diff --git a/geonode/api/resourcebase_api.py b/geonode/api/resourcebase_api.py
index e219bfb3d0b..ce9cc9adf97 100644
--- a/geonode/api/resourcebase_api.py
+++ b/geonode/api/resourcebase_api.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def build_filters(self, filters=None, ignore_bad_filters=False, **kwargs):
             orm_filters.update({'polymorphic_ctype__model__in': [filt.lower() for filt in filters.getlist('app_type__in')]})
         if 'extent' in filters:
             orm_filters.update({'extent': filters['extent']})
-        
+        #  getting metadata filters
         _metadata = {f"metadata__{k}__in": filters.getlist(k) for k in filter(lambda x: x.startswith('metadata__'), filters)}
         if _metadata:
             orm_filters.update({"metadata_filters": _metadata})
diff --git a/geonode/base/templatetags/base_tags.py b/geonode/base/templatetags/base_tags.py
index 8f8bf1fc117..9f441c689a2 100644
--- a/geonode/base/templatetags/base_tags.py
+++ b/geonode/base/templatetags/base_tags.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     HierarchicalKeyword, Menu, MenuItem
 )
 from geonode.security.utils import get_visible_resources
-from collections import OrderedDict
+from collections import OrderedDict, Counter
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -530,7 +530,12 @@ def dynamic_metadata_filters(context):
     return output
 
 def _get_filter_by_category(category, metadata_available):
-    metadata_for_category = metadata_available.filter(
-        metadata__filter_header=category
-    ).distinct()
-    return [_el.metadata for _el in metadata_for_category]
+    metadata_for_category = metadata_available\
+        .filter(metadata__filter_header=category)
+
+    counters = Counter(metadata_for_category.values_list('metadata__field_name', 'metadata__field_value'))
+    out = []
+    for _el in metadata_for_category.distinct("metadata__field_name", "metadata__field_value"):
+        cnt = counters.get((_el.metadata['field_name'], _el.metadata['field_value']), 0)
+        out.append({**{"id": _el.id, "count": cnt}, **_el.metadata})
+    return out
diff --git a/geonode/templates/search/_dynamic_metadata_filter.html b/geonode/templates/search/_dynamic_metadata_filter.html
index 6ddea329b35..252c4fa9ecb 100644
--- a/geonode/templates/search/_dynamic_metadata_filter.html
+++ b/geonode/templates/search/_dynamic_metadata_filter.html
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
   {% dynamic_metadata_filters as data %}
   {% for key, values in data.items %}
   <nav class="filter">
-    <h4><a href="#" class="toggle toggle-nav"><i class="fa fa-chevron-down"></i>{{key}}</a></h4>
-    <ul class="nav closed" id="dynamic_filter_{{ key }}">
+    <h4><a href="#" class="toggle toggle-nav"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i>{{key}}</a></h4>
+    <ul class="nav closed" id="dynamic_filter_{{ key|slugify }}">
       {% for el in values %}
       <li>
-        <a id="dynamic_filter_{{ el.field_name }}" data-value="{{ el.field_value }}" data-filter="metadata__field_value" ng-click="multiple_choice_listener($event)">
+        <a id="dynamic_filter_{{ el.id }}" data-value="{{ el.field_value }}" data-filter="metadata__field_value" ng-click="multiple_choice_listener($event)">
             {{ el.field_label }}
+            <span class="badge pull-right">{{el.count}}</span>
         </a>
       </li>
       {% endfor %}