diff --git a/lib/src/element_type.dart b/lib/src/element_type.dart
index 02a4f4a6a7..13afc9de6b 100644
--- a/lib/src/element_type.dart
+++ b/lib/src/element_type.dart
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-/// The models used to represent Dart code.
-library dartdoc.element_type;
+/// The models used to represent Dart types, all subclasses of [ElementType].
+///
+/// The only entrypoint for constructing these classes is
+/// [ElementTypeBuilderImpl.typeFrom], which delegates instantiation to various
+/// factories.
+library;
 
 import 'package:analyzer/dart/element/element.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/dart/element/nullability_suffix.dart';
@@ -12,6 +16,7 @@ import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/comment_referable.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/model.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/model/model_object_builder.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/render/element_type_renderer.dart';
+import 'package:dartdoc/src/runtime_stats.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/type_utils.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
 
@@ -19,8 +24,8 @@ mixin ElementTypeBuilderImpl implements ElementTypeBuilder {
   PackageGraph get packageGraph;
 
   @override
-  ElementType typeFrom(DartType f, Library library) =>
-      ElementType._from(f, library, packageGraph);
+  ElementType typeFrom(DartType type, Library library) =>
+      ElementType._from(type, library, packageGraph);
 }
 
 /// Base class representing a type in Dartdoc.  It wraps a [DartType], and
@@ -36,19 +41,20 @@ abstract class ElementType
 
   final String nullabilitySuffix;
 
-  ElementType(this.type, this.library, this.packageGraph)
+  ElementType._(this.type, this.library, this.packageGraph)
       : nullabilitySuffix = type.nullabilitySuffixWithin(library);
 
   factory ElementType._from(
-      DartType f, Library library, PackageGraph packageGraph) {
-    var fElement = f.documentableElement;
+      DartType type, Library library, PackageGraph packageGraph) {
+    runtimeStats.incrementAccumulator('elementTypeInstantiation');
+    var fElement = type.documentableElement;
     if (fElement == null ||
         fElement.kind == ElementKind.DYNAMIC ||
         fElement.kind == ElementKind.NEVER) {
-      return UndefinedElementType._from(f, library, packageGraph);
+      return UndefinedElementType._from(type, library, packageGraph);
     }
     var modelElement = packageGraph.modelBuilder.fromElement(fElement);
-    return DefinedElementType._from(f, modelElement, library, packageGraph);
+    return DefinedElementType._from(type, modelElement, library, packageGraph);
   }
 
   bool get canHaveParameters => false;
@@ -74,24 +80,26 @@ abstract class ElementType
 /// An [ElementType] that isn't pinned to an [Element] (or one that is, but
 /// whose element is irrelevant).
 class UndefinedElementType extends ElementType {
-  UndefinedElementType(super.f, super.library, super.packageGraph);
+  UndefinedElementType._(super.type, super.library, super.packageGraph)
+      : super._();
 
   factory UndefinedElementType._from(
-      DartType f, Library library, PackageGraph packageGraph) {
+      DartType type, Library library, PackageGraph packageGraph) {
     // [UndefinedElementType]s.
-    if (f.alias?.element != null) {
-      if (f is FunctionType) {
-        return AliasedUndefinedFunctionElementType(f, library, packageGraph);
+    if (type.alias != null) {
+      if (type is FunctionType) {
+        return AliasedUndefinedFunctionElementType._(
+            type, library, packageGraph);
       }
-      return AliasedUndefinedElementType(f, library, packageGraph);
+      return AliasedUndefinedElementType._(type, library, packageGraph);
     }
-    if (f is RecordType) {
-      return RecordElementType(f, library, packageGraph);
+    if (type is RecordType) {
+      return RecordElementType._(type, library, packageGraph);
     }
-    if (f is FunctionType) {
-      return FunctionTypeElementType(f, library, packageGraph);
+    if (type is FunctionType) {
+      return FunctionTypeElementType._(type, library, packageGraph);
     }
-    return UndefinedElementType(f, library, packageGraph);
+    return UndefinedElementType._(type, library, packageGraph);
   }
 
   @override
@@ -141,8 +149,9 @@ class UndefinedElementType extends ElementType {
 /// A [FunctionType] that does not have an underpinning [Element].
 class FunctionTypeElementType extends UndefinedElementType
     with Rendered, Callable {
-  FunctionTypeElementType(
-      FunctionType super.f, super.library, super.packageGraph);
+  FunctionTypeElementType._(
+      FunctionType super.type, super.library, super.packageGraph)
+      : super._();
 
   List<TypeParameter> get typeFormals => type.typeFormals
       .map((p) => packageGraph.modelBuilder.from(p, library) as TypeParameter)
@@ -158,7 +167,8 @@ class FunctionTypeElementType extends UndefinedElementType
 
 /// A [RecordType] which does not have an underpinning Element.
 class RecordElementType extends UndefinedElementType with Rendered {
-  RecordElementType(RecordType super.f, super.library, super.packageGraph);
+  RecordElementType._(RecordType super.type, super.library, super.packageGraph)
+      : super._();
 
   @override
   String get name => 'Record';
@@ -177,16 +187,16 @@ class RecordElementType extends UndefinedElementType with Rendered {
 
 class AliasedUndefinedFunctionElementType extends AliasedUndefinedElementType
     with Callable {
-  AliasedUndefinedFunctionElementType(
-      super.f, super.library, super.packageGraph);
+  AliasedUndefinedFunctionElementType._(
+      super.type, super.library, super.packageGraph)
+      : super._();
 }
 
 class AliasedUndefinedElementType extends UndefinedElementType
     with Aliased, Rendered {
-  AliasedUndefinedElementType(super.f, super.library, super.packageGraph) {
-    assert(type.alias?.element != null);
-    assert(type.alias?.typeArguments != null);
-  }
+  AliasedUndefinedElementType._(super.type, super.library, super.packageGraph)
+      : assert(type.alias != null),
+        super._();
 
   @override
   ElementTypeRenderer get _renderer =>
@@ -194,8 +204,9 @@ class AliasedUndefinedElementType extends UndefinedElementType
 }
 
 class ParameterizedElementType extends DefinedElementType with Rendered {
-  ParameterizedElementType(ParameterizedType super.type, super.library,
-      super.packageGraph, super.element);
+  ParameterizedElementType._(ParameterizedType super.type, super.library,
+      super.packageGraph, super.element)
+      : super._();
 
   @override
   ParameterizedType get type => super.type as ParameterizedType;
@@ -229,9 +240,10 @@ mixin Aliased implements ElementType, ModelBuilderInterface {
 }
 
 class AliasedElementType extends ParameterizedElementType with Aliased {
-  AliasedElementType(
+  AliasedElementType._(
       super.type, super.library, super.packageGraph, super.element)
-      : assert(type.alias?.element != null);
+      : assert(type.alias != null),
+        super._();
 
   @override
   ParameterizedType get type;
@@ -242,8 +254,9 @@ class AliasedElementType extends ParameterizedElementType with Aliased {
 }
 
 class TypeParameterElementType extends DefinedElementType {
-  TypeParameterElementType(TypeParameterType super.type, super.library,
-      super.packageGraph, super.element);
+  TypeParameterElementType._(TypeParameterType super.type, super.library,
+      super.packageGraph, super.element)
+      : super._();
 
   @override
   TypeParameterType get type => super.type as TypeParameterType;
@@ -262,25 +275,26 @@ class TypeParameterElementType extends DefinedElementType {
 abstract class DefinedElementType extends ElementType {
   final ModelElement modelElement;
 
-  DefinedElementType(
-      super.type, super.library, super.packageGraph, this.modelElement);
+  DefinedElementType._(
+      super.type, super.library, super.packageGraph, this.modelElement)
+      : super._();
 
-  factory DefinedElementType._from(DartType f, ModelElement modelElement,
+  factory DefinedElementType._from(DartType type, ModelElement modelElement,
       Library library, PackageGraph packageGraph) {
     // `TypeAliasElement.alias.element` has different implications.
     // In that case it is an actual type alias of some kind (generic or
     // otherwise). Here however `alias.element` signals that this is a type
     // referring to an alias.
-    if (f is! TypeAliasElement && f.alias?.element != null) {
-      return AliasedElementType(
-          f as ParameterizedType, library, packageGraph, modelElement);
+    if (type is! TypeAliasElement && type.alias != null) {
+      return AliasedElementType._(
+          type as ParameterizedType, library, packageGraph, modelElement);
     }
-    if (f is TypeParameterType) {
-      return TypeParameterElementType(f, library, packageGraph, modelElement);
+    if (type is TypeParameterType) {
+      return TypeParameterElementType._(
+          type, library, packageGraph, modelElement);
     }
-    assert(f is ParameterizedType);
-    return ParameterizedElementType(
-        f as ParameterizedType, library, packageGraph, modelElement);
+    return ParameterizedElementType._(
+        type as ParameterizedType, library, packageGraph, modelElement);
   }
 
   Element get element => modelElement.element;
@@ -396,8 +410,9 @@ mixin Rendered implements ElementType {
 /// A callable type that may or may not be backed by a declaration using the
 /// generic function syntax.
 class CallableElementType extends DefinedElementType with Rendered, Callable {
-  CallableElementType(
-      FunctionType super.t, super.library, super.packageGraph, super.element);
+  CallableElementType._(
+      FunctionType super.t, super.library, super.packageGraph, super.element)
+      : super._();
 
   @override
   String get name => super.name.isNotEmpty ? super.name : 'Function';
diff --git a/lib/src/model/model_element.dart b/lib/src/model/model_element.dart
index da0f50248f..77d8edb448 100644
--- a/lib/src/model/model_element.dart
+++ b/lib/src/model/model_element.dart
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import 'package:dartdoc/src/model_utils.dart' as utils;
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/render/model_element_renderer.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/render/parameter_renderer.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/render/source_code_renderer.dart';
+import 'package:dartdoc/src/runtime_stats.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/source_linker.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/special_elements.dart';
 import 'package:dartdoc/src/type_utils.dart';
@@ -292,6 +293,7 @@ abstract class ModelElement extends Canonicalization
     // TODO(jcollins-g): Reenable Parameter caching when dart-lang/sdk#30146
     //                   is fixed?
     if (library != Library.sentinel && newModelElement is! Parameter) {
+      runtimeStats.incrementAccumulator('modelElementCacheInsertion');
       var key = (e, library, enclosingContainer);
       library.packageGraph.allConstructedModelElements[key] = newModelElement;
       if (newModelElement is Inheritable) {
diff --git a/lib/src/model/package_builder.dart b/lib/src/model/package_builder.dart
index 8c83e16f56..c733fb785b 100644
--- a/lib/src/model/package_builder.dart
+++ b/lib/src/model/package_builder.dart
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ class PubPackageBuilder implements PackageBuilder {
     }
 
     var rendererFactory = RendererFactory.forFormat(config.format);
+    runtimeStats.resetAccumulators([
+      'elementTypeInstantiation',
+      'modelElementCacheInsertion',
+    ]);
 
     runtimeStats.startPerfTask('_calculatePackageMap');
     await _calculatePackageMap();