diff --git a/searx/engines/bing.py b/searx/engines/bing.py
index 171606cf6..6bdfd378b 100644
--- a/searx/engines/bing.py
+++ b/searx/engines/bing.py
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ def response(resp):
 
     dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)
 
+    try:
+        results.append({'number_of_results': int(dom.xpath('//span[@class="sb_count"]/text()')[0]
+                                                 .split()[0].replace(',', ''))})
+    except:
+        pass
+
     # parse results
     for result in dom.xpath('//div[@class="sa_cc"]'):
         link = result.xpath('.//h3/a')[0]
@@ -66,10 +72,6 @@ def response(resp):
                         'title': title,
                         'content': content})
 
-    # return results if something is found
-    if results:
-        return results
-
     # parse results again if nothing is found yet
     for result in dom.xpath('//li[@class="b_algo"]'):
         link = result.xpath('.//h2/a')[0]
diff --git a/searx/engines/yahoo.py b/searx/engines/yahoo.py
index 769e7e47f..b8b40e4aa 100644
--- a/searx/engines/yahoo.py
+++ b/searx/engines/yahoo.py
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ def response(resp):
 
     dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)
 
+    try:
+        results_num = int(dom.xpath('//div[@class="compPagination"]/span[last()]/text()')[0]
+                          .split()[0].replace(',', ''))
+        results.append({'number_of_results': results_num})
+    except:
+        pass
+
     # parse results
     for result in dom.xpath(results_xpath):
         try:
diff --git a/searx/results.py b/searx/results.py
index c3040b305..dcd966ef7 100644
--- a/searx/results.py
+++ b/searx/results.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class ResultContainer(object):
         self._infobox_ids = {}
         self.suggestions = set()
         self.answers = set()
+        self.number_of_results = 0
 
     def extend(self, engine_name, results):
         for result in list(results):
@@ -111,6 +112,9 @@ class ResultContainer(object):
             elif 'infobox' in result:
                 self._merge_infobox(result)
                 results.remove(result)
+            elif 'number_of_results' in result:
+                self.number_of_results = max(self.number_of_results, result['number_of_results'])
+                results.remove(result)
 
         with RLock():
             engines[engine_name].stats['search_count'] += 1
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/results.html b/searx/templates/oscar/results.html
index 9f9bdf1e1..db9eb96dd 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/results.html
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@
         </div><!-- /#main_results -->
 
         <div class="col-sm-4" id="sidebar_results">
+            {% if number_of_results %}
+            <div class="panel panel-default">
+                <div class="panel-heading">
+                    <h4 class="panel-title">{{ _('Number of results') }}</h4>
+                </div>
+                <div class="panel-body">
+                    {{ number_of_results }}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            {% endif %}
             {% if infoboxes %}
                 {% for infobox in infoboxes %}
                     {% include 'oscar/infobox.html' %}
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 044f5f45c..e60050ea8 100644
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ from flask import (
     Flask, request, render_template, url_for, Response, make_response,
     redirect, send_from_directory
 )
-from flask.ext.babel import Babel, gettext, format_date
+from flask.ext.babel import Babel, gettext, format_date, format_decimal
 from flask.json import jsonify
 from searx import settings, searx_dir
 from searx.engines import (
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ def index():
 
     if search.request_data.get('format') == 'json':
         return Response(json.dumps({'query': search.query,
+                                    'number_of_results': search.result_container.number_of_results,
                                     'results': search.result_container.get_ordered_results()}),
                         mimetype='application/json')
     elif search.request_data.get('format') == 'csv':
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ def index():
             'opensearch_response_rss.xml',
             results=search.result_container.get_ordered_results(),
             q=search.request_data['q'],
-            number_of_results=search.result_container.results_length(),
+            number_of_results=search.result_container.number_of_results,
             base_url=get_base_url()
         )
         return Response(response_rss, mimetype='text/xml')
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ def index():
         q=search.request_data['q'],
         selected_categories=search.categories,
         paging=search.paging,
+        number_of_results=format_decimal(search.result_container.number_of_results),
         pageno=search.pageno,
         base_url=get_base_url(),
         suggestions=search.result_container.suggestions,