diff --git a/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb
index 1b7e858f8..bd2dc4d13 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admins_controller.rb
@@ -28,4 +28,12 @@ class AdminsController < ApplicationController
     flash[:notice] = "invitation sent to #{params[:identifier]}"
     redirect_to user_search_path
   end
+
+  def stats
+    @popular_tags = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tagging.joins(:tag).limit(15).count(:group => :tag, :order => 'count(taggings.id) DESC')
+    @most_liked_posts = Post.where(:type => ['StatusMessage', 'ActivityStreams::Photo'],
+                                   :public => true).order('likes_count DESC').limit(15).all
+    @new_posts = Post.where(:type => ['StatusMessage','ActivityStreams::Photo'],
+                            :public => true).order('created_at DESC').limit(15).all
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admins/stats.html.haml b/app/views/admins/stats.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..565e7cfdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/admins/stats.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.span-24.last
+  %h3
+    = for tg in @popular_tags
+      = link_to tg, tags_path(tg)
+
+%br
+%br
+
+.span-12
+  %h3
+    New public posts
+  .stream
+    = render 'shared/stream', :posts => @new_posts
+
+.span-12.last
+  %h3
+    Most Liked
+  .stream
+    = render 'shared/stream', :posts => @most_liked_posts
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index e78d8b2ec..4cfdf5bcc 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
     match 'user_search'   => :user_search
     get   'admin_inviter' => :admin_inviter
     get   'add_invites'   => :add_invites, :as => 'add_invites'
+    get   'stats'         => :stats, :as => 'pod_stats'
   end
 
   resource :profile
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb
index 48348e0da..5b744d9c5 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admins_controller_spec.rb
@@ -116,4 +116,16 @@ describe AdminsController do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#stats' do
+    before do
+      AppConfig[:admins] = [@user.username]
+    end
+
+    it 'succeeds and renders stats' do
+      get :stats
+      response.should be_success
+      response.should render_template(:stats)
+    end
+  end
 end