diff --git a/plugins/comment_paragraph/lib/comment_paragraph_plugin/api.rb b/plugins/comment_paragraph/lib/comment_paragraph_plugin/api.rb
index c0b69ee..547125b 100644
--- a/plugins/comment_paragraph/lib/comment_paragraph_plugin/api.rb
+++ b/plugins/comment_paragraph/lib/comment_paragraph_plugin/api.rb
@@ -21,5 +21,11 @@ class CommentParagraphPlugin::API < Grape::API
         present_partial article, :with => Noosfero::API::Entities::Article
       end
     end
+
+    get ':id/comment_paragraph_plugin/comments/count' do
+      article = find_article(environment.articles, params[:id])
+      comments = select_filtered_collection_of(article, :comments, params)
+      comments.group(:paragraph_uuid).count
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/plugins/comment_paragraph/test/unit/api_test.rb b/plugins/comment_paragraph/test/unit/api_test.rb
index 363b499..12a29a9 100644
--- a/plugins/comment_paragraph/test/unit/api_test.rb
+++ b/plugins/comment_paragraph/test/unit/api_test.rb
@@ -56,4 +56,16 @@ class APITest <  ActiveSupport::TestCase
       assert_equal 403, last_response.status
     end
   end
+
+  should 'return comment counts grouped by paragraph' do
+    article = fast_create(TextArticle, :profile_id => person.id, :name => "Some thing", :published => false)
+    fast_create(Comment, :paragraph_uuid => '1', :source_id => article.id)
+    fast_create(Comment, :paragraph_uuid => nil, :source_id => article.id)
+    fast_create(Comment, :paragraph_uuid => '2', :source_id => article.id)
+    fast_create(Comment, :paragraph_uuid => '2', :source_id => article.id)
+    get "/api/v1/articles/#{article.id}/comment_paragraph_plugin/comments/count?#{params.to_query}"
+
+    json = JSON.parse(last_response.body)
+    assert_equal({"1"=>1, ""=>1, "2"=>2}, json)
+  end
 end
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