# Count total living entities in akka cluster sharding

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/count-total-living-entities-in-akka-cluster-sharding/8982>\
**Category:** Akka Libraries\
**Created:** [October 30, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/count-total-living-entities-in-akka-cluster-sharding/8982 "2021-10-30T08:35:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![BnB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/bnb/32/1126_2.png) [@BnB](https://discuss.akka.io/u/BnB)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/count-total-living-entities-in-akka-cluster-sharding/8982/1 "2021-10-30T08:35:42Z")

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What is the way of counting total living entities in akka cluster sharding?

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**Author:** ![johanandren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/johanandren/32/85_2.png) [@johanandren](https://discuss.akka.io/u/johanandren)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/count-total-living-entities-in-akka-cluster-sharding/8982/2 "2021-11-03T11:12:40Z")

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[https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/typed/cluster-sharding.html#inspecting-cluster-sharding-state](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/typed/cluster-sharding.html#inspecting-cluster-sharding-state)

Not a total, but possible to query per region, also available through Akka Management: [Cluster HTTP Management • Akka Management](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-management/current/cluster-http-management.html#get-cluster-shards-name-responses)