diff --git a/src/components/feed/feed-view.tsx b/src/components/feed/feed-view.tsx
index b923d6e..8420f3c 100644
--- a/src/components/feed/feed-view.tsx
+++ b/src/components/feed/feed-view.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { getLatestNodes } from "@/lib/graph-api"
 import { schemaTypeComparator } from "@/lib/node-schema-utils"
 import { FeedCard } from "./feed-card"
 import { HotTakes } from "./hot-takes"
+import { GraphStats } from "./graph-stats"
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
 
 export function FeedView() {
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ export function FeedView() {
 
   return (
     <div className="h-full w-full overflow-y-auto overflow-x-hidden">
+      {showHotTakes && <GraphStats />}
       {showHotTakes && <HotTakes />}
 
       {(showHotTakes || typeCounts.length > 1) && (
diff --git a/src/components/feed/graph-stats.tsx b/src/components/feed/graph-stats.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee1be68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/feed/graph-stats.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"use client"
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react"
+import { getStats } from "@/lib/graph-api"
+import { isMocksEnabled } from "@/lib/mock-data"
+import { formatStatNumber, getDisplayStats, type GraphStat } from "@/lib/graph-stats"
+
+const MOCK_STATS: GraphStat[] = [{ label: "Nodes", value: 1234 }]
+
+export function GraphStats() {
+  const mocks = isMocksEnabled()
+  const [stats, setStats] = useState<GraphStat[] | null>(mocks ? MOCK_STATS : null)
+  const [error, setError] = useState(false)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (mocks) return
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    getStats(controller.signal)
+      .then((res) => setStats(getDisplayStats(res)))
+      .catch((err) => {
+        if (controller.signal.aborted) return
+        console.error("[graph-stats] getStats failed:", err)
+        setError(true)
+      })
+    return () => controller.abort()
+  }, [mocks])
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <div className="max-w-3xl mx-auto px-3 sm:px-6 pt-4 text-xs text-muted-foreground/60">
+        Stats unavailable
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (stats === null) {
+    return (
+      <div className="max-w-3xl mx-auto px-3 sm:px-6 pt-4" data-testid="graph-stats-loading">
+        <div className="h-10 w-40 rounded-md bg-muted/40 animate-pulse" />
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (stats.length === 0) return null
+
+  return (
+    <div className="max-w-3xl mx-auto px-3 sm:px-6 pt-4 flex flex-wrap gap-2">
+      {stats.map((s) => (
+        <div key={s.label} className="rounded-md border border-border/40 bg-card/50 px-3 py-1.5">
+          <div className="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-muted-foreground/60">
+            {s.label}
+          </div>
+          <div className="text-sm font-semibold text-foreground">{formatStatNumber(s.value)}</div>
+        </div>
+      ))}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/graph-stats.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/graph-stats.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ee925d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/graph-stats.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest"
+import { getDisplayStats, formatStatNumber } from "../graph-stats"
+
+describe("getDisplayStats", () => {
+  it("returns nodes and CVEs when cve_count present", () => {
+    expect(getDisplayStats({ node_count: 10, cve_count: 3 })).toEqual([
+      { label: "Nodes", value: 10 },
+      { label: "CVEs", value: 3 },
+    ])
+  })
+  it("returns only nodes when cve_count absent or 0", () => {
+    expect(getDisplayStats({ node_count: 10 })).toEqual([{ label: "Nodes", value: 10 }])
+    expect(getDisplayStats({ node_count: 10, cve_count: 0 })).toEqual([{ label: "Nodes", value: 10 }])
+  })
+  it("uses node_count, not num_nodes", () => {
+    expect(getDisplayStats({ node_count: 5, num_nodes: 0 })[0].value).toBe(5)
+  })
+  it("returns nothing without node_count", () => {
+    expect(getDisplayStats({ num_nodes: 7 })).toEqual([])
+    expect(getDisplayStats(null)).toEqual([])
+  })
+  it("formats with grouping", () => {
+    expect(formatStatNumber(1776798)).toBe("1,776,798")
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/graph-api.ts b/src/lib/graph-api.ts
index 88abd8c..f434a69 100644
--- a/src/lib/graph-api.ts
+++ b/src/lib/graph-api.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ interface NodesListResponse {
   totalCount?: number
 }
 
-interface StatsResponse {
+export interface StatsResponse {
+  node_count: number
   num_nodes: number
   num_episodes: number
   num_people: number
diff --git a/src/lib/graph-stats.ts b/src/lib/graph-stats.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b76e166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/graph-stats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { StatsResponse } from "@/lib/graph-api"
+
+export interface GraphStat {
+  label: string
+  value: number
+}
+
+// Per-type counts shown only when the graph reports a positive count.
+// Add entries here to surface more node types.
+export const TYPE_STATS: readonly { key: string; label: string }[] = [
+  { key: "cve_count", label: "CVEs" },
+]
+
+export function getDisplayStats(stats: Partial<StatsResponse> | null | undefined): GraphStat[] {
+  if (!stats || typeof stats.node_count !== "number") return []
+  const result: GraphStat[] = [{ label: "Nodes", value: stats.node_count }]
+  for (const { key, label } of TYPE_STATS) {
+    const value = (stats as Record<string, unknown>)[key]
+    if (typeof value === "number" && value > 0) result.push({ label, value })
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+export function formatStatNumber(n: number): string {
+  return n.toLocaleString("en-US")
+}