diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/bench/bench_json_vs_json2.v b/vlib/v/tests/bench/bench_json_vs_json2.v
index 28d4ac5b51..bc390cad5f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/bench/bench_json_vs_json2.v
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/bench/bench_json_vs_json2.v
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import benchmark
 // recommendations:
 // ./v wipe-cache && MAX_ITERATIONS=100_000 ./v run vlib/v/tests/bench/bench_json_vs_json2.v
 // ./v wipe-cache && MAX_ITERATIONS=100_000 ./v -prod crun vlib/v/tests/bench/bench_json_vs_json2.v
+// ./v wipe-cache && ./v -gc boehm_leak -o testcase_leak -prod vlib/v/tests/bench/bench_json_vs_json2.v && ./testcase_leak 2>leaks.txt
+// ./v wipe-cache && ./v -prod vlib/v/tests/bench/bench_json_vs_json2.v -o b_out && valgrind --track-origins=yes ./b_out
 
 const max_iterations = os.getenv_opt('MAX_ITERATIONS') or { '1000' }.int()
 
diff --git a/vlib/x/json2/count.v b/vlib/x/json2/count.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0984fb4c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/x/json2/count.v
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+module json2
+
+import time
+
+struct Count {
+mut:
+	total int
+}
+
+// get_total
+fn (mut count Count) get_total() int {
+	return count.total
+}
+
+// reset_total
+fn (mut count Count) reset_total() {
+	count.total = 0
+}
+
+// count_chars count json sizen whithout new encode
+fn (mut count Count) count_chars[T](val T) {
+	$if val is $option {
+		workaround := val
+		if workaround != none {
+			count.count_chars(val)
+		}
+	} $else $if T is string {
+		count.chars_in_string(val)
+	} $else $if T is $sumtype {
+		$for v in val.variants {
+			if val is v {
+				count.count_chars(val)
+			}
+		}
+	} $else $if T is $alias {
+		// TODO
+	} $else $if T is time.Time {
+		count.total += 26 // "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.123Z"
+	} $else $if T is $map {
+		count.total++ // {
+		for k, v in val {
+			count.count_chars(k)
+			count.total++ // :
+			count.count_chars(v)
+		}
+		count.total++ // }
+	} $else $if T is $array {
+		count.total += 2 // []
+		if val.len > 0 {
+			for element in val {
+				count.count_chars(element)
+			}
+			count.total += val.len - 1 // ,
+		}
+	} $else $if T is $struct {
+		count.chars_in_struct(val)
+	} $else $if T is $enum {
+		count.count_chars(int(val))
+	} $else $if T is $int {
+		// TODO benchmark
+		mut abs_val := val
+		if val < 0 {
+			count.total++ // -
+			abs_val = -val
+		}
+		for number_value := abs_val; number_value >= 1; number_value /= 10 {
+			count.total++
+		}
+		if val == 0 {
+			count.total++
+		}
+	} $else $if T is $float {
+		// TODO
+	} $else $if T is bool {
+		if val {
+			count.total += 4 // true
+		} else {
+			count.total += 5 // false
+		}
+	} $else {
+	}
+}
+
+// chars_in_struct
+fn (mut count Count) chars_in_struct[T](val T) {
+	count.total += 2 // {}
+	$for field in T.fields {
+		// TODO handle attributes
+		count.total += field.name.len + 3 // "":
+		workaround := val.$(field.name)
+		count.count_chars(workaround)
+	}
+}
+
+// chars_in_string
+fn (mut count Count) chars_in_string(val string) {
+	count.total += val.len + 2 // ""
+}
diff --git a/vlib/x/json2/count_test.v b/vlib/x/json2/count_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06f955420b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/x/json2/count_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+module json2
+
+import time
+
+const fixed_time = time.Time{
+	year: 2022
+	month: 3
+	day: 11
+	hour: 13
+	minute: 54
+	second: 25
+	unix: 1647006865
+}
+
+type StringAlias = string
+type BoolAlias = bool
+type IntAlias = int
+type TimeAlias = time.Time
+type StructAlias = StructType[int]
+type EnumAlias = Enumerates
+
+type SumTypes = StructType[string] | []SumTypes | []string | bool | int | string | time.Time
+
+enum Enumerates {
+	a
+	b
+	c
+	d
+	e = 99
+	f
+}
+
+struct StructType[T] {
+mut:
+	val T
+}
+
+struct StructTypeOption[T] {
+mut:
+	val ?T
+}
+
+struct StructTypePointer[T] {
+mut:
+	val &T
+}
+
+fn count_test[T](value T) {
+	mut count := Count{0}
+
+	count.count_chars(value)
+	assert encode(value).len == count.get_total()
+}
+
+fn test_empty() {
+	count_test(map[string]string{})
+
+	count_test([]string{})
+
+	count_test(StructType[bool]{})
+
+	count_test(map[string]string{})
+}
+
+fn test_types() {
+	count_test(StructType[string]{})
+
+	count_test(StructType[string]{ val: '' })
+
+	count_test(StructType[string]{ val: 'abcd' })
+
+	count_test(StructType[bool]{ val: false })
+
+	count_test(StructType[bool]{ val: true })
+
+	count_test(StructType[int]{ val: 26 })
+
+	count_test(StructType[int]{ val: 1 })
+
+	count_test(StructType[int]{ val: -125 })
+
+	count_test(StructType[u64]{ val: u64(-1) })
+
+	count_test(StructType[time.Time]{})
+
+	count_test(StructType[time.Time]{ val: json2.fixed_time })
+
+	count_test(StructType[StructType[int]]{
+		val: StructType[int]{
+			val: 1
+		}
+	})
+
+	count_test(StructType[Enumerates]{})
+	count_test(StructType[Enumerates]{})
+	count_test(StructType[Enumerates]{ val: Enumerates.f })
+	count_test(StructType[[]int]{})
+	count_test(StructType[[]int]{ val: [0] })
+	count_test(StructType[[]int]{ val: [0, 1, 0, 2, 3, 2, 5, 1] })
+}
diff --git a/vlib/x/json2/encoder.v b/vlib/x/json2/encoder.v
index 3eb04abda4..5cd43f5cc3 100644
--- a/vlib/x/json2/encoder.v
+++ b/vlib/x/json2/encoder.v
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ pub fn encode[T](val T) string {
 	$if T is $array {
 		return encode_array(val)
 	} $else {
-		mut buf := []u8{}
+		mut count := Count{0}
+		count.count_chars(val)
+
+		mut buf := []u8{cap: count.total}
 
 		defer {
 			unsafe { buf.free() }