diff --git a/db.js b/db.js
index 81dda78d..36358d2f 100644
--- a/db.js
+++ b/db.js
@@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ const stmts = {
   getObservers: db.prepare(`SELECT * FROM observers ORDER BY last_seen DESC`),
   countPackets: db.prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM observations`),
   countNodes: db.prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM nodes`),
+  countActiveNodes: db.prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM nodes WHERE last_seen > ?`),
+  countActiveNodesByRole: db.prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM nodes WHERE role = ? AND last_seen > ?`),
   countObservers: db.prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM observers`),
   countRecentPackets: schemaVersion >= 3
     ? db.prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM observations WHERE timestamp > CAST(strftime('%s', ?) AS INTEGER)`)
@@ -579,6 +581,7 @@ function getObservers() {
 
 function getStats() {
   const oneHourAgo = new Date(Date.now() - 3600000).toISOString();
+  const sevenDaysAgo = new Date(Date.now() - 7 * 24 * 3600000).toISOString();
   // Try to get transmission count from normalized schema
   let totalTransmissions = null;
   try {
@@ -588,7 +591,8 @@ function getStats() {
     totalPackets: totalTransmissions || stmts.countPackets.get().count,
     totalTransmissions,
     totalObservations: stmts.countPackets.get().count,
-    totalNodes: stmts.countNodes.get().count,
+    totalNodes: stmts.countActiveNodes.get(sevenDaysAgo).count,
+    totalNodesAllTime: stmts.countNodes.get().count,
     totalObservers: stmts.countObservers.get().count,
     packetsLastHour: stmts.countRecentPackets.get(oneHourAgo).count,
   };
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index d12746b6..54335514 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -876,10 +876,11 @@ app.use(express.json());
 
 app.get('/api/stats', (req, res) => {
   const stats = db.getStats();
-  // Get role counts
+  // Get role counts (active nodes only — same 7-day window as totalNodes)
+  const sevenDaysAgo = new Date(Date.now() - 7 * 24 * 3600000).toISOString();
   const counts = {};
   for (const role of ['repeater', 'room', 'companion', 'sensor']) {
-    const r = db.db.prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM nodes WHERE role = ?`).get(role);
+    const r = db.db.prepare(`SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM nodes WHERE role = ? AND last_seen > ?`).get(role, sevenDaysAgo);
     counts[role + 's'] = r.count;
   }
   res.json({ ...stats, counts });
diff --git a/test-db.js b/test-db.js
index fca0a4fa..863102e1 100644
--- a/test-db.js
+++ b/test-db.js
@@ -213,6 +213,33 @@ console.log('\ngetStats:');
   assert(stats.totalObservers >= 1, 'totalObservers');
   assert(typeof stats.totalPackets === 'number', 'totalPackets is number');
   assert(typeof stats.packetsLastHour === 'number', 'packetsLastHour is number');
+  assert(typeof stats.totalNodesAllTime === 'number', 'totalNodesAllTime is number');
+  assert(stats.totalNodesAllTime >= stats.totalNodes, 'totalNodesAllTime >= totalNodes');
+}
+
+// --- getStats active node filtering ---
+console.log('\ngetStats active node filtering:');
+{
+  // Insert a node with last_seen 30 days ago (should be excluded from totalNodes)
+  const thirtyDaysAgo = new Date(Date.now() - 30 * 24 * 3600000).toISOString();
+  db.upsertNode({ public_key: 'deadnode0000000000000000deadnode00', name: 'DeadNode', role: 'repeater', last_seen: thirtyDaysAgo, first_seen: thirtyDaysAgo });
+
+  // Insert a node with last_seen now (should be included)
+  db.upsertNode({ public_key: 'livenode0000000000000000livenode00', name: 'LiveNode', role: 'companion', last_seen: new Date().toISOString() });
+
+  const stats = db.getStats();
+  assert(stats.totalNodesAllTime > stats.totalNodes, 'dead node excluded from totalNodes but included in totalNodesAllTime');
+
+  // Verify the dead node is in totalNodesAllTime
+  const allTime = stats.totalNodesAllTime;
+  assert(allTime >= 3, 'totalNodesAllTime includes dead + live nodes');
+
+  // Verify active count doesn't include the 30-day-old node
+  // The dead node's last_seen is 30 days ago, window is 7 days
+  const nodeInDb = db.getNode('deadnode0000000000000000deadnode00');
+  assert(nodeInDb !== null, 'dead node exists in DB');
+  const liveNode = db.getNode('livenode0000000000000000livenode00');
+  assert(liveNode !== null, 'live node exists in DB');
 }
 
 // --- getNodeHealth ---