diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Database/UserStream.cs b/NostrStreamer/Database/UserStream.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e96f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Database/UserStream.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace NostrStreamer.Database;
+
+public class UserStream
+{
+    
+}
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Extensions.cs b/NostrStreamer/Extensions.cs
index 1ec02ed..b0c4684 100644
--- a/NostrStreamer/Extensions.cs
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Extensions.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Nostr.Client.Json;
 using Nostr.Client.Messages;
 using NostrStreamer.Database;
 
@@ -5,4 +7,8 @@ namespace NostrStreamer;
 
 public static class Extensions
 {
+    public static NostrEvent? GetNostrEvent(this User user)
+    {
+        return user.Event != default ? JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<NostrEvent>(user.Event, NostrSerializer.Settings) : null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Program.cs b/NostrStreamer/Program.cs
index 67180e9..782a50a 100644
--- a/NostrStreamer/Program.cs
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Program.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ internal static class Program
         // streaming services
         services.AddTransient<StreamManager>();
         services.AddTransient<SrsApi>();
+        services.AddHostedService<BackgroundStreamManager>();
         
         // lnd services
         services.AddSingleton<LndNode>();
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Services/BackgroundStreamManager.cs b/NostrStreamer/Services/BackgroundStreamManager.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0562d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Services/BackgroundStreamManager.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+namespace NostrStreamer.Services;
+
+public class BackgroundStreamManager : BackgroundService
+{
+    private readonly ILogger<BackgroundStreamManager> _logger;
+    private readonly IServiceScopeFactory _scopeFactory;
+
+    public BackgroundStreamManager(ILogger<BackgroundStreamManager> logger, IServiceScopeFactory scopeFactory)
+    {
+        _logger = logger;
+        _scopeFactory = scopeFactory;
+    }
+
+    protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken stoppingToken)
+    {
+        while (!stoppingToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using var scope = _scopeFactory.CreateScope();
+
+                var streamManager = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<StreamManager>();
+                var srsApi = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<SrsApi>();
+
+                var clients = await srsApi.ListClients();
+                var streams = clients.Where(a => !a.Publish).GroupBy(a => a.Url);
+                foreach (var stream in streams)
+                {
+                    var viewers = stream.Count();
+                    var streamKey = stream.Key.Split("/").Last();
+                    await streamManager.UpdateViewers(streamKey, viewers);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Failed to run");
+            }
+
+            await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), stoppingToken);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Services/SrsApi.cs b/NostrStreamer/Services/SrsApi.cs
index 6a54e94..c21a478 100644
--- a/NostrStreamer/Services/SrsApi.cs
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Services/SrsApi.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ public class SrsApi
         return rsp!.Streams;
     }
 
+    public async Task<List<Client>> ListClients()
+    {
+        var rsp = await _client.GetFromJsonAsync<ListClientsResponse>("/api/v1/clients");
+        return rsp!.Clients;
+    }
+    
     public async Task KickClient(string clientId)
     {
         await _client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Delete, $"/api/v1/clients/{clientId}"));
@@ -128,3 +134,55 @@ public class Video
     [JsonProperty("height")]
     public int? Height { get; set; }
 }
+
+public class Client
+{
+    [JsonProperty("id")]
+    public string Id { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("vhost")]
+    public string Vhost { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("stream")]
+    public string Stream { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("ip")]
+    public string Ip { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("pageUrl")]
+    public string PageUrl { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("swfUrl")]
+    public string SwfUrl { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("tcUrl")]
+    public string TcUrl { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("url")]
+    public string Url { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("type")]
+    public string Type { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("publish")]
+    public bool Publish { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("alive")]
+    public double? Alive { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("kbps")]
+    public Kbps Kbps { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class ListClientsResponse
+{
+    [JsonProperty("code")]
+    public int? Code { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("server")]
+    public string Server { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonProperty("clients")]
+    public List<Client> Clients { get; set; }
+}
+
diff --git a/NostrStreamer/Services/StreamManager.cs b/NostrStreamer/Services/StreamManager.cs
index 5aecafc..49ea84f 100644
--- a/NostrStreamer/Services/StreamManager.cs
+++ b/NostrStreamer/Services/StreamManager.cs
@@ -92,15 +92,27 @@ public class StreamManager
         user.Image = image;
         user.Tags = tags != null ? string.Join(",", tags) : null;
 
-        var existingEvent = user.Event != default ? JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<NostrEvent>(user.Event, NostrSerializer.Settings) : null;
-        var ev = CreateStreamEvent(user, existingEvent?.Tags?.FindFirstTagValue("status") ?? "ended");
+        var ev = CreateStreamEvent(user);
         user.Event = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(ev, NostrSerializer.Settings);
 
         await _db.SaveChangesAsync();
-
         _nostr.Send(new NostrEventRequest(ev));
     }
 
+    public async Task UpdateViewers(string streamKey, int viewers)
+    {
+        var user = await GetUserFromStreamKey(streamKey);
+        if (user == default) throw new Exception("No stream key found");
+
+        var existingEvent = user.GetNostrEvent();
+        var oldViewers = existingEvent?.Tags?.FindFirstTagValue("viewers");
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(oldViewers) || int.Parse(oldViewers) != viewers)
+        {
+            var ev = CreateStreamEvent(user, viewers: viewers);
+            await PublishEvent(user, ev);
+        }
+    }
+
     private async Task PublishEvent(User user, NostrEvent ev)
     {
         await _db.Users
@@ -126,19 +138,32 @@ public class StreamManager
         return ev.Sign(pk);
     }
 
-    private NostrEvent CreateStreamEvent(User user, string state)
+    private NostrEvent CreateStreamEvent(User user, string? state = null, int? viewers = null)
     {
-        var tags = new List<NostrEventTag>()
+        var existingEvent = user.GetNostrEvent();
+        var status = state ?? existingEvent?.Tags?.FindFirstTagValue("status") ?? "ended";
+
+        var tags = new List<NostrEventTag>
         {
             new("d", user.PubKey),
             new("title", user.Title ?? ""),
             new("summary", user.Summary ?? ""),
             new("streaming", GetStreamUrl(user)),
             new("image", user.Image ?? ""),
-            new("status", state),
+            new("status", status),
             new("p", user.PubKey, "", "host")
         };
 
+        if (status == "live")
+        {
+            var starts = existingEvent?.Tags?.FindFirstTagValue("starts") ?? DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeSeconds().ToString();
+            tags.Add(new ("starts", starts));
+            tags.Add(
+                new("current_participants",
+                    (viewers.HasValue ? viewers.ToString() : null) ??
+                    existingEvent?.Tags?.FindFirstTagValue("current_participants") ?? "0"));
+        }
+
         foreach (var tag in !string.IsNullOrEmpty(user.Tags) ?
                      user.Tags.Split(",", StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries) : Array.Empty<string>())
         {