diff --git a/api-activities.go b/api-activities.go
index 3f2e6c6..5ceba8b 100644
--- a/api-activities.go
+++ b/api-activities.go
@@ -86,21 +86,8 @@ func activitySourceToString(v ActivitySource) string {
 	return "anon"
 }
 
-// @Summary Get the requested set of activities, Paginated, filtered and sorted. Is a POST because of some issues I was having, ideally should be a GET.
-// @Produce json
-// @Param ServerSearchReqDTO body ServerSearchReqDTO true "search parameters"
-// @Success 200 {object} GetActivitiesRespDTO
-// @Router /activity [post]
-// @Security Bearer
-// @tags Activity
-func (app *appContext) GetActivities(gc *gin.Context) {
-	req := ServerSearchReqDTO{}
-	gc.BindJSON(&req)
-	if req.SortByField == "" {
-		req.SortByField = USER_DEFAULT_SORT_FIELD
-	} else {
-		req.SortByField = activityDTONameToField(req.SortByField)
-	}
+// generateActivitiesQuery generates a badgerhold query from QueryDTOs and search terms, which can then be searched, counted, or whatever you want.
+func (app *appContext) generateActivitiesQuery(req ServerFilterReqDTO) *badgerhold.Query {
 
 	var query *badgerhold.Query
 	if len(req.SearchTerms) != 0 {
@@ -120,6 +107,26 @@ func (app *appContext) GetActivities(gc *gin.Context) {
 	if query == nil {
 		query = &badgerhold.Query{}
 	}
+	return query
+}
+
+// @Summary Get the requested set of activities, Paginated, filtered and sorted. Is a POST because of some issues I was having, ideally should be a GET.
+// @Produce json
+// @Param ServerSearchReqDTO body ServerSearchReqDTO true "search parameters"
+// @Success 200 {object} GetActivitiesRespDTO
+// @Router /activity [post]
+// @Security Bearer
+// @tags Activity
+func (app *appContext) GetActivities(gc *gin.Context) {
+	req := ServerSearchReqDTO{}
+	gc.BindJSON(&req)
+	if req.SortByField == "" {
+		req.SortByField = USER_DEFAULT_SORT_FIELD
+	} else {
+		req.SortByField = activityDTONameToField(req.SortByField)
+	}
+
+	query := app.generateActivitiesQuery(req.ServerFilterReqDTO)
 
 	query = query.SortBy(req.SortByField)
 	if !req.Ascending {
@@ -188,3 +195,26 @@ func (app *appContext) GetActivityCount(gc *gin.Context) {
 	}
 	gc.JSON(200, resp)
 }
+
+// @Summary Returns the total number of activities matching the given filtering. Fails silently.
+// @Produce json
+// @Param ServerFilterReqDTO body ServerFilterReqDTO true "search parameters"
+// @Success 200 {object} PageCountDTO
+// @Router /activity/count [post]
+// @Security Bearer
+// @tags Activity
+func (app *appContext) GetFilteredActivityCount(gc *gin.Context) {
+	resp := PageCountDTO{}
+	req := ServerFilterReqDTO{}
+	gc.BindJSON(&req)
+
+	query := app.generateActivitiesQuery(req)
+
+	var err error
+	resp.Count, err = app.storage.db.Count(&Activity{}, query)
+	if err != nil {
+		// app.err.Printf(lm.FailedDBReadActivities, err)
+		resp.Count = 0
+	}
+	gc.JSON(200, resp)
+}
diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index b13675e..d50c441 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ func (app *appContext) loadRoutes(router *gin.Engine) {
 		api.POST(p+"/activity", app.GetActivities)
 		api.DELETE(p+"/activity/:id", app.DeleteActivity)
 		api.GET(p+"/activity/count", app.GetActivityCount)
+		api.POST(p+"/activity/count", app.GetFilteredActivityCount)
 
 		if userPageEnabled {
 			user.GET("/details", app.MyDetails)
diff --git a/usercache.go b/usercache.go
index 785feb8..ca5f8d5 100644
--- a/usercache.go
+++ b/usercache.go
@@ -499,6 +499,11 @@ func (q *QueryDTO) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 // ServerSearchReqDTO is a usual PaginatedReqDTO with added fields for searching and filtering.
 type ServerSearchReqDTO struct {
 	PaginatedReqDTO
+	ServerFilterReqDTO
+}
+
+// ServerFilterReqDTO provides search terms and queries to a search or count route.
+type ServerFilterReqDTO struct {
 	SearchTerms []string   `json:"searchTerms"`
 	Queries     []QueryDTO `json:"queries"`
 }