diff --git a/components/locid/src/langid.rs b/components/locid/src/langid.rs
index 22f0f8956d5..ba1bd78f3e8 100644
--- a/components/locid/src/langid.rs
+++ b/components/locid/src/langid.rs
@@ -146,6 +146,30 @@ impl LanguageIdentifier {
         variants: subtags::Variants::new(),
     };
 
+    /// Borrows the fields of this [`LanguageIdentifier`] in a tuple.
+    pub fn as_tuple(
+        &self,
+    ) -> (
+        subtags::Language,
+        Option<subtags::Script>,
+        Option<subtags::Region>,
+        &subtags::Variants,
+    ) {
+        (self.language, self.script, self.region, &self.variants)
+    }
+
+    /// Takes the fields of this [`LanguageIdentifier`] and returns them as a tuple.
+    pub fn into_tuple(
+        self,
+    ) -> (
+        subtags::Language,
+        Option<subtags::Script>,
+        Option<subtags::Region>,
+        subtags::Variants,
+    ) {
+        (self.language, self.script, self.region, self.variants)
+    }
+
     /// This is a best-effort operation that performs all available levels of canonicalization.
     ///
     /// At the moment the operation will normalize casing and the separator, but in the future
diff --git a/provider/adapters/src/lib.rs b/provider/adapters/src/lib.rs
index 81987f87785..e96efd3d286 100644
--- a/provider/adapters/src/lib.rs
+++ b/provider/adapters/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 //! - Use the [`either`] module to choose between multiple provider types at runtime.
 //! - Use the [`filter`] module to programmatically reject certain data requests.
 //! - Use the [`fallback`] module to automatically resolve arbitrary locales for data loading.
+//! - Use the [`resolved`] module to determine the supported or resolved locale for a data request.
 
 // https://github.com/unicode-org/icu4x/blob/main/docs/process/boilerplate.md#library-annotations
 #![cfg_attr(not(any(test, feature = "std")), no_std)]
@@ -34,3 +35,4 @@ pub mod fallback;
 pub mod filter;
 pub mod fork;
 mod helpers;
+pub mod resolved;
diff --git a/provider/adapters/src/resolved.rs b/provider/adapters/src/resolved.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12de0488be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provider/adapters/src/resolved.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// This file is part of ICU4X. For terms of use, please see the file
+// called LICENSE at the top level of the ICU4X source tree
+// (online at: https://github.com/unicode-org/icu4x/blob/main/LICENSE ).
+
+use alloc::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
+use core::cell::RefCell;
+
+use icu_provider::prelude::*;
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+struct ResolvedLocaleInfo {
+    pub requested_locale: DataLocale,
+    pub resolved_locale: Option<DataLocale>,
+}
+
+/// TODO: Docs
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ResolvedLocaleAdapter<P> {
+    inner: P,
+    resolved_locales: RefCell<BTreeMap<DataKey, ResolvedLocaleInfo>>,
+    drop_payloads: bool,
+}
+
+impl<P> ResolvedLocaleAdapter<P> {
+    pub fn into_inner(self) -> P {
+        self.inner
+    }
+
+    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.resolved_locales.borrow_mut().clear()
+    }
+
+    pub fn take_resolved_locale_for_key(&mut self, key: DataKey) -> Option<DataLocale> {
+        self.resolved_locales
+            .borrow_mut()
+            .remove(&key)
+            .and_then(|info| info.resolved_locale)
+    }
+
+    pub fn take_all_resolved_locales(&mut self) -> BTreeSet<DataLocale> {
+        let map = self.resolved_locales.take();
+        map.into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|(_, info)| info.resolved_locale)
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    pub fn saw_last_resort_fallback(&self) -> bool {
+        self.resolved_locales.borrow().values().any(|info| {
+            info.resolved_locale
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|l| l.is_langid_und())
+                .unwrap_or(false)
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<P: BufferProvider> BufferProvider for ResolvedLocaleAdapter<P> {
+    fn load_buffer(
+        &self,
+        key: DataKey,
+        req: DataRequest,
+    ) -> Result<DataResponse<BufferMarker>, DataError> {
+        let mut response = self.inner.load_buffer(key, req)?;
+        self.resolved_locales.borrow_mut().insert(
+            key,
+            ResolvedLocaleInfo {
+                requested_locale: req.locale.clone(),
+                resolved_locale: response.metadata.locale.take(),
+            },
+        );
+        Ok(response)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/provider/blob/src/blob_data_provider.rs b/provider/blob/src/blob_data_provider.rs
index 960af2d5fd3..2150b3f9c01 100644
--- a/provider/blob/src/blob_data_provider.rs
+++ b/provider/blob/src/blob_data_provider.rs
@@ -123,10 +123,14 @@ impl BufferProvider for BlobDataProvider {
         metadata.buffer_format = Some(BufferFormat::Postcard1);
         Ok(DataResponse {
             metadata,
-            payload: Some(DataPayload::from_yoked_buffer(
-                self.data
-                    .try_map_project_cloned(|blob, _| blob.load(key, req))?,
-            )),
+            payload: if req.metadata.drop_payload {
+                None
+            } else {
+                Some(DataPayload::from_yoked_buffer(
+                    self.data
+                        .try_map_project_cloned(|blob, _| blob.load(key, req))?,
+                ))
+            },
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/provider/core/src/any.rs b/provider/core/src/any.rs
index 243055d2123..b0db3779e4c 100644
--- a/provider/core/src/any.rs
+++ b/provider/core/src/any.rs
@@ -437,10 +437,7 @@ where
 {
     #[inline]
     fn load(&self, req: DataRequest) -> Result<DataResponse<M>, DataError> {
-        self.0
-            .load_any(M::KEY, req)?
-            .downcast()
-            .map_err(|e| e.with_req(M::KEY, req))
+        self.load_data(M::KEY, req)
     }
 }
 
@@ -454,10 +451,21 @@ where
 {
     #[inline]
     fn load_data(&self, key: DataKey, req: DataRequest) -> Result<DataResponse<M>, DataError> {
-        self.0
-            .load_any(key, req)?
-            .downcast()
-            .map_err(|e| e.with_req(key, req))
+        let any_response = AnyProvider::load_any(self.0, key, req)?;
+        Ok(DataResponse {
+            metadata: any_response.metadata,
+            payload: any_response
+                .payload
+                .and_then(|p| {
+                    if req.metadata.drop_payload {
+                        None
+                    } else {
+                        Some(p.downcast())
+                    }
+                })
+                .transpose()
+                .map_err(|e| e.with_req(key, req))?,
+        })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/provider/core/src/request.rs b/provider/core/src/request.rs
index 3f21ae7eeec..f6e00a94c4a 100644
--- a/provider/core/src/request.rs
+++ b/provider/core/src/request.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for DataRequest<'_> {
 pub struct DataRequestMetadata {
     /// Silent requests do not log errors. This can be used for exploratory querying, such as fallbacks.
     pub silent: bool,
+    /// Whether to drop the payload from the [`DataResponse`](crate::DataResponse). This can be used
+    /// for exploratory queries where the returned data is not of interest.
+    pub drop_payload: bool,
 }
 
 /// A locale type optimized for use in fallbacking and the ICU4X data pipeline.
@@ -246,6 +249,22 @@ impl FromStr for DataLocale {
     }
 }
 
+impl PartialOrd for DataLocale {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Ord for DataLocale {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
+        self.langid
+            .as_tuple()
+            .cmp(&other.langid.as_tuple())
+            .then_with(|| self.keywords.cmp(&other.keywords))
+            .then_with(|| self.aux.cmp(&other.aux))
+    }
+}
+
 impl DataLocale {
     /// Compare this [`DataLocale`] with BCP-47 bytes.
     ///
@@ -755,7 +774,7 @@ impl DataLocale {
 /// ```
 ///
 /// [`Keywords`]: unicode_ext::Keywords
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Eq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Eq, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 #[cfg(feature = "experimental")]
 pub struct AuxiliaryKeys {
     value: AuxiliaryKeysInner,
@@ -809,6 +828,22 @@ impl Hash for AuxiliaryKeysInner {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "experimental")]
+impl PartialOrd for AuxiliaryKeysInner {
+    #[inline]
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        self.deref().partial_cmp(other.deref())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "experimental")]
+impl Ord for AuxiliaryKeysInner {
+    #[inline]
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
+        self.deref().cmp(other.deref())
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "experimental")]
 writeable::impl_display_with_writeable!(AuxiliaryKeys);
 
diff --git a/provider/core/src/serde/mod.rs b/provider/core/src/serde/mod.rs
index edd827c3121..e527d66965b 100644
--- a/provider/core/src/serde/mod.rs
+++ b/provider/core/src/serde/mod.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,13 @@ where
             metadata: buffer_response.metadata,
             payload: buffer_response
                 .payload
-                .map(|p| p.into_deserialized(buffer_format))
+                .and_then(|p| {
+                    if req.metadata.drop_payload {
+                        None
+                    } else {
+                        Some(p.into_deserialized(buffer_format))
+                    }
+                })
                 .transpose()
                 .map_err(|e| e.with_req(key, req))?,
         })
diff --git a/provider/fs/src/fs_data_provider.rs b/provider/fs/src/fs_data_provider.rs
index a78d0205e62..699c9edbb9a 100644
--- a/provider/fs/src/fs_data_provider.rs
+++ b/provider/fs/src/fs_data_provider.rs
@@ -85,9 +85,15 @@ impl BufferProvider for FsDataProvider {
         if !Path::new(&path).exists() {
             return Err(DataErrorKind::MissingLocale.with_req(key, req));
         }
-        let buffer = fs::read(&path).map_err(|e| DataError::from(e).with_path_context(&path))?;
         let mut metadata = DataResponseMetadata::default();
         metadata.buffer_format = Some(self.manifest.buffer_format);
+        if req.metadata.drop_payload {
+            return Ok(DataResponse {
+                metadata,
+                payload: None,
+            });
+        }
+        let buffer = fs::read(&path).map_err(|e| DataError::from(e).with_path_context(&path))?;
         Ok(DataResponse {
             metadata,
             payload: Some(DataPayload::from_owned_buffer(buffer.into_boxed_slice())),