diff --git a/src/lib/data-access/store/sessionSlice.ts b/src/lib/data-access/store/sessionSlice.ts
index d1418152aa0b967a3e85338022a1f2cada039253..281829473ab2a8bfe417d2a5397de2258d4587d8 100644
--- a/src/lib/data-access/store/sessionSlice.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data-access/store/sessionSlice.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ export const sessionSlice = createSlice({
     setQuerybuilderGraph: (state: SessionCacheI, action: PayloadAction<QueryMultiGraph>) => {
       const activeQuery = getActiveQuery(state);
       if (activeQuery) {
-        activeQuery.graph = action.payload;
+        activeQuery.graph = {
+          ...action.payload,
+          nodeCounts: activeQuery.graph.nodeCounts, // ensure visual query building does not get rid of statistics information from the backend
+        };
       }
     },
     setQuerybuilderSettings: (state: SessionCacheI, action: PayloadAction<QueryBuilderSettings>) => {
diff --git a/src/lib/querybuilder/panel/QueryBuilderContextMenu.tsx b/src/lib/querybuilder/panel/QueryBuilderContextMenu.tsx
index 0f4a3be7dc7074a4ac293cddd1fd96645bab3990..4439d0a13197caf6156cdd3f122f11940137dcb0 100644
--- a/src/lib/querybuilder/panel/QueryBuilderContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/querybuilder/panel/QueryBuilderContextMenu.tsx
@@ -184,6 +184,17 @@ export const QueryBuilderContextMenu = (props: {
                 ]}
               />
             )}
+            <DropdownItem
+              value="Entity statistics"
+              submenu={[
+                <DropdownItem value="" disabled className="text-muted pointer-events-none">
+                  <div className="flex items-between text-neutral-400">
+                    <div className="inline-block w-[70px]">Total:</div>
+                    <span>{activeQuery?.graph?.nodeCounts ? activeQuery.graph.nodeCounts[props.node.id + '_count'] : 'unknown'}</span>
+                  </div>
+                </DropdownItem>,
+              ]}
+            />
           </>
         )}
         <DropdownItem value="Remove" className="text-danger" onClick={e => removeNode()} />