diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index e41efeb..5859675 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name headline">{{ .Title }}</h1>
                         {{ end }}
                 </span>
                 {{- end }}
+                <span class="post-word-count">, {{ .WordCount }} words</span>
         </div>
     </header>
     <div class="post-content">
diff --git a/layouts/partials/home_post.html b/layouts/partials/home_post.html
index e3e9364..27ae2eb 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/home_post.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/home_post.html
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name headline"><a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .T
                         {{ end -}}
                         {{ end }}
                 </span>
-                {{- end }}
+								{{- end }}
+								<span class="post-word-count">, {{ .WordCount }} words</span>
         </div>
 				{{ with .Params.tags }}
 				<div class="post-tags">