diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22f6469..5b6c4e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 - ✨(scripts) adapts release script after moving the deployment part
 
+### Fixed
+
+- ⚡️(api) add missing cache for stats endpoint
+
 ## [1.10.0] - 2025-01-21
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/backend/core/api/client/viewsets.py b/src/backend/core/api/client/viewsets.py
index adfc3e6..bc63f5d 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/api/client/viewsets.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/api/client/viewsets.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from functools import reduce
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.models import OuterRef, Q, Subquery, Value
 from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
+from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
 
 from rest_framework import (
     decorators,
@@ -28,8 +30,6 @@ from core.utils.raw_sql import gen_sql_filter_json_array
 
 from mailbox_manager import models as domains_models
 
-SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD = 0.04
-
 
 class NestedGenericViewSet(viewsets.GenericViewSet):
     """
@@ -596,19 +596,20 @@ class StatView(views.APIView):
 
     permission_classes = [AllowAny]
 
+    @method_decorator(cache_page(3600))
     def get(self, request):
         """
         GET /api/v1.0/stats/
             Return a dictionary of public metrics.
         """
         context = {
-            "total_users": models.User.objects.all().count(),
+            "total_users": models.User.objects.count(),
             "mau": models.User.objects.filter(
                 last_login__gte=datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.timedelta(30)
             ).count(),
-            "teams": models.Team.objects.all().count(),
-            "domains": domains_models.MailDomain.objects.all().count(),
-            "mailboxes": domains_models.Mailbox.objects.all().count(),
+            "teams": models.Team.objects.count(),
+            "domains": domains_models.MailDomain.objects.count(),
+            "mailboxes": domains_models.Mailbox.objects.count(),
         }
         return response.Response(context)
 
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_stats.py b/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_stats.py
index 86e8dba..6effa2f 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_stats.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/test_api_stats.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 Test stats endpoint
 """
 
+from django.core.cache import cache
+
 import pytest
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient
@@ -14,17 +16,34 @@ from mailbox_manager import models as domains_models
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
 
 
-def test_api_stats__anonymous():
+def test_api_stats__anonymous(django_assert_num_queries):
     """Stats endpoint should be available even when not connected."""
 
-    response = APIClient().get("/api/v1.0/stats/")
+    domains_factories.MailDomainFactory.create_batch(5)
+    core_factories.TeamFactory.create_batch(3)
+
+    # clear cache to allow stats count
+    cache.clear()
+    with django_assert_num_queries(5):
+        response = APIClient().get("/api/v1.0/stats/")
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
     assert response.json() == {
         "total_users": 0,
         "mau": 0,
-        "domains": 0,
+        "domains": 5,
         "mailboxes": 0,
-        "teams": 0,
+        "teams": 3,
+    }
+    # no new request made due to caching
+    with django_assert_num_queries(0):
+        response = APIClient().get("/api/v1.0/stats/")
+    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+    assert response.json() == {
+        "total_users": 0,
+        "mau": 0,
+        "domains": 5,
+        "mailboxes": 0,
+        "teams": 3,
     }
 
 
@@ -43,6 +62,8 @@ def test_api_stats__expected_count():
         10, domain=domains_models.MailDomain.objects.all()[1]
     )
 
+    # clear cache to allow stats count
+    cache.clear()
     response = APIClient().get("/api/v1.0/stats/")
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
     assert response.json() == {