diff --git a/tubearchivist/api/src/aggs.py b/tubearchivist/api/src/aggs.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b3dcdb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tubearchivist/api/src/aggs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+"""aggregations"""
+
+from home.src.es.connect import ElasticWrap
+from home.src.index.video_streams import DurationConverter
+
+
+class AggBase:
+    """base class for aggregation calls"""
+
+    path: str = ""
+    data: dict = {}
+    name: str = ""
+
+    def get(self):
+        """make get call"""
+        data_size = {"size": 0, "aggs": self.data}
+        response, _ = ElasticWrap(self.path).get(data_size)
+        print(f"[agg][{self.name}] took {response.get('took')} ms to process")
+
+        return response.get("aggregations")
+
+    def process(self):
+        """implement in subclassess"""
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class Primary(AggBase):
+    """primary aggregation for total documents indexed"""
+
+    name = "primary"
+    path = "ta_video,ta_channel,ta_playlist,ta_subtitle,ta_download/_search"
+    data = {name: {"terms": {"field": "_index"}}}
+
+    def process(self):
+        """make the call"""
+        aggregations = self.get()
+        buck = aggregations[self.name]["buckets"]
+
+        return {i.get("key").lstrip("_ta"): i.get("doc_count") for i in buck}
+
+
+class WatchProgress(AggBase):
+    """get watch progress"""
+
+    name = "watch_progress"
+    path = "ta_video/_search"
+    data = {
+        name: {
+            "terms": {"field": "player.watched"},
+            "aggs": {
+                "watch_docs": {
+                    "filter": {"terms": {"player.watched": [True, False]}},
+                    "aggs": {
+                        "true_count": {"value_count": {"field": "_index"}},
+                        "duration": {"sum": {"field": "player.duration"}},
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    def process(self):
+        """make the call"""
+        aggregations = self.get()
+        buckets = aggregations[self.name]["buckets"]
+
+        response = {}
+        for bucket in buckets:
+            response.update(self._build_bucket(bucket))
+
+        return response
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _build_bucket(bucket):
+        """parse bucket"""
+
+        duration = int(bucket["watch_docs"]["duration"]["value"])
+        duration_str = DurationConverter().get_str(duration)
+        items = bucket["watch_docs"]["true_count"]["value"]
+        if bucket["key_as_string"] == "false":
+            key = "unwatched"
+        else:
+            key = "watched"
+
+        bucket_parsed = {
+            key: {
+                "duration": duration,
+                "duration_str": duration_str,
+                "items": items,
+            }
+        }
+
+        return bucket_parsed
diff --git a/tubearchivist/api/urls.py b/tubearchivist/api/urls.py
index 1af11133..2b98a94a 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/api/urls.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/api/urls.py
@@ -136,4 +136,14 @@ urlpatterns = [
         views.NotificationView.as_view(),
         name="api-notification",
     ),
+    path(
+        "stats/primary/",
+        views.StatPrimaryView.as_view(),
+        name="api-stats-primary",
+    ),
+    path(
+        "stats/watch/",
+        views.StatWatchProgress.as_view(),
+        name="api-stats-watch",
+    ),
 ]
diff --git a/tubearchivist/api/views.py b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
index 34762d29..008f8907 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/api/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """all API views"""
 
+from api.src.aggs import Primary, WatchProgress
 from api.src.search_processor import SearchProcess
 from home.src.download.queue import PendingInteract
 from home.src.download.subscriptions import (
@@ -975,3 +976,27 @@ class NotificationView(ApiBaseView):
             query = f"{query}:{filter_by}"
 
         return Response(RedisArchivist().list_items(query))
+
+
+class StatPrimaryView(ApiBaseView):
+    """resolves to /api/stats/primary/
+    GET: return document count
+    """
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        """get stats"""
+        # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+
+        return Response(Primary().process())
+
+
+class StatWatchProgress(ApiBaseView):
+    """resolves to /api/stats/watchprogress/
+    GET: return watch/unwatch progress stats
+    """
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        """handle get request"""
+        # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+
+        return Response(WatchProgress().process())