diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 swh.auth[django] >= 0.5.0
 swh.core >= 0.0.95
+swh.counters >= 0.5.1
 swh.indexer >= 0.4.1
 swh.model >= 0.5.0
 swh.scheduler >= 0.7.0
diff --git a/swh/web/common/archive.py b/swh/web/common/archive.py
--- a/swh/web/common/archive.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/archive.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 storage = config.storage()
 vault = config.vault()
 idx_storage = config.indexer_storage()
+counters = config.counters()
 
 
 MAX_LIMIT = 50  # Top limit the users can ask for
@@ -923,7 +924,14 @@
     Returns:
         A dict mapping textual labels to integer values.
     """
-    return storage.stat_counters()
+    res = {}
+    if counters and config.get_config()["counters_backend"] == "swh-counters":
+        res = counters.get_counts(
+            ["origin", "revision", "content", "directory", "release"]
+        )
+    else:
+        res = storage.stat_counters()
+    return res
 
 
 def _lookup_origin_visits(
diff --git a/swh/web/config.py b/swh/web/config.py
--- a/swh/web/config.py
+++ b/swh/web/config.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from swh.core import config
+from swh.counters import get_counters
 from swh.indexer.storage import get_indexer_storage
 from swh.scheduler import get_scheduler
 from swh.search import get_search
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@
         "dict",
         {"cls": "remote", "url": "http://127.0.0.1:5007/", "timeout": 1,},
     ),
+    "counters": (
+        "dict",
+        {"cls": "remote", "url": "http://127.0.0.1:5011/", "timeout": 1,},
+    ),
     "log_dir": ("string", "/tmp/swh/log"),
     "debug": ("bool", False),
     "serve_assets": ("bool", False),
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@
         },
     ),
     "metadata_search_backend": ("string", "swh-indexer-storage"),  # or "swh-search"
+    "counters_backend": ("string", "swh-storage"),  # or "swh-counters"
     "staging_server_names": ("list", STAGING_SERVER_NAMES),
 }
 
@@ -161,6 +167,7 @@
             **swhweb_config["indexer_storage"]
         )
         swhweb_config["scheduler"] = get_scheduler(**swhweb_config["scheduler"])
+        swhweb_config["counters"] = get_counters(**swhweb_config["counters"])
     return swhweb_config
 
 
@@ -197,3 +204,10 @@
 
     """
     return get_config()["scheduler"]
+
+
+def counters():
+    """Return the current application's counters.
+
+    """
+    return get_config()["counters"]
diff --git a/swh/web/settings/tests.py b/swh/web/settings/tests.py
--- a/swh/web/settings/tests.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/tests.py
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@
 
     test_data = get_tests_data()
     override_storages(
-        test_data["storage"], test_data["idx_storage"], test_data["search"]
+        test_data["storage"],
+        test_data["idx_storage"],
+        test_data["search"],
+        test_data["counters"],
     )
 else:
     ALLOWED_HOSTS += ["testserver", SWH_WEB_INTERNAL_SERVER_NAME]
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/api/views/test_origin.py b/swh/web/tests/api/views/test_origin.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/api/views/test_origin.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/api/views/test_origin.py
@@ -689,3 +689,18 @@
     url = reverse("api-1-origin-metadata-search")
     check_api_get_responses(api_client, url, status_code=400)
     mock_idx_storage.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("backend", ["swh-counters", "swh-storage"])
+def test_api_stat_counters(api_client, mocker, backend):
+
+    mock_config = mocker.patch("swh.web.common.archive.config")
+    mock_config.get_config.return_value = {"counters_backend": backend}
+
+    url = reverse("api-1-stat-counters")
+    rv = check_api_get_responses(api_client, url, status_code=200)
+
+    counts = json.loads(rv.content)
+
+    for obj in ["content", "origin", "release", "directory", "revision"]:
+        assert counts.get(obj, 0) > 0
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/conftest.py b/swh/web/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/conftest.py
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@
     data = get_tests_data(reset=True)
     # Update swh-web configuration to use the in-memory storages
     # instantiated in the tests.data module
-    override_storages(data["storage"], data["idx_storage"], data["search"])
+    override_storages(
+        data["storage"], data["idx_storage"], data["search"], data["counters"]
+    )
     return data
 
 
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/data.py b/swh/web/tests/data.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/data.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/data.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set
 
 from swh.core.config import merge_configs
+from swh.counters import get_counters
 from swh.indexer.ctags import CtagsIndexer
 from swh.indexer.fossology_license import FossologyLicenseIndexer
 from swh.indexer.mimetype import MimetypeIndexer
@@ -173,16 +174,21 @@
 ORIGIN_MASTER_REVISION = {}
 
 
-def _add_origin(storage, search, origin_url, visit_type="git", snapshot_branches={}):
+def _add_origin(
+    storage, search, counters, origin_url, visit_type="git", snapshot_branches={}
+):
     storage.origin_add([Origin(url=origin_url)])
     search.origin_update(
         [{"url": origin_url, "has_visits": True, "visit_types": [visit_type]}]
     )
+    counters.add("origin", [origin_url])
     date = now()
     visit = OriginVisit(origin=origin_url, date=date, type=visit_type)
     visit = storage.origin_visit_add([visit])[0]
+    counters.add("origin_visit", [f"{visit.unique_key()}"])
     snapshot = Snapshot.from_dict({"branches": snapshot_branches})
     storage.snapshot_add([snapshot])
+    counters.add("snapshot", [snapshot.id])
     visit_status = OriginVisitStatus(
         origin=origin_url,
         visit=visit.visit,
@@ -192,6 +198,7 @@
         snapshot=snapshot.id,
     )
     storage.origin_visit_status_add([visit_status])
+    counters.add("origin_visit_status", [f"{visit_status.unique_key()}"])
 
 
 # Tests data initialization
@@ -204,6 +211,9 @@
     search.initialize()
     search.origin_update({"url": origin["url"]} for origin in _TEST_ORIGINS)
 
+    # create the counters instance
+    counters = get_counters("memory")
+
     # Create indexer storage instance that will be shared by indexers
     idx_storage = get_indexer_storage("memory")
 
@@ -236,7 +246,11 @@
 
     for i in range(250):
         _add_origin(
-            storage, search, origin_url=f"https://many.origins/{i+1}", visit_type="tar"
+            storage,
+            search,
+            counters,
+            origin_url=f"https://many.origins/{i+1}",
+            visit_type="tar",
         )
 
     sha1s: Set[Sha1] = set()
@@ -343,6 +357,7 @@
     _add_origin(
         storage,
         search,
+        counters,
         origin_url="https://git.example.org/project",
         snapshot_branches={
             b"refs/heads/master": {
@@ -359,11 +374,17 @@
         },
     )
 
+    counters.add("revision", revisions)
+    counters.add("release", releases)
+    counters.add("directory", directories)
+    counters.add("content", [content["sha1"] for content in contents])
+
     # Return tests data
     return {
         "search": search,
         "storage": storage,
         "idx_storage": idx_storage,
+        "counters": counters,
         "origins": _TEST_ORIGINS,
         "contents": contents,
         "directories": list(directories),
@@ -424,16 +445,22 @@
     return _current_tests_data
 
 
-def override_storages(storage, idx_storage, search):
+def override_storages(storage, idx_storage, search, counters):
     """
     Helper function to replace the storages from which archive data
     are fetched.
     """
     swh_config = config.get_config()
     swh_config.update(
-        {"storage": storage, "indexer_storage": idx_storage, "search": search,}
+        {
+            "storage": storage,
+            "indexer_storage": idx_storage,
+            "search": search,
+            "counters": counters,
+        }
     )
 
     archive.storage = storage
     archive.idx_storage = idx_storage
     archive.search = search
+    archive.counters = counters