diff --git a/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
index a65a11fe..d15168df 100644
--- a/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class WelcomeController < ApplicationController
   def index
+    @total_entries = Entry.count
     redirect_to latest_entry_path if user_signed_in?
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/welcome/index.html.haml b/app/views/welcome/index.html.haml
index 85335298..f97416f6 100644
--- a/app/views/welcome/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/welcome/index.html.haml
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
           %p
             = image_tag "baby.jpg", style: "width: 300px; max-width: 100%;"
 
-
 .center
   %h4
     %p Read about Dabble Me in...
@@ -108,3 +107,8 @@
 .clearfix
 %br
 %br
+
+.row
+  .col-md-12.center
+    %h4
+      Total number of entries: #{format_number(@total_entries)}