# Live Social-Proof Counter > Optionally show a real, live count of happy customers on your funnel and standee. It is always your true number, rounded down, and hidden until you pass a minimum. _Category: Collect reviews ยท Status: Available. Canonical page: https://reviewgrowth.app/features/social-proof-counter_ **In short:** The Social-Proof Counter can show a **real, live count** of happy customers on your funnel and standee, like _Join 500+ happy customers_, which nudges the next person to add theirs. The number is always your true count, rounded down, and it stays hidden until you pass a minimum, so you never display a misleading or tiny number. It is genuine social proof, never invented. People decide what to do by watching what others have already done. When someone lands on your review funnel and sees that hundreds of customers have been there before them, leaving a review stops feeling like a chore and starts feeling like joining something. The Social-Proof Counter shows that crowd, honestly, right where it matters. **Key takeaways** - Optionally display a **real, live count** of happy customers on your funnel and standee. - Seeing the crowd nudges the next person to add their review too. - The number is always your true count, **rounded down**, so 500+ means at least 500. - It stays hidden until you pass a minimum, so a small business never shows a tiny number. - This is genuine social proof. The count is never invented or inflated. ## Why a real count moves people A line like _Join 500+ happy customers_ does quiet, powerful work. It tells the person on your funnel that plenty of others already trusted you and were glad they did, which makes their own small action feel safe and normal. The same goes for the [QR code review cards](/features/qr-code-review-cards) on a counter or standee: a number that says many people have done this already is a gentle push to be the next one. _A rising count of real happy customers gives the next person a reason to add theirs._ ## Always your real number, rounded down This is the part we will not bend on. The counter only ever shows a number you have actually earned. We round it down, never up, so the figure you display is a floor rather than a flourish. When you see _500+_, it means you have at least 500 happy customers, not 480 dressed up to look bigger. The plus sign is doing honest work: there are at least that many, and probably more. > [!IMPORTANT] > **Rounded down means 500+ is a promise, not a guess** If your real count is 612, the counter shows 500+. If it is 540, it still shows 500+. The displayed number is always a number you have genuinely passed, so no visitor is ever misled. ## Hidden until it helps, never when it hurts A counter that reads _Join 7 happy customers_ would do the opposite of its job. So the counter stays hidden until you cross a minimum. Below that threshold, visitors simply see your clean funnel with no number at all, and the moment you have enough genuine happy customers for the count to reassure rather than worry, it appears on its own. - **Below the minimum**, the counter is hidden and your funnel stays clean. - **Above the minimum**, it shows your real count, rounded down, with a plus sign. - **Always**, the number reflects actual happy customers. Nothing is fabricated. > [!NOTE] > **Genuine social proof only** Plenty of tools sprinkle made-up numbers on a page to look popular. This is not that. The count is drawn from your own real results, which is what makes it persuasive in the first place. A number people can trust does more for conversion than a big one they cannot. ## A small nudge on a high-intent page The counter lives where decisions happen: on the [review funnel](/features/review-funnel) and on the standee a customer is looking at while the experience is still fresh. It does not shout. It just removes a little hesitation at the exact moment someone is deciding whether to leave a review, and small nudges on high-intent surfaces add up. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is the happy-customers count real? Yes. The counter only ever shows your true number of happy customers, drawn from your own results. We round it down, never up, so a display of 500+ means you have genuinely passed 500. The number is never invented or inflated. ### What does the plus sign mean? It means at least that many. Because the count is rounded down, 500+ tells visitors you have at least 500 happy customers, and likely more. The displayed figure is always a floor you have actually reached, so no one is misled. ### What happens when I am just starting out? The counter stays hidden until you pass a minimum, so a brand-new business never shows a tiny, off-putting number. Below the threshold your funnel simply appears without a count. Once you have enough real happy customers for the number to reassure people, it turns on by itself. ### Do I have to show the counter? No. It is optional. You can turn the live count on for your funnel and standee when you want the extra nudge, or leave it off entirely. When it is on, it always shows your real, rounded-down number.