)
@@ -331,11 +326,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         protected virtual ISkin GetSkin() => new DefaultSkin();
         private readonly RecyclableLazy<ISkin> skin;
 
-        ~WorkingBeatmap()
-        {
-            total_count.Value--;
-        }
-
         public class RecyclableLazy<T>
         {
             private Lazy<T> lazy;