diff --git a/invenio_stats/aggregations.py b/invenio_stats/aggregations.py
index 993d44d..0e18503 100644
--- a/invenio_stats/aggregations.py
+++ b/invenio_stats/aggregations.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 import math
 from collections import OrderedDict
-from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime
 from functools import wraps
 
@@ -156,6 +155,10 @@ def list_bookmarks(self, start_date=None, end_date=None, limit=None):
     "sum",
 }
 
+ALLOWED_BUCKET_AGGS = {
+    "terms",
+}
+
 
 class StatAggregator(object):
     """Generic aggregation class.
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ def __init__(
         client=None,
         field=None,
         metric_fields=None,
+        bucket_fields=None,
         copy_fields=None,
         query_modifiers=None,
         interval="day",
@@ -210,6 +214,9 @@ def __init__(
             metric aggregation will be computed. The format of the dictionary
             is "destination field" ->
             tuple("metric type", "source field", "metric_options").
+        :param bucket_fields: dictionary of fields on which a bucket aggregation will
+            be computed. The format of the dictionary is
+            "dest field" -> tuple("bucket agg type", "src field", "bucket agg params").
         :param copy_fields: list of fields which are copied from the raw events
             into the aggregation.
         :param query_modifiers: list of functions modifying the raw events
@@ -225,6 +232,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.index = prefix_index(f"stats-{event}")
         self.field = field
         self.metric_fields = metric_fields or {}
+        self.bucket_fields = bucket_fields or {}
         self.interval = interval
         self.doc_id_suffix = SUPPORTED_INTERVALS[interval]
         self.index_interval = index_interval
@@ -245,6 +253,17 @@ def __init__(
                 )
             )
 
+        if any(
+            v not in ALLOWED_BUCKET_AGGS for k, (v, _, _) in self.bucket_fields.items()
+        ):
+            raise (
+                ValueError(
+                    "Bucket aggregation type should be one of [{}]".format(
+                        ", ".join(ALLOWED_BUCKET_AGGS)
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+
         if list(SUPPORTED_INTERVALS.keys()).index(interval) > list(
             SUPPORTED_INTERVALS.keys()
         ).index(index_interval):
@@ -293,15 +312,34 @@ def _split_date_range(self, lower_limit, upper_limit):
         res[dt_key] = upper_limit
         return res
 
+    def _handle_bucket_agg(aggregation_buckets):
+        """Transform the bucket aggregation result into something leaner.
+
+        In the case of a "terms" bucket aggregation, this function will turn the list
+        of bucket documents into a simple object of the shape
+        ``{"key1": count1, "key2": count2, ...}``.
+        """
+        result = {}
+        for bucket in aggregation_buckets:
+            # NOTE that this is primarily intended for 'terms' buckets and needs to be
+            #      checked in case we want to support further bucket aggregations
+            keyword = bucket.get("key_as_string", str(bucket["key"]))
+            result[keyword] = bucket["doc_count"]
+
+        return result
+
     def agg_iter(self, dt):
         """Aggregate and return dictionary to be indexed in the search engine."""
         rounded_dt = format_range_dt(dt, self.interval)
-        agg_query = dsl.Search(using=self.client, index=self.event_index).filter(
-            "range",
-            # Filter for the specific interval (hour, day, month)
-            timestamp={"gte": rounded_dt, "lte": rounded_dt},
+        self.agg_query = (
+            dsl.Search(using=self.client, index=self.event_index)
+            .filter(
+                "range",
+                # Filter for the specific interval (hour, day, month)
+                timestamp={"gte": rounded_dt, "lte": rounded_dt},
+            )
+            .extra(size=0)
         )
-        self.agg_query = agg_query
 
         # apply query modifiers
         for modifier in self.query_modifiers:
@@ -330,6 +368,9 @@ def agg_iter(self, dt):
             for dst, (metric, src, opts) in self.metric_fields.items():
                 terms.metric(dst, metric, field=src, **opts)
 
+            for dst, (bucket, src, opts) in self.bucket_fields.items():
+                terms.bucket(dst, bucket, field=src, **opts)
+
             results = self.agg_query.execute(
                 # NOTE: Without this, the aggregation changes above, do not
                 # invalidate the search's response cache, and thus you would
@@ -337,7 +378,8 @@ def agg_iter(self, dt):
                 ignore_cache=True,
             )
             for aggregation in results.aggregations["terms"].buckets:
-                doc = aggregation.top_hit.hits.hits[0]["_source"]
+                doc = aggregation.top_hit.hits.hits[0]["_source"].to_dict()
+                aggregation = aggregation.to_dict()
                 interval_date = datetime.strptime(
                     doc["timestamp"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"
                 ).replace(**dict.fromkeys(INTERVAL_ROUNDING[self.interval], 0))
@@ -351,6 +393,12 @@ def agg_iter(self, dt):
                     for f in self.metric_fields:
                         aggregation_data[f] = aggregation[f]["value"]
 
+                if self.bucket_fields:
+                    for f in self.bucket_fields:
+                        aggregation_data[f] = self._handle_bucket_agg(
+                            aggregation[f]["buckets"]
+                        )
+
                 for destination, source in self.copy_fields.items():
                     if isinstance(source, str):
                         aggregation_data[destination] = doc[source]
diff --git a/invenio_stats/utils.py b/invenio_stats/utils.py
index ca64f6a..3ded52b 100644
--- a/invenio_stats/utils.py
+++ b/invenio_stats/utils.py
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 from base64 import b64encode
 from math import ceil
 
-from flask import current_app, request, session
+from flask import request, session
 from flask_login import current_user
 from geolite2 import geolite2
 from invenio_cache import current_cache
 from invenio_search.engine import dsl
-from werkzeug.utils import import_string
 
 
 def get_anonymization_salt(ts):