diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/StatisticsController.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/StatisticsController.java
index 37074be6f1013dd24c8e571a7efc19070a7db039..4d152fda559c4e87f899748d362f2fbf6794b961 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/StatisticsController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/controller/StatisticsController.java
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ public class StatisticsController {
 		return Integer.toString(statisticsService.countActiveUsers());
 	}
 
+	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/statistics/loggedinusercount", produces = "text/plain")
+	@ResponseBody
+	public final String countLoggedInUsers(HttpServletResponse response) {
+		response.addHeader("X-Deprecated-API", "1");
+
+		return Integer.toString(statisticsService.countLoggedInUsers());
+	}
+
 	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/statistics/sessioncount", produces = "text/plain")
 	@ResponseBody
 	public final String countSessions(HttpServletResponse response) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IStatisticsService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IStatisticsService.java
index 76b8374e76d576731b31631e6bb9d1f930416207..e6a30b07a561d4289d4de519a1a631e6e447f014 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IStatisticsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IStatisticsService.java
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ public interface IStatisticsService {
 
 	int countActiveUsers();
 
+	int countLoggedInUsers();
+
 	Statistics getStatistics();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IUserService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IUserService.java
index f0f01359239d886d62fc18a4e7d25d20972dc05a..8146edd11d648581425fbf833fbe32815c29b650 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IUserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/IUserService.java
@@ -52,4 +52,6 @@ public interface IUserService {
 	int getUsersInSessionCount(String keyword);
 
 	void removeUserFromMaps(User user);
+
+	int loggedInUsers();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/StatisticsService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/StatisticsService.java
index 6064498b9ee8d53700d7092423c211f1f1e226a4..67a6f58da24ecabcd9e29da4bdbcd408d1ef96e7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/StatisticsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/StatisticsService.java
@@ -14,12 +14,20 @@ public class StatisticsService implements IStatisticsService {
 	@Autowired
 	private IDatabaseDao databaseDao;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private IUserService userService;
+
 	@Override
 	public final int countActiveUsers() {
 		long since = System.currentTimeMillis() - DURATION_IN_MILLIS;
 		return databaseDao.countActiveUsers(since);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public int countLoggedInUsers() {
+		return userService.loggedInUsers();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public final Statistics getStatistics() {
 		long since = System.currentTimeMillis() - DURATION_IN_MILLIS;
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserService.java b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserService.java
index 0324606d0d206236318c38814ec3d26606fc5651..57460a1724da774aa0b0289e4e0c7ab70ea801ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thm/arsnova/services/UserService.java
@@ -284,4 +284,9 @@ public class UserService implements IUserService, InitializingBean, DisposableBe
 			user2sessionLegacy.remove(user);
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int loggedInUsers() {
+		return user2session.size();
+	}
 }