diff --git a/code/_compile_options.dm b/code/_compile_options.dm
index aa511c6e155..9ce72621b59 100644
--- a/code/_compile_options.dm
+++ b/code/_compile_options.dm
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 /// Prefer the autowiki build target instead.
 // #define AUTOWIKI
 
+/// If this is uncommented, will profile mapload atom initializations
+// #define PROFILE_MAPLOAD_INIT_ATOM
+
 #ifndef PRELOAD_RSC //set to:
 #define PRELOAD_RSC 2 // 0 to allow using external resources or on-demand behaviour;
 #endif // 1 to use the default behaviour;
diff --git a/code/controllers/subsystem/atoms.dm b/code/controllers/subsystem/atoms.dm
index e453360df06..525500ea15f 100644
--- a/code/controllers/subsystem/atoms.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/subsystem/atoms.dm
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(atoms)
 	/// Atoms that will be deleted once the subsystem is initialized
 	var/list/queued_deletions = list()
 
+	#ifdef PROFILE_MAPLOAD_INIT_ATOM
+	var/list/mapload_init_times = list()
+	#endif
+
 	initialized = INITIALIZATION_INSSATOMS
 
 /datum/controller/subsystem/atoms/Initialize(timeofday)
@@ -29,8 +33,17 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(atoms)
 	initialized = INITIALIZATION_INNEW_MAPLOAD
 	InitializeAtoms()
 	initialized = INITIALIZATION_INNEW_REGULAR
+
 	return ..()
 
+#ifdef PROFILE_MAPLOAD_INIT_ATOM
+#define PROFILE_INIT_ATOM_BEGIN(...) var/__profile_stat_time = TICK_USAGE
+#define PROFILE_INIT_ATOM_END(atom) mapload_init_times[##atom.type] += TICK_USAGE_TO_MS(__profile_stat_time)
+#else
+#define PROFILE_INIT_ATOM_BEGIN(...)
+#define PROFILE_INIT_ATOM_END(...)
+#endif
+
 /datum/controller/subsystem/atoms/proc/InitializeAtoms(list/atoms, list/atoms_to_return = null)
 	if(initialized == INITIALIZATION_INSSATOMS)
 		return
@@ -50,12 +63,16 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(atoms)
 			var/atom/A = atoms[I]
 			if(!(A.flags_1 & INITIALIZED_1))
 				CHECK_TICK
+				PROFILE_INIT_ATOM_BEGIN()
 				InitAtom(A, TRUE, mapload_arg)
+				PROFILE_INIT_ATOM_END(A)
 	else
 		count = 0
 		for(var/atom/A in world)
 			if(!(A.flags_1 & INITIALIZED_1))
+				PROFILE_INIT_ATOM_BEGIN()
 				InitAtom(A, FALSE, mapload_arg)
+				PROFILE_INIT_ATOM_END(A)
 				++count
 				CHECK_TICK
 
@@ -84,6 +101,10 @@ SUBSYSTEM_DEF(atoms)
 	testing("[queued_deletions.len] atoms were queued for deletion.")
 	queued_deletions.Cut()
 
+	#ifdef PROFILE_MAPLOAD_INIT_ATOM
+	rustg_file_write(json_encode(mapload_init_times), "[GLOB.log_directory]/init_times.json")
+	#endif
+
 /// Init this specific atom
 /datum/controller/subsystem/atoms/proc/InitAtom(atom/A, from_template = FALSE, list/arguments)
 	var/the_type = A.type
diff --git a/tools/read_init_times.py b/tools/read_init_times.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4dca61c40f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/read_init_times.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# When passed an `init_times.json` file (received from enabling `PROFILE_MAPLOAD_INIT_ATOM`),
+# and an optional max-depth level, this will output init times from worst to best.
+import json
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print("Usage: read_init_times.py <init_times.json> [max_depth]")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+max_depth = int(sys.argv[2]) if len(sys.argv) > 2 else 1000
+
+with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as file:
+    init_times = json.load(file)
+
+init_times_per_type = {}
+
+for (type, time) in init_times.items():
+    type = '/'.join(type.split('/')[0:max_depth+1])
+    init_times_per_type[type] = init_times_per_type.get(type, 0) + time
+
+for (type, time) in sorted(init_times_per_type.items(), key = lambda x: x[1], reverse = True):
+    print(type, time)