diff --git a/lib/nntp/tiny/db.py b/lib/nntp/tiny/db.py
index 5e953b9..f747595 100644
--- a/lib/nntp/tiny/db.py
+++ b/lib/nntp/tiny/db.py
@@ -114,3 +114,13 @@ class Database():
 
     def get(self, table, values: dict=dict()):
         return self.query(table, values).fetchone()
+
+    def count(self, table, values: dict=dict()):
+        sql = "select count(id) as num from {table.name}"
+
+        if len(values) > 0:
+            sql += " and ".join([f"{k} = ?" for k in values])
+
+        result = self.db.execute(sql, values.values())
+
+        return result[0][0]