diff --git a/api/handlers/vaa/controller.go b/api/handlers/vaa/controller.go
index 0377cfb8..b34b591a 100644
--- a/api/handlers/vaa/controller.go
+++ b/api/handlers/vaa/controller.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 package vaa
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 	"github.com/wormhole-foundation/wormhole-explorer/api/middleware"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -32,8 +30,6 @@ func (c *Controller) FindAll(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 
 // FindByChain handler for the endpoint /vaas/:chain.
 func (c *Controller) FindByChain(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
-
-	fmt.Println(ctx.Locals("requestid"))
 	p := middleware.GetPaginationFromContext(ctx)
 	chainID, err := middleware.ExtractChainID(ctx, c.logger)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -95,10 +91,12 @@ func (c *Controller) FindForPythnet(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Controller) GetStats(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
-	stats, err := c.srv.GetVAAStats(ctx.Context())
+// GetVaaCount handler for the endpoint /vaas/vaa-counts.
+func (c *Controller) GetVaaCount(ctx *fiber.Ctx) error {
+	p := middleware.GetPaginationFromContext(ctx)
+	vaas, err := c.srv.GetVaaCount(ctx.Context(), p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return ctx.JSON(stats)
+	return ctx.JSON(vaas)
 }
diff --git a/api/handlers/vaa/model.go b/api/handlers/vaa/model.go
index 4095435b..31124cf4 100644
--- a/api/handlers/vaa/model.go
+++ b/api/handlers/vaa/model.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type VaaDoc struct {
 	IndexedAt *time.Time `bson:"indexedAt" json:"indexedAt"`
 }
 
+// VaaStats definition.
 type VaaStats struct {
 	ChainID vaa.ChainID `bson:"_id" json:"chainId"`
 	Count   uint        `bson:"count" json:"count"`
diff --git a/api/handlers/vaa/repository.go b/api/handlers/vaa/repository.go
index 531dd856..13566f3c 100644
--- a/api/handlers/vaa/repository.go
+++ b/api/handlers/vaa/repository.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type Repository struct {
 	collections struct {
 		vaas        *mongo.Collection
 		invalidVaas *mongo.Collection
+		vaaCount    *mongo.Collection
 	}
 }
 
@@ -31,7 +32,9 @@ func NewRepository(db *mongo.Database, logger *zap.Logger) *Repository {
 		collections: struct {
 			vaas        *mongo.Collection
 			invalidVaas *mongo.Collection
-		}{vaas: db.Collection("vaas"), invalidVaas: db.Collection("invalid_vaas")}}
+			vaaCount    *mongo.Collection
+		}{vaas: db.Collection("vaas"), invalidVaas: db.Collection("invalid_vaas"),
+			vaaCount: db.Collection("vaaCounts")}}
 }
 
 // Find get a list of *VaaDoc.
@@ -77,23 +80,28 @@ func (r *Repository) FindOne(ctx context.Context, q *VaaQuery) (*VaaDoc, error)
 	return &vaaDoc, err
 }
 
-func (r *Repository) FindStats(ctx context.Context) ([]*VaaStats, error) {
-	group := bson.D{
-		{"$group", bson.D{
-			{"_id", "$emitterChain"},
-			{"Count", bson.D{{"$sum", 1}}},
-		}},
+// GetVaaCount get a count of vaa by chainID.
+func (r *Repository) GetVaaCount(ctx context.Context, q *VaaQuery) ([]*VaaStats, error) {
+	if q == nil {
+		q = Query()
 	}
-	c, err := r.collections.vaas.Aggregate(ctx, mongo.Pipeline{group})
+	sort := bson.D{{q.SortBy, q.GetSortInt()}}
+	cur, err := r.collections.vaaCount.Find(ctx, q.toBSON(), options.Find().SetLimit(q.PageSize).SetSkip(q.Offset).SetSort(sort))
 	if err != nil {
 		requestID := fmt.Sprintf("%v", ctx.Value("requestid"))
-		r.logger.Error("failed execute Aggregate command to get vaa stats",
+		r.logger.Error("failed execute Find command to get vaaCount",
 			zap.Error(err), zap.String("requestID", requestID))
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
-	var stats []*VaaStats
-	err = c.All(ctx, &stats)
-	return stats, err
+	var varCounts []*VaaStats
+	err = cur.All(ctx, &varCounts)
+	if err != nil {
+		requestID := fmt.Sprintf("%v", ctx.Value("requestid"))
+		r.logger.Error("failed decoding cursor to []*VaaStats", zap.Error(err), zap.Any("q", q),
+			zap.String("requestID", requestID))
+		return nil, errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+	return varCounts, nil
 }
 
 // VaaQuery respresent a query for the vaa mongodb document.
diff --git a/api/handlers/vaa/service.go b/api/handlers/vaa/service.go
index 52142b2f..68a7c704 100644
--- a/api/handlers/vaa/service.go
+++ b/api/handlers/vaa/service.go
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ func (s *Service) FindById(ctx context.Context, chain vaa.ChainID, emitter vaa.A
 	return &res, err
 }
 
-func (s *Service) GetVAAStats(ctx context.Context) (*response.Response[[]*VaaStats], error) {
-	stats, err := s.repo.FindStats(ctx)
+// GetVaaCount get a list a list of vaa count grouped by chainID.
+func (s *Service) GetVaaCount(ctx context.Context, p *pagination.Pagination) (*response.Response[[]*VaaStats], error) {
+	if p == nil {
+		p = pagination.FirstPage()
+	}
+	query := Query().SetPagination(p)
+	stats, err := s.repo.GetVaaCount(ctx, query)
 	res := response.Response[[]*VaaStats]{Data: stats}
 	return &res, err
 }
diff --git a/api/main.go b/api/main.go
index 35698c92..7a4f99a6 100644
--- a/api/main.go
+++ b/api/main.go
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ func main() {
 	// vaas resource
 	vaas := api.Group("/vaas")
 	vaas.Use(cache.New(cacheConfig))
+	vaas.Get("/vaa-counts", vaaCtrl.GetVaaCount)
 	vaas.Get("/", vaaCtrl.FindAll)
 	vaas.Get("/:chain", vaaCtrl.FindByChain)
 	vaas.Get("/:chain/:emitter", vaaCtrl.FindByEmitter)
 	vaas.Get("/:chain/:emitter/:sequence", vaaCtrl.FindById)
-	api.Get("vaa-counts", vaaCtrl.GetStats)
-	api.Get("vaas-sans-pythnet", vaaCtrl.FindForPythnet)
+	vaas.Get("vaas-sans-pythnet", vaaCtrl.FindForPythnet)
 
 	// oservations resource
 	observations := api.Group("/observations")