diff --git a/frontend/e2e/channel.spec.ts b/frontend/e2e/channel.spec.ts
index 71479b98..b3b46db9 100644
--- a/frontend/e2e/channel.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/e2e/channel.spec.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ test.describe("channel view", () => {
   test("the channel chrome stays fixed while the video grid scrolls", async ({ page }) => {
     await openApp(page);
     await page.getByTestId("video-card-channel").first().click();
-    const count = page.getByTestId("feed-result-count");
+    const count = page.getByTestId("item-count");
     const title = page.getByTestId("channel-title");
     await expect(count).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByTestId("video-card").first()).toBeVisible();
diff --git a/frontend/e2e/feed.spec.ts b/frontend/e2e/feed.spec.ts
index 61c045d1..55700b6f 100644
--- a/frontend/e2e/feed.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/e2e/feed.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ test.describe("feed", () => {
     await openApp(page);
     await expect(page.getByTestId("video-card").first()).toBeVisible();
 
-    const count = page.getByTestId("feed-result-count");
+    const count = page.getByTestId("item-count");
     await expect(count).toHaveText(/\d/);
     const baseline = await count.innerText();
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ test.describe("feed", () => {
   // pins in the shell's toolbar band above the scroller, so it stays put while the cards scroll.
   test("the feed toolbar stays pinned while cards scroll", async ({ page }) => {
     await openApp(page);
-    const count = page.getByTestId("feed-result-count");
+    const count = page.getByTestId("item-count");
     await expect(count).toBeVisible();
     const topBefore = await count.evaluate((el) => el.getBoundingClientRect().top);
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 5af82e6e..8f625ea6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ export default function App() {
     if (meQuery.data && getActiveAccount() == null) setActiveAccount(meQuery.data.id);
   }, [meQuery.data?.id]);
 
+  // Measure the scrollbar's gutter width once and publish it as --sbw, so the floating header and the
+  // toolbar band can pad their right edge to line up with the scrolled cards (the app scroller reserves
+  // that gutter via scrollbar-gutter: stable). It's a device constant, so a one-shot mount measure is enough.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const probe = document.createElement("div");
+    probe.style.cssText =
+      "position:absolute;top:-9999px;width:100px;height:100px;overflow:scroll;scrollbar-gutter:stable";
+    document.body.appendChild(probe);
+    const w = probe.offsetWidth - probe.clientWidth;
+    document.body.removeChild(probe);
+    document.documentElement.style.setProperty("--sbw", `${w}px`);
+  }, []);
+
   // Once signed in, drop any leftover ONE-TIME query params from the pre-login flow (?access, ?verify,
   // ?reset) — but NOT the nav/filter params, which the logged-in app now reads from and keeps in the
   // URL. Gated on auth so the logged-out Welcome page still reads its params first.
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
index d9358ab2..2d46c475 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import { PageToolbar } from "./PageShell";
 import { useWizard } from "./WizardProvider";
 import SortControl from "./SortControl";
 import FilterSelect from "./FilterSelect";
+import ItemCount from "./ItemCount";
 import ViewSwitcher from "./ViewSwitcher";
 import VirtualFeed from "./VirtualFeed";
 // Lazy: the in-app YouTube player (IFrame API) loads only when a video is first opened.
@@ -570,6 +571,9 @@ export default function Feed({
   const toolbar = (
     <div className="pb-1.5">
       <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 gap-y-2 flex-wrap">
+        {/* The item count is the fixed leading element — a fixed-width pill so a changing number
+            never shoves the controls beside it (see ItemCount). */}
+        <ItemCount count={summaryQuery.data?.count} />
         {/* Watch state is single-select (always exactly one); content types are an independent
             multi-select. Both compress to one labeled dropdown pill via FilterSelect. */}
         <FilterSelect
@@ -596,36 +600,24 @@ export default function Feed({
             of this one channel's videos (librarySource is pinned to "all"), so the selector would
             only offer a near-empty, confusing slice — hide it here. */}
         {!channelScoped && (
-          <>
-            <span className="mx-1 h-5 w-px bg-border" aria-hidden="true" />
-            <FilterSelect
-              label={t("feed.source.label")}
-              testId="feed-source"
-              options={[
-                { value: "organic", label: t("feed.source.organic") },
-                { value: "all", label: t("feed.source.all") },
-                { value: "search", label: t("feed.source.only") },
-              ]}
-              selected={[filters.librarySource ?? "organic"]}
-              onChange={(next) =>
-                setFilters({
-                  ...filters,
-                  librarySource: next[0] as FeedFilters["librarySource"],
-                })
-              }
-            />
-          </>
-        )}
-        <span className="mx-1 h-5 w-px bg-border" aria-hidden="true" />
-        <span data-testid="feed-result-count" className="text-sm text-muted whitespace-nowrap">
-          {summaryQuery.data
-            ? t("feed.videoCount", {
-                count: summaryQuery.data.count,
-                formattedCount: summaryQuery.data.count.toLocaleString(),
+          <FilterSelect
+            label={t("feed.source.label")}
+            testId="feed-source"
+            options={[
+              { value: "organic", label: t("feed.source.organic") },
+              { value: "all", label: t("feed.source.all") },
+              { value: "search", label: t("feed.source.only") },
+            ]}
+            selected={[filters.librarySource ?? "organic"]}
+            onChange={(next) =>
+              setFilters({
+                ...filters,
+                librarySource: next[0] as FeedFilters["librarySource"],
               })
-            : " "}
-        </span>
-        <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-2">
+            }
+          />
+        )}
+        <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-1.5">
           <SortControl
             options={sortOptions}
             sort={{ key: sortKey, dir: sortDir }}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx
index efb8e611..9d8747c9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Header.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ const Header = forwardRef<
     // slim and/or no filter sidebar is present — no hard-coded offset.
     <div
       ref={ref}
-      className="pointer-events-none absolute top-3 left-3 right-[10%] z-chrome flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-3 gap-y-2"
+      // left-4 / right = 1rem + the scrollbar gutter: the header spans exactly the card grid's width
+      // (left card's left edge to right card's right edge), matching the toolbar band below it.
+      className="pointer-events-none absolute top-3 left-4 right-[calc(1rem+var(--sbw))] z-chrome flex flex-wrap items-center gap-x-3 gap-y-2"
     >
       {search}
       {/* Library scope (movie/show/both) sits right of the search box on Plex — relocated here from
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ItemCount.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ItemCount.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58f07710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ItemCount.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { Layers } from "lucide-react";
+
+// At a million and above we stop printing the exact figure — six digits is the readable ceiling, so
+// the pill shows "1M+" and the tooltip carries the precise number.
+const OVERFLOW_AT = 1_000_000;
+
+// A compact, FIXED-WIDTH count pill for a toolbar: the filtered item count in the same glass pill as
+// the filter dropdowns, minus the chevron and the interactivity. The fixed width is the point — a
+// changing number must never shove the controls beside it, so the box is sized to the widest value
+// ("999,999 items") and the content is centred within it. A count of a million or more collapses to
+// "1M+", with the exact figure in the title tooltip. Deliberately generic ("item(s)", dynamic plural)
+// so any surface can reuse it for whatever it counts.
+export default function ItemCount({ count }: { count?: number }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  // `count` is undefined only on a first, un-cached load — keep the fixed box (nothing shifts), just
+  // show the icon until the number arrives.
+  const label =
+    count == null
+      ? ""
+      : t("common.itemCount", {
+          count,
+          formattedCount: count >= OVERFLOW_AT ? "1M+" : count.toLocaleString(),
+        });
+  return (
+    <span
+      data-testid="item-count"
+      title={count?.toLocaleString()}
+      className="glass-card inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-border px-3 py-1 text-sm text-muted min-w-[9rem] whitespace-nowrap"
+    >
+      <Layers className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted" aria-hidden="true" />
+      <span className="tabular-nums">{label}</span>
+    </span>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PageShell.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PageShell.tsx
index 210e3c75..ad7548ff 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PageShell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PageShell.tsx
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ export default function PageShell({
         className={`flex-1 min-w-0 min-h-0 flex flex-col ${header ? "pt-(--hdr-h)" : ""}`}
       >
         {banners}
-        <div ref={setToolbarSlot} className="shrink-0" />
+        {/* pr-[--sbw]: the toolbar band isn't the scroller, so without this it would run the
+            scrollbar-gutter's width past the scrolled cards on the right. Pad it back to card width. */}
+        <div ref={setToolbarSlot} className="shrink-0 pr-[var(--sbw)]" />
         <PageScroller scrollKey={scrollKey} fadeTop={fadeTop}>
           {children}
         </PageScroller>
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/common.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/common.json
index f476fe5f..2b1a652d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/common.json
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
   "loading": "Loading…",
   "language": "Language",
   "somethingWrong": "Something went wrong.",
+  "itemCount_one": "{{formattedCount}} item",
+  "itemCount_other": "{{formattedCount}} items",
   "accessRequestsTitle": "Access requests",
   "accessRequestsMessage": "{{count}} pending — review them on the Users page.",
   "accessRequestsReview": "Review",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/common.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/common.json
index b40d4281..32f80ee7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/common.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/common.json
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
   "loading": "Betöltés…",
   "language": "Nyelv",
   "somethingWrong": "Hiba történt.",
+  "itemCount_one": "{{formattedCount}} elem",
+  "itemCount_other": "{{formattedCount}} elem",
   "accessRequestsTitle": "Hozzáférési kérések",
   "accessRequestsMessage": "{{count}} függőben — nézd át a Felhasználók oldalon.",
   "accessRequestsReview": "Áttekintés",
diff --git a/frontend/src/index.css b/frontend/src/index.css
index d7769c43..c90dfd05 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.css
+++ b/frontend/src/index.css
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@
      place since App and Playlists both reference it. */
   --hdr-h: 4.25rem;
 
+  /* Width of the app scroller's scrollbar gutter (scrollbar-gutter: stable reserves it on the right).
+     Measured once at startup (App) and written here; the floating header and the toolbar band pad
+     their right edge by it so the fixed chrome lines up with the scrolled cards, not 15px past them.
+     Defaults to 0 for overlay-scrollbar platforms where the gutter is empty. */
+  --sbw: 0px;
+
   /* ===== Glass tunables — every value that materially drives the look lives here so it can be
      tuned in ONE place. ===== */
   /* GLOBAL baseline = "Adaptive": solid-enough dark glass that reads well on content-less chrome