diff --git a/src/utils/stats.test.ts b/src/utils/stats.test.ts
index 2d3eaca..17f36c0 100644
--- a/src/utils/stats.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/stats.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { assertEquals } from '@std/assert';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools';
 
 import { genEvent, getTestDB } from '@/test.ts';
-import { getAuthorStats, getEventStats, getFollowDiff, updateStats } from '@/utils/stats.ts';
+import { countAuthorStats, getAuthorStats, getEventStats, getFollowDiff, updateStats } from '@/utils/stats.ts';
 
 Deno.test('updateStats with kind 1 increments notes count', async () => {
   await using db = await getTestDB();
@@ -142,3 +142,19 @@ Deno.test('updateStats with kind 5 decrements reactions count', async () => {
 
   assertEquals(stats!.reactions_count, 0);
 });
+
+Deno.test('countAuthorStats counts author stats from the database', async () => {
+  await using db = await getTestDB();
+
+  const sk = generateSecretKey();
+  const pubkey = getPublicKey(sk);
+
+  await db.store.event(genEvent({ kind: 1, content: 'hello' }, sk));
+  await db.store.event(genEvent({ kind: 1, content: 'yolo' }, sk));
+  await db.store.event(genEvent({ kind: 3, tags: [['p', pubkey]] }));
+
+  const stats = await countAuthorStats(db.store, pubkey);
+
+  assertEquals(stats!.notes_count, 2);
+  assertEquals(stats!.followers_count, 1);
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/stats.ts b/src/utils/stats.ts
index 306bdab..2652cbe 100644
--- a/src/utils/stats.ts
+++ b/src/utils/stats.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { NostrEvent, NStore } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { Kysely, UpdateObject } from 'kysely';
+import { SetRequired } from 'type-fest';
 
 import { DittoTables } from '@/db/DittoTables.ts';
 import { getTagSet } from '@/utils/tags.ts';
@@ -176,3 +177,22 @@ export async function updateEventStats(
       .execute();
   }
 }
+
+/** Calculate author stats from the database. */
+export async function countAuthorStats(
+  store: SetRequired<NStore, 'count'>,
+  pubkey: string,
+): Promise<DittoTables['author_stats']> {
+  const [{ count: followers_count }, { count: notes_count }, [followList]] = await Promise.all([
+    store.count([{ kinds: [3], '#p': [pubkey] }]),
+    store.count([{ kinds: [1], authors: [pubkey] }]),
+    store.query([{ kinds: [3], authors: [pubkey], limit: 1 }]),
+  ]);
+
+  return {
+    pubkey,
+    followers_count,
+    following_count: getTagSet(followList?.tags ?? [], 'p').size,
+    notes_count,
+  };
+}