diff --git a/isso/__init__.py b/isso/__init__.py
index 854fe21..b6242e2 100644
--- a/isso/__init__.py
+++ b/isso/__init__.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ url_map = Map([
     Rule('/', methods=['PUT', 'DELETE'], endpoint=views.comment.modify),
     Rule('/new', methods=['POST'], endpoint=views.comment.create),
     Rule('/like', methods=['POST'], endpoint=views.comment.like),
+    Rule('/count', methods=['GET'], endpoint=views.comment.count),
 
     Rule('/admin/', endpoint=views.admin.index)
 ])
diff --git a/isso/db.py b/isso/db.py
index 154b767..95d7ca0 100644
--- a/isso/db.py
+++ b/isso/db.py
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ class Abstract:
         same ip address are ignored as well)."""
         return
 
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def count(self, path=None, mode=1):
+        """return count of comments for path (optional) and mode (defaults to
+        visible, not deleted or moderated comments)."""
+        return
+
+
 class SQLite(Abstract):
     """A basic :class:`Abstract` implementation using SQLite3.  All comments
     share a single database. The tuple (id, path) acts as unique identifier
@@ -213,6 +220,17 @@ class SQLite(Abstract):
 
         return likes + 1
 
+    def count(self, path=None, mode=1):
+
+        if path is not None:
+            with sqlite3.connect(self.dbpath) as con:
+                return con.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM comments WHERE path=?" \
+                    + " AND (? | mode) = ?", (path, mode, mode)).fetchone()
+
+        with sqlite3.connect(self.dbpath) as con:
+            return con.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM comments WHERE" \
+                + "(? | mode) = ?", (path, mode, mode)).fetchone()
+
     def retrieve(self, path, mode=5):
         with sqlite3.connect(self.dbpath) as con:
             rv = con.execute("SELECT * FROM comments WHERE path=? AND (? | mode) = ?" \
diff --git a/isso/js/app/api.js b/isso/js/app/api.js
index a950713..a751511 100644
--- a/isso/js/app/api.js
+++ b/isso/js/app/api.js
@@ -104,11 +104,22 @@ define(["lib/q"], function(Q) {
         })
     }
 
+    var count = function(uri) {
+        return curl("GET", endpoint + "/count?" + qs({uri: uri}), null)
+        .then(function (rv) {
+            if (rv.status == 200)
+                return JSON.parse(rv.body)
+
+            throw {status: rv.status, reason: rv.body};
+        })
+    }
+
     return {
         endpoint: endpoint,
         create: create,
         remove: remove,
-        fetchall: fetchall
+        fetchall: fetchall,
+        count: count
     }
 
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/isso/js/app/count.js b/isso/js/app/count.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..595c8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isso/js/app/count.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+define(["app/api", "lib/HTML"], function(api, HTML) {
+    return function() {
+        HTML.query("a").each(function(el, i, all) {
+            if (! el.href.match("#isso-thread$")) {
+                return;
+            };
+
+            var uri = el.href.match("^(.+)#isso-thread$")[1]
+                .replace(/^.*\/\/[^\/]+/, '');
+            console.log(uri)
+            api.count(uri).then(function(rv) {
+                el.textContent = rv + (rv > 1 ? " Kommentare" : " Kommentar");
+            })
+        });
+    }
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/isso/js/build.count.js b/isso/js/build.count.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf1d9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isso/js/build.count.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+({
+    bseUrl: ".",
+    name: "lib/almond",
+    include: ['count'],
+    out: "count.min.js",
+    wrap: true
+})
diff --git a/isso/js/build.js b/isso/js/build.embed.js
similarity index 100%
rename from isso/js/build.js
rename to isso/js/build.embed.js
diff --git a/isso/js/count.js b/isso/js/count.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..420cc75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isso/js/count.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require(["lib/ready", "app/count"], function(domready, count) {
+    domready(function() {
+        count();
+    })
+});
diff --git a/isso/js/main.js b/isso/js/main.js
index 0935925..50eec5d 100644
--- a/isso/js/main.js
+++ b/isso/js/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-require(["lib/ready", "app/isso"], function(domready, isso) {
+require(["lib/ready", "app/isso", "app/count"], function(domready, isso, count) {
     domready(function() {
+        count();
         isso.init();
     })
 });
diff --git a/isso/static/style.css b/isso/static/isso.css
similarity index 100%
rename from isso/static/style.css
rename to isso/static/isso.css
diff --git a/isso/views/comment.py b/isso/views/comment.py
index eef5342..8923a04 100644
--- a/isso/views/comment.py
+++ b/isso/views/comment.py
@@ -168,3 +168,14 @@ def approve(app, environ, request, path, id):
     app.db.activate(path, id)
     return Response(app.dumps(app.db.get(path, id)), 200,
         content_type='application/json')
+
+
+@requires(str, 'uri')
+def count(app, environ, request, uri):
+
+    rv = app.db.count(uri, mode=1)[0]
+
+    if rv == 0:
+        abort(404)
+
+    return Response(json.dumps(rv), 200, content_type='application/json')
diff --git a/specs/test_comment.py b/specs/test_comment.py
index 40bc6a4..e7174ab 100644
--- a/specs/test_comment.py
+++ b/specs/test_comment.py
@@ -201,3 +201,25 @@ class TestComments(unittest.TestCase):
 
         assert rv.keys() == []
 
+    def testCounts(self):
+
+        assert self.get('/count?uri=%2Fpath%2F').status_code == 404
+        self.post('/new?uri=%2Fpath%2F', data=json.dumps({"text": "..."}))
+
+        rv = self.get('/count?uri=%2Fpath%2F')
+        assert rv.status_code == 200
+        assert json.loads(rv.data) == 1
+
+        for x in range(3):
+            self.post('/new?uri=%2Fpath%2F', data=json.dumps({"text": "..."}))
+
+        rv = self.get('/count?uri=%2Fpath%2F')
+        assert rv.status_code == 200
+        assert json.loads(rv.data) == 4
+
+        for x in range(4):
+            self.delete('/?uri=%%2Fpath%%2F&id=%i' % (x + 1))
+
+        rv = self.get('/count?uri=%2Fpath%2F')
+        assert rv.status_code == 404
+