diff --git a/site/src/components/ActivityFeed.svelte b/site/src/components/ActivityFeed.svelte
index ff6af52..77f4e56 100644
--- a/site/src/components/ActivityFeed.svelte
+++ b/site/src/components/ActivityFeed.svelte
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
   /** Remaining combined-feed pages (multi-user global feed). */
   let feedNextPage = 0;
   let feedTotalPages = 0;
+  /** Grand total from feed.json — shows instance-wide count even before all pages are loaded. */
+  let totalActivities = 0;
   /** Logged-in handle — resolved async via bincio:me event. */
   let me: string = '';
 
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@
         const combined = await loadCombinedFeed(base);
         if (combined) {
           all = combined.activities;
+          totalActivities = combined.totalActivities;
           feedTotalPages = combined.remainingPages + 1;
           feedNextPage = combined.remainingPages > 0 ? 2 : 0;
           loading = false;
@@ -175,7 +178,11 @@
   {/each}
   {#if all.length > 0}
     <span class="ml-auto text-sm text-zinc-500 self-center">
-      {filtered.length} {filtered.length === 1 ? 'activity' : 'activities'}
+      {#if totalActivities > filtered.length}
+        {filtered.length} of {totalActivities} activities
+      {:else}
+        {filtered.length} {filtered.length === 1 ? 'activity' : 'activities'}
+      {/if}
     </span>
   {/if}
 </div>
diff --git a/site/src/lib/dataloader.ts b/site/src/lib/dataloader.ts
index e2d7bdd..c1da75e 100644
--- a/site/src/lib/dataloader.ts
+++ b/site/src/lib/dataloader.ts
@@ -269,12 +269,13 @@ interface FeedPage {
  */
 export async function loadCombinedFeed(
   baseUrl: string,
-): Promise<{ activities: ActivitySummary[]; remainingPages: number } | null> {
+): Promise<{ activities: ActivitySummary[]; remainingPages: number; totalActivities: number } | null> {
   try {
     const feed = await fetchJSON<FeedPage>(`${baseUrl}data/feed.json`);
     return {
       activities: feed.activities ?? [],
       remainingPages: (feed.total_pages ?? 1) - 1,
+      totalActivities: feed.total_activities ?? 0,
     };
   } catch {
     return null;