diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/cmd/kustomize_stats/Dockerfile b/api/internal/crawl/cmd/kustomize_stats/Dockerfile
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+++ b/api/internal/crawl/cmd/kustomize_stats/Dockerfile
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+FROM golang:1.11 AS build
+
+ARG GO111MODULE=on
+
+WORKDIR /go/src/sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/crawl
+COPY . /go/src/sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/crawl
+
+RUN go mod download
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go install ./cmd/kustomize_stats
+
+FROM scratch
+COPY --from=build /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/
+COPY --from=build /go/bin/kustomize_stats /
+ENTRYPOINT ["/kustomize_stats"]
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/cmd/kustomize_stats/main.go b/api/internal/crawl/cmd/kustomize_stats/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..403989d86
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+++ b/api/internal/crawl/cmd/kustomize_stats/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"time"
+
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/crawl/index"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/konfig"
+)
+
+// iterateArr adds each item in arr into countMap.
+func iterateArr(arr []string, countMap map[string]int) {
+	for _, item := range arr {
+		if _, ok := countMap[item]; !ok {
+			countMap[item] = 1
+		} else {
+			countMap[item]++
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+// isKustomizationFile determines whether a file path is a kustomization file
+func isKustomizationFile(path string) bool {
+	basename := filepath.Base(path)
+	for _, name := range konfig.RecognizedKustomizationFileNames() {
+		if basename == name {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// SortMapKeyByValue takes a map as its input, sorts its keys according to their values
+// in the map, and outputs the sorted keys as a slice.
+func SortMapKeyByValue(m map[string]int) []string {
+	keys := make([]string, 0, len(m))
+	for key := range m {
+		keys = append(keys, key)
+	}
+	// sort keys according to their values in the map m
+	sort.Slice(keys, func(i, j int) bool {return m[keys[i]] > m[keys[j]]})
+	return keys
+}
+
+func main() {
+	topKindsPtr := flag.Int(
+		"kinds", -1,
+		`the number of kubernetes object kinds to be listed according to their popularities.
+By default, all the kinds will be listed.
+If you only want to list the 10 most popular kinds, set the flag to 10.`)
+	topIdentifiersPtr := flag.Int(
+		"identifiers", -1,
+		`the number of identifiers to be listed according to their popularities.
+By default, all the identifiers will be listed.
+If you only want to list the 10 most popular identifiers, set the flag to 10.`)
+	topKustomizeFeaturesPtr := flag.Int(
+		"kustomize-features", -1,
+		`the number of kustomize features to be listed according to their popularities.
+By default, all the features will be listed.
+If you only want to list the 10 most popular features, set the flag to 10.`)
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	idx, err := index.NewKustomizeIndex(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not create an index: %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	// count tracks the number of documents in the index
+	count := 0
+
+	// kustomizationFilecount tracks the number of kustomization files in the index
+	kustomizationFilecount := 0
+
+	kindsMap := make(map[string]int)
+	identifiersMap := make(map[string]int)
+	kustomizeIdentifiersMap := make(map[string]int)
+
+	// ids tracks the unique IDs of the documents in the index
+	ids := make(map[string]struct{})
+
+	// get all the documents in the index
+	query := []byte(`{ "query":{ "match_all":{} } }`)
+	it := idx.IterateQuery(query, 10000, 60*time.Second)
+	for it.Next() {
+		for _, hit := range it.Value().Hits.Hits {
+			// check whether there is any duplicate IDs in the index
+			if _, ok := ids[hit.ID]; !ok {
+				ids[hit.ID] = struct{}{}
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("Found duplicate ID (%s)\n", hit.ID)
+			}
+
+			count++
+			iterateArr(hit.Document.Kinds, kindsMap)
+			iterateArr(hit.Document.Identifiers, identifiersMap)
+
+			if isKustomizationFile(hit.Document.FilePath) {
+				kustomizationFilecount++
+				iterateArr(hit.Document.Identifiers, kustomizeIdentifiersMap)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if err := it.Err(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error iterating: %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	sortedKindsMapKeys := SortMapKeyByValue(kindsMap)
+	sortedIdentifiersMapKeys := SortMapKeyByValue(identifiersMap)
+	sortedKustomizeIdentifiersMapKeys := SortMapKeyByValue(kustomizeIdentifiersMap)
+
+	fmt.Printf(`The count of unique document IDs in the kustomize index: %d
+There are %d documents in the kustomize index.
+%d kinds of kubernetes objects are customized:`, len(ids), count, len(kindsMap))
+	fmt.Printf("\n")
+
+	kindCount := 0
+	for _, key := range sortedKindsMapKeys {
+		if *topKindsPtr < 0 || (*topKindsPtr >= 0 && kindCount < *topKindsPtr) {
+			fmt.Printf("\tkind `%s` is customimzed in %d documents\n", key, kindsMap[key])
+			kindCount++
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("%d kinds of identifiers are found:\n", len(identifiersMap))
+	identifierCount := 0
+	for _, key := range sortedIdentifiersMapKeys {
+		if *topIdentifiersPtr < 0 || (*topIdentifiersPtr >= 0 && identifierCount < *topIdentifiersPtr) {
+			fmt.Printf("\tidentifier `%s` appears in %d documents\n", key, identifiersMap[key])
+			identifierCount++
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf(`There are %d kustomization files in the kustomize index.
+%d kinds of kustomize features are found:`, kustomizationFilecount, len(kustomizeIdentifiersMap))
+	fmt.Printf("\n")
+	kustomizeFeatureCount := 0
+	for _, key := range sortedKustomizeIdentifiersMapKeys {
+		if *topKustomizeFeaturesPtr < 0 || (*topKustomizeFeaturesPtr >= 0 && kustomizeFeatureCount < *topKustomizeFeaturesPtr) {
+			fmt.Printf("\tfeature `%s` is used in %d documents\n", key, kustomizeIdentifiersMap[key])
+			kustomizeFeatureCount++
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/config/crawler/kustomize_stats/job.yaml b/api/internal/crawl/config/crawler/kustomize_stats/job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7d22cd51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/config/crawler/kustomize_stats/job.yaml
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+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: kustomize-stats
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      restartPolicy: OnFailure
+      containers:
+      - name: kustomize-stats
+        image: gcr.io/haiyanmeng-gke-dev/kustomize_stats:v1
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        command: ["/kustomize_stats"]
+        args: ["--kinds=50", "--identifiers=50", "--kustomize-features=50"]
+        env:
+        - name: ELASTICSEARCH_URL
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: elasticsearch-config
+              key: es-url
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/config/crawler/kustomize_stats/kustomization.yaml b/api/internal/crawl/config/crawler/kustomize_stats/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2933dd58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/config/crawler/kustomize_stats/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+resources:
+- ../base
+- job.yaml