diff --git a/frontend/messages/de.json b/frontend/messages/de.json
index 5017ad9a..3024029b 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/de.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/de.json
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@
 	"dashboard_needs_metadata_heading": "Metadaten fehlen",
 	"dashboard_needs_metadata_show_all": "Alle anzeigen",
 	"dashboard_recent_heading": "Zuletzt aktiv",
+	"dashboard_stats_documents": "Dokumente",
+	"dashboard_stats_persons": "Personen",
 	"dashboard_resume_label": "Zuletzt geöffnet:",
 	"dashboard_resume_fallback": "Unbekanntes Dokument",
 	"doc_status_placeholder": "Platzhalter",
diff --git a/frontend/messages/en.json b/frontend/messages/en.json
index 6b3e157c..109e7060 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/en.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/en.json
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@
 	"dashboard_needs_metadata_heading": "Missing Metadata",
 	"dashboard_needs_metadata_show_all": "Show all",
 	"dashboard_recent_heading": "Recent Activity",
+	"dashboard_stats_documents": "Documents",
+	"dashboard_stats_persons": "Persons",
 	"dashboard_resume_label": "Last opened:",
 	"dashboard_resume_fallback": "Unknown document",
 	"doc_status_placeholder": "Placeholder",
diff --git a/frontend/messages/es.json b/frontend/messages/es.json
index 0b7a9e36..c9b445c6 100644
--- a/frontend/messages/es.json
+++ b/frontend/messages/es.json
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@
 	"dashboard_needs_metadata_heading": "Metadatos incompletos",
 	"dashboard_needs_metadata_show_all": "Ver todos",
 	"dashboard_recent_heading": "Actividad reciente",
+	"dashboard_stats_documents": "Documentos",
+	"dashboard_stats_persons": "Personas",
 	"dashboard_resume_label": "Último abierto:",
 	"dashboard_resume_fallback": "Documento desconocido",
 	"doc_status_placeholder": "Marcador",
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/DashboardRecentDocuments.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/components/DashboardRecentDocuments.svelte
index bea58716..287fa472 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/DashboardRecentDocuments.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/DashboardRecentDocuments.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 import * as m from '$lib/paraglide/messages.js';
 import { getLocale } from '$lib/paraglide/runtime.js';
+import type { components } from '$lib/generated/api';
 
 type Document = {
 	id: string;
@@ -9,11 +10,14 @@ type Document = {
 	sender?: { id: string; firstName: string; lastName: string };
 };
 
+type StatsDTO = components['schemas']['StatsDTO'];
+
 interface Props {
 	recentDocs: Document[];
+	stats?: StatsDTO | null;
 }
 
-let { recentDocs }: Props = $props();
+let { recentDocs, stats = null }: Props = $props();
 
 function formatDate(dateStr: string): string {
 	// updatedAt is a full ISO datetime — no T12:00:00 noon-anchor needed here
@@ -31,7 +35,10 @@ function formatDate(dateStr: string): string {
 			{m.dashboard_recent_heading()}
 		</h2>
 		{#each recentDocs as doc (doc.id)}
-			<div class="flex items-center justify-between border-b border-line py-2 last:border-0">
+			<div
+				data-testid="doc-row-{doc.id}"
+				class="flex min-h-[44px] items-center justify-between border-b border-line py-2 last:border-0"
+			>
 				<a
 					href="/documents/{doc.id}"
 					class="font-serif text-lg text-ink hover:text-ink-2 hover:underline"
@@ -48,5 +55,12 @@ function formatDate(dateStr: string): string {
 				{/if}
 			</div>
 		{/each}
+		{#if stats?.totalDocuments != null}
+			<p data-testid="dashboard-stats-footnote" class="mt-4 font-sans text-xs text-ink-3">
+				{stats.totalDocuments}
+				{m.dashboard_stats_documents()} · {stats.totalPersons}
+				{m.dashboard_stats_persons()}
+			</p>
+		{/if}
 	</div>
 {/if}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/DashboardRecentDocuments.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/DashboardRecentDocuments.svelte.spec.ts
index 44e932db..a2de669c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/DashboardRecentDocuments.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/DashboardRecentDocuments.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -55,3 +55,40 @@ describe('DashboardRecentDocuments', () => {
 		await expect.element(dateEl).toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
 });
+
+describe('DashboardRecentDocuments — stats footnote', () => {
+	it('renders stats footnote when stats.totalDocuments is provided', async () => {
+		render(DashboardRecentDocuments, {
+			recentDocs: [makeDoc('d1', 'Taufschein')],
+			stats: { totalDocuments: 248, totalPersons: 34 }
+		});
+		const footnote = page.getByTestId('dashboard-stats-footnote');
+		await expect.element(footnote).toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+
+	it('omits stats footnote when stats is null', async () => {
+		render(DashboardRecentDocuments, {
+			recentDocs: [makeDoc('d1', 'Taufschein')],
+			stats: null
+		});
+		const footnote = page.getByTestId('dashboard-stats-footnote');
+		await expect.element(footnote).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+
+	it('shows "0 Documents" when totalDocuments is 0', async () => {
+		render(DashboardRecentDocuments, {
+			recentDocs: [makeDoc('d1', 'Taufschein')],
+			stats: { totalDocuments: 0, totalPersons: 0 }
+		});
+		const footnote = page.getByTestId('dashboard-stats-footnote');
+		await expect.element(footnote).toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+});
+
+describe('DashboardRecentDocuments — touch targets', () => {
+	it('each doc row has min-h-[44px] class for WCAG touch target', async () => {
+		render(DashboardRecentDocuments, { recentDocs: [makeDoc('d1', 'Taufschein')] });
+		const row = page.getByTestId('doc-row-d1');
+		await expect.element(row).toHaveClass('min-h-[44px]');
+	});
+});