diff --git a/doc/changes/dev/13161.newfeature.rst b/doc/changes/dev/13161.newfeature.rst
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+:meth:`mne.Report.add_projs` now accepts :class:`~mne.Epochs` as ``info`` and adds an ``add_rate`` parameter to show estimated event rates (e.g. heart rate or blink rate) in the report (:gh:`13161` by `Prithvi Chauhan`_).
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diff --git a/mne/report/report.py b/mne/report/report.py
index 94e6d7b984f..070a4315562 100644
--- a/mne/report/report.py
+++ b/mne/report/report.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 from ..viz.utils import _ndarray_to_fig
 
 _BEM_VIEWS = ("axial", "sagittal", "coronal")
+_RATE_PROJ_KEYWORDS = ("ecg", "eog", "blink", "heart")
 
 
 # For raw files, we want to support different suffixes + extensions for all
@@ -1854,6 +1855,7 @@ def add_projs(
         title,
         projs=None,
         topomap_kwargs=None,
+        add_rate="auto",
         tags=("ssp",),
         joint=False,
         picks_trace=None,
@@ -1864,7 +1866,7 @@ def add_projs(
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        info : instance of Info | instance of Evoked | path-like
+        info : instance of Info | instance of Evoked | instance of Epochs | path-like
             An `~mne.Info` structure or the path of a file containing one.
         title : str
             The title corresponding to the :class:`~mne.Projection` object.
@@ -1872,6 +1874,15 @@ def add_projs(
             The projection vectors to add to the report. Can be the path to a
             file that will be loaded via `mne.read_proj`. If ``None``, the
             projectors are taken from ``info['projs']``.
+        add_rate : bool | "auto"
+            Whether to add an estimated event rate to the figure caption when
+            ``info`` is an instance of :class:`~mne.Epochs`. If ``"auto"``
+            (default), the rate is shown only when the projector descriptions
+            suggest ECG or EOG content (i.e. contain ``"ecg"``, ``"eog"``, or
+            ``"blink"``). If ``True``, always show the rate. If ``False``, never
+            show it.
+
+            .. versionadded:: 1.13
         %(topomap_kwargs)s
         %(tags_report)s
         joint : bool
@@ -1903,6 +1914,7 @@ def add_projs(
             section=section,
             tags=tags,
             topomap_kwargs=topomap_kwargs,
+            add_rate=add_rate,
             replace=replace,
             joint=joint,
         )
@@ -3611,6 +3623,30 @@ def _add_raw(
                 replace=replace,
             )
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _event_estimate(epochs, projs):
+        rate_caption = None
+        n_events = len(epochs.drop_log)
+        event_times = [ev[0] / epochs.info["sfreq"] for ev in epochs.events]
+        if len(event_times) > 1:
+            duration_sec = event_times[-1] - event_times[0]
+            duration_min = duration_sec / 60.0
+        else:
+            duration_min = 0.0
+            return None
+        if duration_min > 0:
+            rate = n_events / duration_min
+            unit = (
+                "BPM"
+                if any(
+                    any(kw in p["desc"].lower() for kw in _RATE_PROJ_KEYWORDS)
+                    for p in projs
+                )
+                else "events/min"
+            )
+            rate_caption = f"Estimated rate: {rate:.1f} {unit}"
+        return rate_caption
+
     @_use_agg
     def _add_projs(
         self,
@@ -3622,16 +3658,20 @@ def _add_projs(
         tags,
         section,
         topomap_kwargs,
+        add_rate,
         replace,
         picks_trace=None,
         joint=False,
     ):
         evoked = None
+        epochs = None
         if isinstance(info, Info):  # no-op
             pass
         elif isinstance(getattr(info, "info", None), Info):  # try to get the file name
             if isinstance(info, Evoked):
                 evoked = info
+            if isinstance(info, BaseEpochs):
+                epochs = info
             info = info.info
         else:  # read from a file
             info = read_info(info, verbose=False)
@@ -3645,6 +3685,24 @@ def _add_projs(
         elif not isinstance(projs, list):
             projs = read_proj(projs)
 
+        rate_caption = None
+
+        if add_rate is False:
+            pass
+        elif epochs is None:
+            if add_rate is True:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "add_rate=True requires an Epochs instance to be passed as info"
+                )
+        elif add_rate is True:
+            rate_caption = self._event_estimate(epochs, projs)
+        elif add_rate == "auto":
+            if any(
+                any(kw in p["desc"].lower() for kw in _RATE_PROJ_KEYWORDS)
+                for p in projs
+            ):
+                rate_caption = self._event_estimate(epochs, projs)
+
         if not projs:
             raise ValueError("No SSP projectors found")
 
@@ -3682,7 +3740,7 @@ def _add_projs(
         self._add_figure(
             fig=fig,
             title=title,
-            caption=None,
+            caption=rate_caption,
             image_format=image_format,
             tags=tags,
             section=section,
diff --git a/mne/report/tests/test_report.py b/mne/report/tests/test_report.py
index d2182ddbe66..a066dc6a0ab 100644
--- a/mne/report/tests/test_report.py
+++ b/mne/report/tests/test_report.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 from mne import (
     Epochs,
+    compute_proj_epochs,
     create_info,
     pick_channels_cov,
     read_cov,
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 from mne.epochs import make_metadata
 from mne.fixes import _reshape_view
 from mne.io import RawArray, read_info, read_raw_fif
-from mne.preprocessing import ICA
+from mne.preprocessing import ICA, create_ecg_epochs
 from mne.report import Report, _ReportScraper, open_report, report
 from mne.report import report as report_mod
 from mne.report.report import (
@@ -1019,6 +1020,24 @@ def test_manual_report_2d(tmp_path, invisible_fig):
     r.add_projs(
         info=raw_fname, projs=ecg_proj_fname, title="my proj", tags=("ssp", "ecg")
     )
+    raw_tmp = read_raw_fif(raw_fname).crop(0, 60).load_data()
+    ecg_epochs = create_ecg_epochs(raw_tmp)
+    ecg_projs_tmp = compute_proj_epochs(ecg_epochs, n_grad=1, n_mag=1, n_eeg=0)
+    r.add_projs(
+        info=ecg_epochs,
+        projs=ecg_projs_tmp,
+        title="ECG projs from epochs",
+        add_rate="auto",
+    )
+    assert "Estimated rate" not in r.html[-1]  # auto but no ecg in desc
+    r.add_projs(
+        info=ecg_epochs,
+        projs=ecg_projs_tmp,
+        title="ECG projs add_rate=True",
+        add_rate=True,
+    )
+    assert "Estimated rate" in r.html[-1]
+    del raw_tmp, ecg_epochs, ecg_projs_tmp
     r.add_ica(ica=ica, title="my ica", inst=None)
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="not preloaded"):
         r.add_ica(ica=ica, title="ica", inst=raw_non_preloaded)
diff --git a/tutorials/intro/70_report.py b/tutorials/intro/70_report.py
index 76d15fc0251..9c0ee64c6a2 100644
--- a/tutorials/intro/70_report.py
+++ b/tutorials/intro/70_report.py
@@ -181,7 +181,16 @@
 
 ecg_proj_path = sample_dir / "sample_audvis_ecg-proj.fif"
 report = mne.Report(title="Projectors example")
-report.add_projs(info=raw_path, title="Projs from info")
+raw_tmp = mne.io.read_raw(raw_path).crop(0, 60).load_data()
+ecg_epochs = mne.preprocessing.create_ecg_epochs(raw_tmp)
+ecg_projs = mne.compute_proj_epochs(ecg_epochs, n_grad=1, n_mag=1, n_eeg=0)
+report.add_projs(
+    info=ecg_epochs,
+    projs=ecg_projs,
+    title="ECG projs with estimated heart rate",
+    add_rate="auto",
+)
+del raw_tmp, ecg_epochs, ecg_projs
 
 # Now a joint plot
 events = mne.read_events(sample_dir / "sample_audvis_ecg-eve.fif")