diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8212.yml b/changelogs/fragments/8212.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a226348dc76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/8212.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+feat:
+- Add loading indicator and counter to query result ([#8212](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/pull/8212))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/__snapshots__/query_result.test.tsx.snap b/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/__snapshots__/query_result.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cec14cdb7fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/__snapshots__/query_result.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`Query Result show error status with error message 2`] = `
+<EuiPopover
+  anchorPosition="downRight"
+  button={
+    <EuiButtonEmpty
+      data-test-subj="queryResultErrorBtn"
+      iconSide="left"
+      iconType="alert"
+      onClick={[Function]}
+      size="xs"
+    >
+      <EuiText
+        color="subdued"
+        size="xs"
+      >
+        Error
+      </EuiText>
+    </EuiButtonEmpty>
+  }
+  closePopover={[Function]}
+  data-test-subj="queryResultError"
+  display="inlineBlock"
+  hasArrow={true}
+  isOpen={false}
+  ownFocus={true}
+  panelPaddingSize="s"
+>
+  <EuiPopoverTitle>
+    ERRORS
+  </EuiPopoverTitle>
+  <div
+    style={
+      Object {
+        "width": "250px",
+      }
+    }
+  >
+    <EuiText
+      size="s"
+    >
+      <strong>
+        Reasons:
+      </strong>
+      error reason
+    </EuiText>
+    <EuiText
+      size="s"
+    >
+      <p>
+        <strong>
+          Details:
+        </strong>
+        error details
+      </p>
+    </EuiText>
+  </div>
+</EuiPopover>
+`;
+
+exports[`Query Result shows loading status 1`] = `""`;
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.test.tsx b/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e735cd02d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { mountWithIntl, shallowWithIntl } from 'test_utils/enzyme_helpers';
+import { QueryResult } from './query_result';
+
+enum ResultStatus {
+  UNINITIALIZED = 'uninitialized',
+  LOADING = 'loading', // initial data load
+  READY = 'ready', // results came back
+  NO_RESULTS = 'none', // no results came back
+  ERROR = 'error', // error occurred
+}
+
+describe('Query Result', () => {
+  it('shows loading status', () => {
+    const props = {
+      queryStatus: {
+        status: ResultStatus.LOADING,
+        startTime: Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY,
+      },
+    };
+    const component = shallowWithIntl(<QueryResult {...props} />);
+    expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('shows ready status with complete message', () => {
+    const props = {
+      queryStatus: {
+        status: ResultStatus.READY,
+        startTime: new Date().getTime(),
+      },
+    };
+    const component = mountWithIntl(<QueryResult {...props} />);
+    const loadingIndicator = component.find(`[data-test-subj="queryResultLoading"]`);
+    expect(loadingIndicator.exists()).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(component.find('EuiText').text()).toEqual('Completed');
+  });
+
+  it('shows ready status with complete in miliseconds message', () => {
+    const props = {
+      queryStatus: {
+        status: ResultStatus.READY,
+        startTime: new Date().getTime(),
+        elapsedMs: 500,
+      },
+    };
+    const component = mountWithIntl(<QueryResult {...props} />);
+    expect(component.find('EuiText').text()).toEqual('Completed in 500 ms');
+  });
+
+  it('shows ready status with complete in seconds message', () => {
+    const props = {
+      queryStatus: {
+        status: ResultStatus.READY,
+        startTime: new Date().getTime(),
+        elapsedMs: 2000,
+      },
+    };
+    const component = mountWithIntl(<QueryResult {...props} />);
+    expect(component.find('EuiText').text()).toEqual('Completed in 2.0 s');
+  });
+
+  it('shows ready status with split seconds', () => {
+    const props = {
+      queryStatus: {
+        status: ResultStatus.READY,
+        startTime: new Date().getTime(),
+        elapsedMs: 2700,
+      },
+    };
+    const component = mountWithIntl(<QueryResult {...props} />);
+    expect(component.find('EuiText').text()).toEqual('Completed in 2.7 s');
+  });
+
+  it('show error status with error message', () => {
+    const props = {
+      queryStatus: {
+        status: ResultStatus.ERROR,
+        body: {
+          error: {
+            reason: 'error reason',
+            details: 'error details',
+          },
+          statusCode: 400,
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const component = shallowWithIntl(<QueryResult {...props} />);
+    expect(component.find(`[data-test-subj="queryResultError"]`).text()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+      `"<EuiPopover />"`
+    );
+    component.find(`[data-test-subj="queryResultError"]`).simulate('click');
+    expect(component).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('returns null when error body is empty', () => {
+    const props = {
+      queryStatus: {
+        status: ResultStatus.ERROR,
+      },
+    };
+    const component = shallowWithIntl(<QueryResult {...props} />);
+    expect(component).toEqual({});
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.tsx b/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.tsx
index 9806b7cd55af..3a8adb0675ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { i18n } from '@osd/i18n';
 import './_recent_query.scss';
 import { EuiButtonEmpty, EuiPopover, EuiText, EuiPopoverTitle } from '@elastic/eui';
 
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 export enum ResultStatus {
   UNINITIALIZED = 'uninitialized',
@@ -28,21 +28,77 @@ export interface QueryStatus {
     statusCode?: number;
   };
   elapsedMs?: number;
+  startTime?: number;
 }
 
+// This is the time in milliseconds that the query will wait before showing the loading spinner
+const BUFFER_TIME = 3000;
+
 export function QueryResult(props: { queryStatus: QueryStatus }) {
   const [isPopoverOpen, setPopover] = useState(false);
+  const [elapsedTime, setElapsedTime] = useState(0);
   const onButtonClick = () => {
     setPopover(!isPopoverOpen);
   };
 
+  const updateElapsedTime = () => {
+    const time = Date.now() - (props.queryStatus.startTime || 0);
+    if (time > BUFFER_TIME) {
+      setElapsedTime(time);
+    } else {
+      setElapsedTime(0);
+    }
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const interval = setInterval(updateElapsedTime, 1000);
+
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+  });
+
+  if (props.queryStatus.status === ResultStatus.LOADING) {
+    if (elapsedTime < BUFFER_TIME) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const time = Math.floor(elapsedTime / 1000);
+    return (
+      <EuiButtonEmpty
+        color="text"
+        size="xs"
+        onClick={() => {}}
+        isLoading
+        data-test-subj="queryResultLoading"
+      >
+        {i18n.translate('data.query.languageService.queryResults.completeTime', {
+          defaultMessage: `Loading ${time} s`,
+        })}
+      </EuiButtonEmpty>
+    );
+  }
+
   if (props.queryStatus.status === ResultStatus.READY) {
+    let message;
+    if (!props.queryStatus.elapsedMs) {
+      message = i18n.translate('data.query.languageService.queryResults.completeTime', {
+        defaultMessage: `Completed`,
+      });
+    } else if (props.queryStatus.elapsedMs < 1000) {
+      message = i18n.translate(
+        'data.query.languageService.queryResults.completeTimeInMiliseconds',
+        {
+          defaultMessage: `Completed in ${props.queryStatus.elapsedMs} ms`,
+        }
+      );
+    } else {
+      message = i18n.translate('data.query.languageService.queryResults.completeTimeInSeconds', {
+        defaultMessage: `Completed in ${(props.queryStatus.elapsedMs / 1000).toFixed(1)} s`,
+      });
+    }
+
     return (
       <EuiButtonEmpty iconSide="left" iconType={'checkInCircleEmpty'} size="xs" onClick={() => {}}>
-        <EuiText size="xs" color="subdued">
-          {props.queryStatus.elapsedMs
-            ? `Completed in ${props.queryStatus.elapsedMs} ms`
-            : 'Completed'}
+        <EuiText size="xs" color="subdued" data-test-subj="queryResultCompleteMsg">
+          {message}
         </EuiText>
       </EuiButtonEmpty>
     );
@@ -55,9 +111,17 @@ export function QueryResult(props: { queryStatus: QueryStatus }) {
   return (
     <EuiPopover
       button={
-        <EuiButtonEmpty iconSide="left" iconType={'alert'} size="xs" onClick={onButtonClick}>
+        <EuiButtonEmpty
+          iconSide="left"
+          iconType={'alert'}
+          size="xs"
+          onClick={onButtonClick}
+          data-test-subj="queryResultErrorBtn"
+        >
           <EuiText size="xs" color="subdued">
-            {'Error'}
+            {i18n.translate('data.query.languageService.queryResults.error', {
+              defaultMessage: `Error`,
+            })}
           </EuiText>
         </EuiButtonEmpty>
       }
@@ -65,6 +129,7 @@ export function QueryResult(props: { queryStatus: QueryStatus }) {
       closePopover={() => setPopover(false)}
       panelPaddingSize="s"
       anchorPosition={'downRight'}
+      data-test-subj="queryResultError"
     >
       <EuiPopoverTitle>ERRORS</EuiPopoverTitle>
       <div style={{ width: '250px' }}>
@@ -82,7 +147,7 @@ export function QueryResult(props: { queryStatus: QueryStatus }) {
               {i18n.translate('data.query.languageService.queryResults.details', {
                 defaultMessage: `Details:`,
               })}
-            </strong>{' '}
+            </strong>
             {props.queryStatus.body.error.details}
           </p>
         </EuiText>
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts
index 91b896f143f1..88300cc570fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export interface SearchData {
       statusCode?: number;
     };
     elapsedMs?: number;
+    startTime?: number;
   };
 }
 
@@ -119,12 +120,14 @@ export const useSearch = (services: DiscoverViewServices) => {
     );
   }, [savedSearch, services.uiSettings, timefilter]);
 
+  const startTime = Date.now();
   const data$ = useMemo(
     () =>
       new BehaviorSubject<SearchData>({
         status: shouldSearchOnPageLoad() ? ResultStatus.LOADING : ResultStatus.UNINITIALIZED,
+        queryStatus: { startTime },
       }),
-    [shouldSearchOnPageLoad]
+    [shouldSearchOnPageLoad, startTime]
   );
   const refetch$ = useMemo(() => new Subject<SearchRefetch>(), []);
 
@@ -161,7 +164,6 @@ export const useSearch = (services: DiscoverViewServices) => {
     dataset = searchSource.getField('index');
 
     let elapsedMs;
-
     try {
       // Only show loading indicator if we are fetching when the rows are empty
       if (fetchStateRef.current.rows?.length === 0) {
@@ -267,14 +269,14 @@ export const useSearch = (services: DiscoverViewServices) => {
     }
   }, [
     indexPattern,
-    interval,
     timefilter,
     toastNotifications,
+    interval,
     data,
     services,
+    sort,
     savedSearch?.searchSource,
     data$,
-    sort,
     shouldSearchOnPageLoad,
     inspectorAdapters.requests,
   ]);