diff --git a/public/templates/account.tpl b/public/templates/account.tpl
index a15b9aa9e4..a73da90c7b 100644
--- a/public/templates/account.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/account.tpl
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@
 					<span class="account-bio-label">posts</span>
 					<span id='postcount'>{postcount}</span>
 					<br/>
+					
+					<span class="account-bio-label">followers</span>
+					<span>{followerCount}</span>
+					<br/>
+					
+					<span class="account-bio-label">following</span>
+					<span>{followingCount}</span>
+					<br/>
+					
 					<hr/>
 					<span class="account-bio-label">signature</span>
 					<div class="post-signature">
diff --git a/src/routes/user.js b/src/routes/user.js
index c657cf0592..c246bfd061 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/user.js
@@ -315,8 +315,16 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 						data.uid = uid;
 						data.yourid = callerUID;
 						data.theirid = uid;
-						
-						callback(data);
+
+						user.getFollowingCount(uid, function(followingCount) {
+							user.getFollowerCount(uid, function(followerCount) {
+								data.followingCount = followingCount;
+								data.followerCount = followerCount;
+		
+								callback(data);
+								
+							});
+						});
 					}
 					else
 						callback({});
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 7c1b716bce..f33a1832a3 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 		});		
 	}
 
-	// a function I feel should be built in user not sure how baris is tackling this so oppa chicken wrapper here
 	User.getMultipleUserFields = function(uids, fields, callback) {
 		if(uids.length === 0) {
 			callback({});
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 		var data = {},
 			loaded = 0;
 
-
 		for (var i=0, ii=uuids.length; i<ii; i++) {
 			(function(user_id) {
 				User.getUserFields(user_id, fields, function(user_data){
@@ -107,8 +105,6 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 		callback({});
 	}
 
-	
-
 	User.setUserField = function(uid, field, value) {
 		RDB.hset('user:'+uid, field, value);				
 	}
@@ -117,10 +113,10 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 		RDB.hincrby('user:'+uid, field, value);
 	}
 
-	User.getUserList = function(callback){
+	User.getUserList = function(callback) {
 		var data = [];
 		
-		RDB.keys('user:*', function(err, userkeys){
+		RDB.keys('user:*', function(err, userkeys) {
 			
 			var anonUserIndex = userkeys.indexOf("user:0");
 			if(anonUserIndex !== -1) {
@@ -430,6 +426,24 @@ var utils = require('./../public/src/utils.js'),
 		});
 	}
 	
+	User.getFollowingCount = function(uid, callback) {
+		RDB.smembers('user:'+uid+':following', function(err, userIds) {
+			if(err === null)
+				callback(userIds.length);
+			else
+				console.log(err);	
+		});
+	}
+	
+	User.getFollowerCount = function(uid, callback) {
+		RDB.smembers('user:'+uid+':followers', function(err, userIds) {
+			if(err === null)
+				callback(userIds.length);
+			else
+				console.log(err);	
+		});
+	}
+	
 	User.getDataForUsers = function(userIds, callback) {
 		var returnData = [];