diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/Account.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/Account.swift
index 76a6a9206..12dee3eaf 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/Account.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/Account.swift
@@ -699,6 +699,10 @@ public final class Account: DisplayNameProvider, UnreadCountProvider, Container,
 		database.fetchStarredAndUnreadCount(for: flattenedWebFeeds().webFeedIDs(), completion: completion)
 	}
 
+	public func fetchCountForStarredArticles() throws -> Int {
+		return try database.fetchStarredArticlesCount(flattenedWebFeeds().webFeedIDs())
+	}
+
 	public func fetchUnreadArticleIDs(_ completion: @escaping ArticleIDsCompletionBlock) {
 		database.fetchUnreadArticleIDsAsync(completion: completion)
 	}
diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/AccountManager.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/AccountManager.swift
index 351a3479e..8982ea690 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/AccountManager.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/AccountManager.swift
@@ -405,6 +405,17 @@ public final class AccountManager: UnreadCountProvider {
         }
     }
 
+	// MARK: - Fetching Article Counts
+
+	public func fetchCountForStarredArticles() throws -> Int {
+		precondition(Thread.isMainThread)
+		var count = 0
+		for account in activeAccounts {
+			count += try account.fetchCountForStarredArticles()
+		}
+		return count
+	}
+
 	// MARK: - Caches
 
 	/// Empty caches that can reasonably be emptied — when the app moves to the background, for instance.