diff --git a/cypress/support/index.js b/cypress/support/index.js
--- a/cypress/support/index.js
+++ b/cypress/support/index.js
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@
     const lastVisit = originVisits[0];
     const snapshotApiUrl = this.Urls.api_1_snapshot(lastVisit.snapshot);
     const lastOriginSnapshot = await httpGetJson(snapshotApiUrl);
-    const revisionApiUrl = this.Urls.api_1_revision(lastOriginSnapshot.branches.HEAD.target);
+    let revision = lastOriginSnapshot.branches.HEAD.target;
+    if (lastOriginSnapshot.branches.HEAD.target_type === 'alias') {
+      revision = lastOriginSnapshot.branches[revision].target;
+    }
+    const revisionApiUrl = this.Urls.api_1_revision(revision);
     const lastOriginHeadRevision = await httpGetJson(revisionApiUrl);
     return {
       'directory': lastOriginHeadRevision.directory,
diff --git a/swh/web/common/service.py b/swh/web/common/service.py
--- a/swh/web/common/service.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/service.py
@@ -898,6 +898,20 @@
         snapshot_size['revision'] = 0
     if 'release' not in snapshot_size:
         snapshot_size['release'] = 0
+    # adjust revision / release count for display if aliases are defined
+    if 'alias' in snapshot_size:
+        aliases = lookup_snapshot(snapshot_id,
+                                  branches_count=snapshot_size['alias'],
+                                  target_types=['alias'])
+        for alias in aliases['branches'].values():
+            if lookup_snapshot(snapshot_id,
+                               branches_from=alias['target'],
+                               branches_count=1,
+                               target_types=['revision']):
+                snapshot_size['revision'] += 1
+            else:
+                snapshot_size['release'] += 1
+        del snapshot_size['alias']
     return snapshot_size
 
 
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/browse/test_utils.py b/swh/web/tests/browse/test_utils.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/browse/test_utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/browse/test_utils.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
             branches = []
             releases = []
 
-            for branch in sorted(snapshot['branches'].keys()):
-                branch_data = snapshot['branches'][branch]
+            def _process_branch_data(branch, branch_data):
                 if branch_data['target_type'] == 'revision':
                     rev_data = self.revision_get(branch_data['target'])
                     branches.append({
@@ -54,6 +53,14 @@
                         'directory': rev_data['directory']
                     })
 
+            for branch in sorted(snapshot['branches'].keys()):
+                branch_data = snapshot['branches'][branch]
+                if branch_data['target_type'] == 'alias':
+                    target_data = snapshot['branches'][branch_data['target']]
+                    _process_branch_data(branch, target_data)
+                else:
+                    _process_branch_data(branch, branch_data)
+
             assert branches and releases, 'Incomplete test data.'
 
             origin_visit_branches = utils.get_origin_visit_snapshot(
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/browse/views/test_origin.py b/swh/web/tests/browse/views/test_origin.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/browse/views/test_origin.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/browse/views/test_origin.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 
         def _get_test_data(visit_idx):
             snapshot = self.snapshot_get(origin_visits[visit_idx]['snapshot'])
-            head_rev_id = snapshot['branches']['HEAD']['target']
+            head_rev_id = self.snapshot_get_head(snapshot)
             head_rev = self.revision_get(head_rev_id)
             dir_content = self.directory_ls(head_rev['directory'])
             dir_files = [e for e in dir_content if e['type'] == 'file']
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
 
         visit = origin_visits[-1]
         snapshot = self.snapshot_get(visit['snapshot'])
-        head_rev_id = snapshot['branches']['HEAD']['target']
+        head_rev_id = self.snapshot_get_head(snapshot)
         head_rev = self.revision_get(head_rev_id)
         root_dir_sha1 = head_rev['directory']
         dir_content = self.directory_ls(root_dir_sha1)
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
 
         visit = origin_visits[-1]
         snapshot = self.snapshot_get(visit['snapshot'])
-        head_rev_id = snapshot['branches']['HEAD']['target']
+        head_rev_id = self.snapshot_get_head(snapshot)
         head_rev = self.revision_get(head_rev_id)
         root_dir_sha1 = head_rev['directory']
         subdirs = [e for e in self.directory_ls(root_dir_sha1)
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/browse/views/test_revision.py b/swh/web/tests/browse/views/test_revision.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/browse/views/test_revision.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/browse/views/test_revision.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     def test_revision_origin_browse(self, origin):
 
         snapshot = self.snapshot_get_latest(origin['url'])
-        revision = snapshot['branches']['HEAD']['target']
+        revision = self.snapshot_get_head(snapshot)
         revision_data = self.revision_get(revision)
         dir_id = revision_data['directory']
 
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/strategies.py b/swh/web/tests/strategies.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/strategies.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/strategies.py
@@ -401,7 +401,11 @@
     storage = tests_data['storage']
     origin = random.choice(tests_data['origins'][:-1])
     snapshot = storage.snapshot_get_latest(origin['url'])
-    head = snapshot['branches'][b'HEAD']['target']
+    if snapshot['branches'][b'HEAD']['target_type'] == 'alias':
+        target = snapshot['branches'][b'HEAD']['target']
+        head = snapshot['branches'][target]['target']
+    else:
+        head = snapshot['branches'][b'HEAD']['target']
     return get_revisions_walker('dfs', storage, head)
 
 
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/testcase.py b/swh/web/tests/testcase.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/testcase.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/testcase.py
@@ -147,3 +147,11 @@
             hash_to_bytes(snapshot_id), branches_from.encode(),
             branches_count, target_types)
         return converters.from_snapshot(snp)
+
+    def snapshot_get_head(self, snapshot):
+        if snapshot['branches']['HEAD']['target_type'] == 'alias':
+            target = snapshot['branches']['HEAD']['target']
+            head = snapshot['branches'][target]['target']
+        else:
+            head = snapshot['branches']['HEAD']['target']
+        return head