diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 65939a9..172a00e 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ func handleTemplatedPage(app *app, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, t *te
 		page.StaticPage
 		Content template.HTML
 		Updated string
+
+		AboutStats *InstanceStats
 	}{
 		StaticPage: pageForReq(app, r),
 	}
@@ -109,6 +111,11 @@ func handleTemplatedPage(app *app, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, t *te
 
 		if r.URL.Path == "/about" {
 			c, err = getAboutPage(app)
+
+			// Fetch stats
+			p.AboutStats = &InstanceStats{}
+			p.AboutStats.NumPosts, _ = app.db.GetTotalPosts()
+			p.AboutStats.NumBlogs, _ = app.db.GetTotalCollections()
 		} else {
 			c, updated, err = getPrivacyPage(app)
 		}
diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index 0c79e10..468b04d 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ type writestore interface {
 	GetCollections(u *User) (*[]Collection, error)
 	GetPublishableCollections(u *User) (*[]Collection, error)
 	GetMeStats(u *User) userMeStats
+	GetTotalCollections() (int64, error)
+	GetTotalPosts() (int64, error)
 	GetTopPosts(u *User, alias string) (*[]PublicPost, error)
 	GetAnonymousPosts(u *User) (*[]PublicPost, error)
 	GetUserPosts(u *User) (*[]PublicPost, error)
@@ -1541,6 +1543,22 @@ func (db *datastore) GetMeStats(u *User) userMeStats {
 	return s
 }
 
+func (db *datastore) GetTotalCollections() (collCount int64, err error) {
+	err = db.QueryRow(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM collections`).Scan(&collCount)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Unable to fetch collections count: %v", err)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (db *datastore) GetTotalPosts() (postCount int64, err error) {
+	err = db.QueryRow(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM posts`).Scan(&postCount)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Unable to fetch posts count: %v", err)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func (db *datastore) GetTopPosts(u *User, alias string) (*[]PublicPost, error) {
 	params := []interface{}{u.ID}
 	where := ""
diff --git a/instance.go b/instance.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..482e65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instance.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package writefreely
+
+type InstanceStats struct {
+	NumPosts int64
+	NumBlogs int64
+}
diff --git a/nodeinfo.go b/nodeinfo.go
index fd4b445..eab15cc 100644
--- a/nodeinfo.go
+++ b/nodeinfo.go
@@ -57,12 +57,14 @@ func (r nodeInfoResolver) IsOpenRegistration() (bool, error) {
 }
 
 func (r nodeInfoResolver) Usage() (nodeinfo.Usage, error) {
-	var collCount, postCount, activeHalfYear, activeMonth int
-	err := r.db.QueryRow(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM collections`).Scan(&collCount)
+	var collCount, postCount int64
+	var activeHalfYear, activeMonth int
+	var err error
+	collCount, err = r.db.GetTotalCollections()
 	if err != nil {
 		collCount = 0
 	}
-	err = r.db.QueryRow(`SELECT COUNT(*) FROM posts`).Scan(&postCount)
+	postCount, err = r.db.GetTotalPosts()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("Unable to fetch post counts: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -88,10 +90,10 @@ WHERE collection_id IS NOT NULL
 
 	return nodeinfo.Usage{
 		Users: nodeinfo.UsageUsers{
-			Total:          collCount,
+			Total:          int(collCount),
 			ActiveHalfYear: activeHalfYear,
 			ActiveMonth:    activeMonth,
 		},
-		LocalPosts: postCount,
+		LocalPosts: int(postCount),
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pages/about.tmpl b/pages/about.tmpl
index a47faf6..71a6223 100644
--- a/pages/about.tmpl
+++ b/pages/about.tmpl
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 
 		{{.Content}}
 
+		{{if .Federation}}
+			<hr style="margin:1.5em 0;" />
+			<p><em>{{.SiteName}}</em> is home to <strong>{{largeNumFmt .AboutStats.NumPosts}}</strong> {{pluralize "article" "articles" .AboutStats.NumPosts}} across <strong>{{largeNumFmt .AboutStats.NumBlogs}}</strong> {{pluralize "blog" "blogs" .AboutStats.NumBlogs}}.</p>
+		{{end}}
+
 		<h2 style="margin-top:2em">About WriteFreely</h2>
 		<p><a href="https://writefreely.org">WriteFreely</a> is a self-hosted, decentralized blogging platform for publishing beautiful, simple blogs.</p>
 		<p>It lets you publish a single blog, or host a community of writers who can create multiple blogs under one account. You can also enable federation, which allows people in the fediverse to follow your blog, bookmark your posts, and share them with others.</p>