diff --git a/pkg/routes/api/v1/admin/overview.go b/pkg/routes/api/v1/admin/overview.go
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+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-present Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/db"
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/license"
+	"github.com/labstack/echo/v5"
+)
+
+type ShareCounts struct {
+	LinkShares int64 `json:"link_shares"`
+	TeamShares int64 `json:"team_shares"`
+	UserShares int64 `json:"user_shares"`
+}
+
+type Overview struct {
+	Users    int64        `json:"users"`
+	Projects int64        `json:"projects"`
+	Tasks    int64        `json:"tasks"`
+	Teams    int64        `json:"teams"`
+	Shares   ShareCounts  `json:"shares"`
+	License  license.Info `json:"license"`
+}
+
+// GetOverview returns aggregate instance counts and metadata.
+// @Summary Admin overview
+// @Description Returns per-instance counts (users, projects, shares) plus version and license info. Instance-admin only, gated by the admin_panel feature.
+// @tags admin
+// @Produce json
+// @Security JWTKeyAuth
+// @Success 200 {object} admin.Overview
+// @Failure 404 {object} web.HTTPError
+// @Router /admin/overview [get]
+func GetOverview(c *echo.Context) error {
+	s := db.NewSession()
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	users, err := s.Table("users").Count()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	projects, err := s.Table("projects").Count()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	tasks, err := s.Table("tasks").Count()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	teams, err := s.Table("teams").Count()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	linkShares, err := s.Table("link_shares").Count()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	teamShares, err := s.Table("team_projects").Count()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	userShares, err := s.Table("users_projects").Count()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return c.JSON(http.StatusOK, Overview{
+		Users:    users,
+		Projects: projects,
+		Tasks:    tasks,
+		Teams:    teams,
+		Shares: ShareCounts{
+			LinkShares: linkShares,
+			TeamShares: teamShares,
+			UserShares: userShares,
+		},
+		License: license.CurrentInfo(),
+	})
+}