diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index 7cf4ebd41..f619726a6 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #  id                    :bigint           not null, primary key
 #  content               :text
 #  description           :text
+#  meta                  :jsonb
 #  status                :integer
 #  title                 :string
 #  views                 :integer
diff --git a/app/views/api/v1/accounts/categories/_category.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/categories/_category.json.jbuilder
index 2e4263722..17aecacd2 100644
--- a/app/views/api/v1/accounts/categories/_category.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/categories/_category.json.jbuilder
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ if category.root_category.present?
     json.partial! 'api/v1/accounts/categories/associated_category.json.jbuilder', category: category.root_category
   end
 end
+
+json.articles_count category.articles.published.try(:count)
diff --git a/app/views/public/api/v1/models/_category.json.jbuilder b/app/views/public/api/v1/models/_category.json.jbuilder
index ee3057ae3..6c611fc51 100644
--- a/app/views/public/api/v1/models/_category.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/public/api/v1/models/_category.json.jbuilder
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ if category.root_category.present?
     json.partial! partial: 'associated_category', category: category.root_category
   end
 end
+
+json.articles_count category.articles.published.try(:count)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20220720080126_add_meta_column_to_article.rb b/db/migrate/20220720080126_add_meta_column_to_article.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cb7ca23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20220720080126_add_meta_column_to_article.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddMetaColumnToArticle < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :articles, :meta, :jsonb, default: {}
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index df5950031..3b62a868b 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2022_07_18_123938) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2022_07_20_080126) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_stat_statements"
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2022_07_18_123938) do
     t.datetime "updated_at", precision: 6, null: false
     t.bigint "author_id"
     t.bigint "associated_article_id"
+    t.jsonb "meta", default: {}
     t.index ["associated_article_id"], name: "index_articles_on_associated_article_id"
     t.index ["author_id"], name: "index_articles_on_author_id"
   end