diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca0f937..290c087 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ Add the `-v` option for more verbose output
 ## TODOs
 
 1. /spam route would be interesting
-1. Include the total number of visitors or messages
+1. Visitor counter
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index 1c2e62b..eed466f 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ requires 'Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpers::Pagination';
 requires 'Mojolicious::Plugin::AssetPack';
 requires 'Regexp::Common::URI';
 requires 'CSS::Minifier::XS';
+requires 'Number::Format';
diff --git a/guestbook-ng.pl b/guestbook-ng.pl
index c1418ab..a70a387 100755
--- a/guestbook-ng.pl
+++ b/guestbook-ng.pl
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Mojolicious::Lite -signatures;
 use Mojo::Pg;
 use List::Util qw{shuffle};
 use Regexp::Common qw{URI};
+use Number::Format qw{format_number};
 #use Data::Dumper; # Uncomment for debugging
 
 # Load the model
@@ -45,11 +46,13 @@ get '/' => sub ($c) {
     my $this_page  = $c->param('page') || 1;
     my $last_page  = $c->message->get_last_page();
     my $view_posts = $c->message->get_posts($this_page);
+    my $post_count = format_number $c->message->get_post_count();
 
     $c->stash(
         view_posts => $view_posts,
         this_page  => $this_page,
-        last_page  => $last_page
+        last_page  => $last_page,
+        post_count => $post_count
         );
 
     $c->render();
diff --git a/templates/layouts/default.html.ep b/templates/layouts/default.html.ep
index 5b564dd..38a0055 100644
--- a/templates/layouts/default.html.ep
+++ b/templates/layouts/default.html.ep
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 </div>
 <div class="outer">
   <footer>
-    <p>Maximize your dynamic innovation using battle-tested deep
-      learning models.</p>
+    <p><%= $post_count %> visitors have signed the guestbook to date.</p>
   </footer>
 </div>
 </body>