diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.spec.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.spec.tsx
index 786eb3253819ed..c5ffdfc28e3dfb 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.spec.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.spec.tsx
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ describe('useMetricOptions', () => {
           dataset: 'tracemetrics',
           field: ['metric.name', 'metric.type', 'metric.unit', 'count(metric.name)'],
           referrer: 'api.explore.metric-options',
+          statsPeriod: '3d',
         }),
       })
     );
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.tsx
index cc7cd85c4c9ded..b104eac8212154 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions.tsx
@@ -48,15 +48,12 @@ function metricOptionsQueryKey({
     query.project = projectIds.map(String);
   }
 
-  if (search && datetime) {
-    // If searching we use the full filters in order to not miss the result.
+  if (datetime) {
     Object.entries(normalizeDateTimeParams(datetime)).forEach(([key, value]) => {
       if (value !== undefined) {
         query[key] = value as string | string[];
       }
     });
-  } else {
-    query.statsPeriod = '24h'; // Default to a much smaller time window if not searching.
   }
 
   return [`/organizations/${orgSlug}/events/`, {query}];
@@ -112,5 +109,13 @@ export function useMetricOptions({
     }
   }, [result.data]);
 
-  return result;
+  const isMetricOptionsEmpty =
+    !result.isFetching &&
+    !result.isLoading &&
+    (!result.data?.data || result.data.data.length === 0);
+
+  return {
+    ...result,
+    isMetricOptionsEmpty,
+  };
 }
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricGraph/index.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricGraph/index.tsx
index 5654a544eecf4a..cef2644400ab47 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricGraph/index.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricGraph/index.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import {Fragment, useMemo} from 'react';
 
+import {ExternalLink} from '@sentry/scraps/link';
+
 import {CompactSelect} from 'sentry/components/core/compactSelect';
 import {Tooltip} from 'sentry/components/core/tooltip';
 import {IconClock, IconGraph} from 'sentry/icons';
-import {t} from 'sentry/locale';
+import {t, tct} from 'sentry/locale';
 import {defined} from 'sentry/utils';
 import {determineSeriesSampleCountAndIsSampled} from 'sentry/views/alerts/rules/metric/utils/determineSeriesSampleCount';
 import {Widget} from 'sentry/views/dashboards/widgets/widget/widget';
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ import {
 } from 'sentry/views/explore/utils';
 import {ChartType} from 'sentry/views/insights/common/components/chart';
 import type {useSortedTimeSeries} from 'sentry/views/insights/common/queries/useSortedTimeSeries';
+import {GenericWidgetEmptyStateWarning} from 'sentry/views/performance/landing/widgets/components/selectableList';
 
 import {WidgetWrapper} from './styles';
 
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ interface MetricsGraphProps {
   timeseriesResult: ReturnType<typeof useSortedTimeSeries>;
   additionalActions?: React.ReactNode;
   infoContentHidden?: boolean;
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function MetricsGraph({
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ export function MetricsGraph({
   orientation,
   additionalActions,
   infoContentHidden,
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty,
 }: MetricsGraphProps) {
   const visualize = useMetricVisualize();
   const setVisualize = useSetMetricVisualize();
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ export function MetricsGraph({
       orientation={orientation}
       additionalActions={additionalActions}
       infoContentHidden={infoContentHidden}
+      isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
     />
   );
 }
@@ -84,6 +90,7 @@ function Graph({
   visualize,
   infoContentHidden,
   additionalActions,
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty,
 }: GraphProps) {
   const aggregate = visualize.yAxis;
   const topEventsLimit = useQueryParamsTopEventsLimit();
@@ -156,14 +163,34 @@ function Graph({
     </Fragment>
   );
 
+  const showEmptyState = isMetricOptionsEmpty && visualize.visible;
+  const showChart = visualize.visible && !isMetricOptionsEmpty;
+
   return (
     <WidgetWrapper hideFooterBorder={orientation === 'bottom'}>
       <Widget
         Title={Title}
         Actions={Actions}
-        Visualization={visualize.visible && <ChartVisualization chartInfo={chartInfo} />}
+        Visualization={
+          showEmptyState ? (
+            <GenericWidgetEmptyStateWarning
+              message={tct(
+                'No metrics found for this time period. If this is unexpected, try updating your filters or [link:learn more] about how to use metrics.',
+                {
+                  link: (
+                    <ExternalLink href="https://docs.sentry.io/product/explore/metrics/">
+                      {t('learn more')}
+                    </ExternalLink>
+                  ),
+                }
+              )}
+            />
+          ) : showChart ? (
+            <ChartVisualization chartInfo={chartInfo} />
+          ) : undefined
+        }
         Footer={
-          visualize.visible && (
+          showChart && (
             <ConfidenceFooter
               chartInfo={chartInfo}
               isLoading={timeseriesResult.isFetching}
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/aggregatesTab.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/aggregatesTab.tsx
index 8f73b27070bfa1..191d222d0ed30a 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/aggregatesTab.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/aggregatesTab.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import styled from '@emotion/styled';
 import throttle from 'lodash/throttle';
 
 import {Tooltip} from 'sentry/components/core/tooltip';
-import EmptyStateWarning from 'sentry/components/emptyStateWarning';
 import LoadingIndicator from 'sentry/components/loadingIndicator';
 import {SimpleTable} from 'sentry/components/tables/simpleTable';
 import {IconWarning} from 'sentry/icons/iconWarning';
@@ -36,19 +35,21 @@ import {
 } from 'sentry/views/explore/queryParams/context';
 import {FieldRenderer} from 'sentry/views/explore/tables/fieldRenderer';
 import {TraceItemDataset} from 'sentry/views/explore/types';
+import {GenericWidgetEmptyStateWarning} from 'sentry/views/performance/landing/widgets/components/selectableList';
 
 const RESULT_LIMIT = 50;
 
 interface AggregatesTabProps {
   traceMetric: TraceMetric;
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty?: boolean;
 }
 
-export function AggregatesTab({traceMetric}: AggregatesTabProps) {
+export function AggregatesTab({traceMetric, isMetricOptionsEmpty}: AggregatesTabProps) {
   const topEvents = useTopEvents();
   const tableRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
   const {result, eventView, fields} = useMetricAggregatesTable({
-    enabled: Boolean(traceMetric.name),
+    enabled: Boolean(traceMetric.name) && !isMetricOptionsEmpty,
     limit: RESULT_LIMIT,
     traceMetric,
   });
@@ -151,9 +152,11 @@ export function AggregatesTab({traceMetric}: AggregatesTabProps) {
     };
   }, [result.data, fields.length]);
 
+  const isPending = result.isPending && !isMetricOptionsEmpty;
+
   return (
     <StickyCompatibleSimpleTable ref={tableRef} style={tableStyle}>
-      {result.isPending && <TransparentLoadingMask />}
+      {isPending && <TransparentLoadingMask />}
 
       <StickyCompatibleStyledHeader>
         {fields.map((field, i) => {
@@ -221,15 +224,13 @@ export function AggregatesTab({traceMetric}: AggregatesTabProps) {
               ))}
             </SimpleTable.Row>
           ))
-        ) : result.isPending ? (
+        ) : isPending ? (
           <SimpleTable.Empty>
             <LoadingIndicator />
           </SimpleTable.Empty>
         ) : (
           <SimpleTable.Empty>
-            <EmptyStateWarning>
-              <p>{t('No aggregates found')}</p>
-            </EmptyStateWarning>
+            <GenericWidgetEmptyStateWarning title={t('No aggregates found')} message="" />
           </SimpleTable.Empty>
         )}
       </StickyCompatibleTableBody>
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/index.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/index.tsx
index 4ead63218db8b6..3a644aaaa72cb9 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/index.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/index.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface MetricInfoTabsProps {
   traceMetric: TraceMetric;
   additionalActions?: React.ReactNode;
   contentsHidden?: boolean;
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty?: boolean;
 }
 
 export default function MetricInfoTabs({
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export default function MetricInfoTabs({
   additionalActions,
   contentsHidden,
   orientation,
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty,
 }: MetricInfoTabsProps) {
   const visualize = useMetricVisualize();
   const queryParamsMode = useQueryParamsMode();
@@ -61,10 +63,16 @@ export default function MetricInfoTabs({
         <BodyContainer>
           <StyledTabPanels>
             <TabPanels.Item key={Mode.AGGREGATE}>
-              <AggregatesTab traceMetric={traceMetric} />
+              <AggregatesTab
+                traceMetric={traceMetric}
+                isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
+              />
             </TabPanels.Item>
             <TabPanels.Item key={Mode.SAMPLES}>
-              <SamplesTab traceMetric={traceMetric} />
+              <SamplesTab
+                traceMetric={traceMetric}
+                isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
+              />
             </TabPanels.Item>
           </StyledTabPanels>
         </BodyContainer>
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/metricsSamplesTable.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/metricsSamplesTable.tsx
index cc25b45ede22a6..27b5cbc2c8e719 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/metricsSamplesTable.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/metricsSamplesTable.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {useMemo} from 'react';
 import styled from '@emotion/styled';
 
-import EmptyStateWarning from 'sentry/components/emptyStateWarning';
 import LoadingIndicator from 'sentry/components/loadingIndicator';
 import {SimpleTable} from 'sentry/components/tables/simpleTable';
 import {IconWarning} from 'sentry/icons';
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ import {SampleTableRow} from 'sentry/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/metric
 import type {TraceMetric} from 'sentry/views/explore/metrics/metricQuery';
 import {TraceMetricKnownFieldKey} from 'sentry/views/explore/metrics/types';
 import {getMetricTableColumnType} from 'sentry/views/explore/metrics/utils';
+import {GenericWidgetEmptyStateWarning} from 'sentry/views/performance/landing/widgets/components/selectableList';
 
 const RESULT_LIMIT = 50;
 const TWO_MINUTE_DELAY = 120;
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ export const SAMPLES_PANEL_MIN_WIDTH = 350;
 
 interface MetricsSamplesTableProps {
   embedded?: boolean;
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty?: boolean;
   traceMetric?: TraceMetric;
 }
 
 export function MetricsSamplesTable({
   traceMetric,
   embedded = false,
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty,
 }: MetricsSamplesTableProps) {
   const columns = embedded ? TraceSamplesTableEmbeddedColumns : TraceSamplesTableColumns;
   const fields = columns.filter(c => getMetricTableColumnType(c) !== 'stat');
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ export function MetricsSamplesTable({
     error,
     isFetching,
   } = useMetricSamplesTable({
-    disabled: embedded ? false : !traceMetric?.name,
+    disabled: embedded ? false : !traceMetric?.name || isMetricOptionsEmpty,
     limit: RESULT_LIMIT,
     traceMetric,
     fields,
@@ -92,9 +94,7 @@ export function MetricsSamplesTable({
           </SimpleTable.Empty>
         ) : (
           <SimpleTable.Empty>
-            <EmptyStateWarning>
-              <p>{t('No samples found')}</p>
-            </EmptyStateWarning>
+            <GenericWidgetEmptyStateWarning title={t('No samples found')} message="" />
           </SimpleTable.Empty>
         )}
       </StyledSimpleTableBody>
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/samplesTab.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/samplesTab.tsx
index 55392396db494f..482d34504524a8 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/samplesTab.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricInfoTabs/samplesTab.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ import type {TraceMetric} from 'sentry/views/explore/metrics/metricQuery';
 
 interface SamplesTabProps {
   traceMetric: TraceMetric;
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty?: boolean;
 }
 
-export function SamplesTab({traceMetric}: SamplesTabProps) {
-  return <MetricsSamplesTable traceMetric={traceMetric} />;
+export function SamplesTab({traceMetric, isMetricOptionsEmpty}: SamplesTabProps) {
+  return (
+    <MetricsSamplesTable
+      traceMetric={traceMetric}
+      isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
+    />
+  );
 }
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/index.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/index.tsx
index 9d85a60a814ba4..0b53ba48e4e823 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/index.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/index.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Panel from 'sentry/components/panels/panel';
 import PanelBody from 'sentry/components/panels/panelBody';
 import {useMetricsPanelAnalytics} from 'sentry/views/explore/hooks/useAnalytics';
 import {useChartInterval} from 'sentry/views/explore/hooks/useChartInterval';
+import {useMetricOptions} from 'sentry/views/explore/hooks/useMetricOptions';
 import {useTopEvents} from 'sentry/views/explore/hooks/useTopEvents';
 import {TraceSamplesTableColumns} from 'sentry/views/explore/metrics/constants';
 import {useMetricAggregatesTable} from 'sentry/views/explore/metrics/hooks/useMetricAggregatesTable';
@@ -35,16 +36,17 @@ export function MetricPanel({traceMetric, queryIndex}: MetricPanelProps) {
     canChangeOrientation,
   } = useTableOrientationControl();
   const [infoContentHidden, setInfoContentHidden] = useState(false);
+  const {isMetricOptionsEmpty} = useMetricOptions({enabled: Boolean(traceMetric.name)});
   const {result: timeseriesResult} = useMetricTimeseries({
     traceMetric,
-    enabled: Boolean(traceMetric.name),
+    enabled: Boolean(traceMetric.name) && !isMetricOptionsEmpty,
   });
 
   const columns = TraceSamplesTableColumns;
   const fields = columns.filter(c => getMetricTableColumnType(c) !== 'stat');
 
   const metricSamplesTableResult = useMetricSamplesTable({
-    disabled: !traceMetric?.name,
+    disabled: !traceMetric?.name || isMetricOptionsEmpty,
     limit: RESULT_LIMIT,
     traceMetric,
     fields,
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ export function MetricPanel({traceMetric, queryIndex}: MetricPanelProps) {
   });
 
   const metricAggregatesTableResult = useMetricAggregatesTable({
-    enabled: Boolean(traceMetric.name),
+    enabled: Boolean(traceMetric.name) && !isMetricOptionsEmpty,
     limit: RESULT_LIMIT,
     traceMetric,
   });
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ export function MetricPanel({traceMetric, queryIndex}: MetricPanelProps) {
             orientation={orientation}
             infoContentHidden={infoContentHidden}
             setInfoContentHidden={setInfoContentHidden}
+            isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
           />
         ) : (
           <StackedOrientation
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ export function MetricPanel({traceMetric, queryIndex}: MetricPanelProps) {
             canChangeOrientation={canChangeOrientation}
             infoContentHidden={infoContentHidden}
             setInfoContentHidden={setInfoContentHidden}
+            isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
           />
         )}
       </PanelBody>
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/sideBySideOrientation.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/sideBySideOrientation.tsx
index 9dadb23a15be84..e00c0928b1c980 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/sideBySideOrientation.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/sideBySideOrientation.tsx
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ export function SideBySideOrientation({
   setOrientation,
   infoContentHidden,
   setInfoContentHidden,
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty,
 }: {
   infoContentHidden: boolean;
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty: boolean;
   orientation: TableOrientation;
   queryIndex: number;
   setInfoContentHidden: (hidden: boolean) => void;
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ export function SideBySideOrientation({
           orientation={orientation}
           additionalActions={additionalActions}
           infoContentHidden={infoContentHidden}
+          isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
         />
       </div>
     );
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ export function SideBySideOrientation({
                 timeseriesResult={timeseriesResult}
                 queryIndex={queryIndex}
                 orientation={orientation}
+                isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
               />
             ),
             default: defaultSplit,
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ export function SideBySideOrientation({
               traceMetric={traceMetric}
               additionalActions={additionalActions}
               orientation={orientation}
+              isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
             />
           }
         />
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/stackedOrientation.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/stackedOrientation.tsx
index dcd430dc520479..3b1981659129e1 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/stackedOrientation.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/metrics/metricPanel/stackedOrientation.tsx
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ export function StackedOrientation({
   canChangeOrientation,
   infoContentHidden,
   setInfoContentHidden,
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty,
 }: {
   canChangeOrientation: boolean;
   infoContentHidden: boolean;
+  isMetricOptionsEmpty: boolean;
   orientation: TableOrientation;
   queryIndex: number;
   setInfoContentHidden: (hidden: boolean) => void;
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ export function StackedOrientation({
           timeseriesResult={timeseriesResult}
           queryIndex={queryIndex}
           orientation={orientation}
+          isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
         />
       </StackedGraphWrapper>
       <MetricInfoTabs
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ export function StackedOrientation({
         additionalActions={additionalInfoTabActions}
         contentsHidden={infoContentHidden}
         orientation={orientation}
+        isMetricOptionsEmpty={isMetricOptionsEmpty}
       />
     </Stack>
   );
diff --git a/static/app/views/performance/landing/widgets/components/selectableList.tsx b/static/app/views/performance/landing/widgets/components/selectableList.tsx
index f46164b15e64c6..ed0a19607bcb96 100644
--- a/static/app/views/performance/landing/widgets/components/selectableList.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/performance/landing/widgets/components/selectableList.tsx
@@ -82,10 +82,16 @@ export const GrowLink = styled(Link)`
   display: inherit;
 `;
 
-export function GenericWidgetEmptyStateWarning({message}: {message: React.ReactNode}) {
+export function GenericWidgetEmptyStateWarning({
+  message,
+  title,
+}: {
+  message: React.ReactNode;
+  title?: string;
+}) {
   return (
     <StyledEmptyStateWarning>
-      <PrimaryMessage>{t('No results found')}</PrimaryMessage>
+      <PrimaryMessage>{title ?? t('No results found')}</PrimaryMessage>
       <SecondaryMessage>{message}</SecondaryMessage>
     </StyledEmptyStateWarning>
   );