diff --git a/internal/postgres/user.go b/internal/postgres/user.go
index f24191d..acd9695 100644
--- a/internal/postgres/user.go
+++ b/internal/postgres/user.go
@@ -59,3 +59,21 @@ func CreateUserNodeWithSourceRelation(ctx context.Context, db *gorm.DB, anthrove
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func GetUserFavoritesCount(ctx context.Context, db *gorm.DB, anthroveUserID models.AnthroveUserID) (int64, error) {
+	var count int64
+	err := db.WithContext(ctx).Model(&pgModels.UserFavorite{}).Where("user_id = ?", string(anthroveUserID)).Count(&count).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+			"anthrove_user_id": anthroveUserID,
+		}).Error("database: failed to get user favorites count")
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	log.WithFields(log.Fields{
+		"anthrove_user_id":        anthroveUserID,
+		"anthrove_user_fav_count": count,
+	}).Trace("database: got user favorite count")
+
+	return count, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/database/postgres.go b/pkg/database/postgres.go
index 13fe10d..883de13 100644
--- a/pkg/database/postgres.go
+++ b/pkg/database/postgres.go
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ func (p *postgresqlConnection) CheckPostNodeExistsBySourceID(ctx context.Context
 }
 
 func (p *postgresqlConnection) GetUserFavoriteCount(ctx context.Context, anthroveUserID models.AnthroveUserID) (int64, error) {
-	//TODO implement me
-	panic("implement me")
+	return postgres.GetUserFavoritesCount(ctx, p.db, anthroveUserID)
 }
 
 func (p *postgresqlConnection) GetUserSourceLinks(ctx context.Context, anthroveUserID models.AnthroveUserID) (map[string]graphModels.AnthroveUserRelationship, error) {