# How to see the real number of records in a Salesforce list view

> The Record count for Salesforce template replaces "50+ items" with the real number of records in a Lightning list view, counted through Salesforce's UI API.

Published 2026-09-30, updated 2026-09-30 · Salesforce · https://skins.dev/blog/salesforce-record-count/

Asked for since 28 March 2018: Salesforce IdeaExchange ("Display total # of records in lightning list view when 50+ records displayed"), https://ideas.salesforce.com/s/idea/a0B8W00000GdoZOUAZ/display-total-of-records-in-lightning-list-view-when-50-records-displayed (16,460 points from 1,646 votes).

**Once a Lightning list view has more records than its first page, it stops counting: the line under the title says "50+ items". To know whether that is 51 or 5,000, you scroll to the end or build a report. The Record count for Salesforce template counts the list and writes the real number in place of "50+", in your own browser.**

## Steps

1. In Skins Studio, open **Explore**, pick **Record count for Salesforce** and click **Create App**.
2. Open a list view in Lightning that shows "50+ items". Open the **Skins** side panel from the browser toolbar. The skin is listed under **On this page**.
3. Switch it on. "50+ items" shows a moment of counting, then the real number, such as "122 items".
4. Refresh the list, or open another list view, and it counts again.

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## What you get

- The real number of records in place of "50+ items", on every list view.
- A count made when the list opens and each time you refresh it.
- Salesforce's own line, "122 items • Sorted by Name • …", with only the number changed.

## Limits

- It counts the records you can see. Sharing rules apply, as they do to the list itself.
- It counts 2,000 records per request, so a list of 20,000 records takes ten requests and a moment longer.
- The count is for your browser: colleagues who don't use the skin still see "50+".

## For developers

The skin counts through Salesforce's UI API, as you, 2,000 records per request (the most the API returns per page), asking only for record Ids: `GET /services/data/v62.0/ui-api/list-records/Lead/AllOpenLeads?pageSize=2000&fields=Lead.Id`. It follows `nextPageToken` until there is none and adds up the pages, so a list of 122 records takes one request and a list of 20,000 takes ten. One trap: the `count` field in the response is the number of records in that page, not the list's total. Ask for `pageSize=50` and it says 50, even when the list has 122. The 50 in "50+ items" is a different number again: it is how many rows Lightning itself loads at a time.

## Other options

- **Scroll to the end**: Lightning loads the list 50 rows at a time, and its count goes up as you scroll.
- **Reports**: a report on the same filters shows the record count.
- **List view charts**: the chart button next to the list can show a count by a field.
- **Ask Salesforce**: upvote the idea. Its status is Open.

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