diff --git a/api/src/admin/admin-stats.service.ts b/api/src/admin/admin-stats.service.ts
index 038f794..7b7fb34 100644
--- a/api/src/admin/admin-stats.service.ts
+++ b/api/src/admin/admin-stats.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common"
+import {
+  Inject,
+  Injectable,
+  Logger,
+  ServiceUnavailableException,
+} from "@nestjs/common"
+import { Pool } from "pg"
+
+import { PG_POOL } from "../database/database.module"
 
 export interface AdminStats {
   totalUsers: number
@@ -11,13 +19,10 @@ export interface AdminStats {
 /**
  * Aggregates platform-wide stats for the admin dashboard.
  *
- * The current implementation returns a deterministic, zero-valued
- * snapshot — it exists so the endpoint, guard, and 60-second cache
- * can be wired and exercised end-to-end before the Postgres data
- * layer lands.
- *
- * When the DB layer is available the four numeric fields will be
- * computed via the following aggregate queries (single round-trip):
+ * The four numeric fields are computed with aggregate subqueries in a
+ * single database round-trip. Active streams are those whose status is
+ * `active` at query time, and eventsLast24h covers events created within
+ * the preceding 24 hours.
  *
  *   SELECT
  *     (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users)                                AS total_users,
@@ -31,15 +36,41 @@ export interface AdminStats {
  */
 @Injectable()
 export class AdminStatsService {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(AdminStatsService.name)
+
+  constructor(@Inject(PG_POOL) private readonly pool: Pool) {}
+
+  private handleDbError(err: unknown): never {
+    this.logger.error("DB error in compute", (err as Error).stack)
+    throw new ServiceUnavailableException(
+      "Database is unavailable. Please try again later.",
+    )
+  }
+
   async compute(): Promise<AdminStats> {
-    // Placeholder zero snapshot. The query above replaces this body
-    // once the DB module is wired.
-    return {
-      totalUsers: 0,
-      totalStreams: 0,
-      activeStreams: 0,
-      eventsLast24h: 0,
-      generatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+    try {
+      const { rows } = await this.pool.query<{
+        total_users: number
+        total_streams: number
+        active_streams: number
+        events_24h: number
+      }>(`SELECT
+           (SELECT COUNT(*)::int FROM users) AS total_users,
+           (SELECT COUNT(*)::int FROM streams) AS total_streams,
+           (SELECT COUNT(*)::int FROM streams WHERE status = 'active') AS active_streams,
+           (SELECT COUNT(*)::int FROM stream_events
+            WHERE created_at > NOW() - INTERVAL '24 hours') AS events_24h`)
+
+      const row = rows[0]
+      return {
+        totalUsers: Number(row?.total_users ?? 0),
+        totalStreams: Number(row?.total_streams ?? 0),
+        activeStreams: Number(row?.active_streams ?? 0),
+        eventsLast24h: Number(row?.events_24h ?? 0),
+        generatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.handleDbError(err)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/admin/admin.controller.ts b/api/src/admin/admin.controller.ts
index 7df2a76..761f4b7 100644
--- a/api/src/admin/admin.controller.ts
+++ b/api/src/admin/admin.controller.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ export class AdminController {
   @ApiBearerAuth("bearer")
   @ApiOperation({
     summary: "Get platform-wide statistics",
-    description: "Returns cached aggregate platform metrics. Admin role required.",
+    description:
+      "Returns cached aggregate platform metrics: total users, total streams, active streams (status = 'active'), and stream events created within the last 24 hours. Admin role required.",
   })
   @ApiOkResponse({ description: "Admin platform statistics." })
   @ApiUnauthorizedResponse({ description: "Authentication required." })
diff --git a/api/src/database.integration.spec.ts b/api/src/database.integration.spec.ts
index 7e2df49..de91180 100644
--- a/api/src/database.integration.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/database.integration.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   destroyTestApp,
   TestAppContext,
 } from "./database/test-utils"
+import { AdminStatsService } from "./admin/admin-stats.service"
 import { StreamsDbRepository } from "./streams/repository/streams-db.repository"
 
 describe("Database Integration Tests", () => {
@@ -306,6 +307,43 @@ describe("Database Integration Tests", () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("Admin statistics", () => {
+    it("counts users, streams, active streams, and recent events", async () => {
+      const users = await pool.query<{ id: number }>(
+        `INSERT INTO users (username, email, password_hash)
+         VALUES ('stats-user-1', 'stats-1@test.com', 'hash'),
+                ('stats-user-2', 'stats-2@test.com', 'hash')
+         RETURNING id`,
+      )
+
+      const streams = await pool.query<{ id: number }>(
+        `INSERT INTO streams (user_id, name, status)
+         VALUES ($1, 'Active Stream 1', 'active'),
+                ($2, 'Active Stream 2', 'active'),
+                ($1, 'Inactive Stream', 'inactive')
+         RETURNING id`,
+        [users.rows[0].id, users.rows[1].id],
+      )
+
+      await pool.query(
+        `INSERT INTO stream_events
+           (stream_id, event_type, event_data, created_at)
+         VALUES ($1, 'recent-1', '{}'::jsonb, NOW()),
+                ($2, 'recent-2', '{}'::jsonb, NOW() - INTERVAL '1 hour'),
+                ($3, 'old', '{}'::jsonb, NOW() - INTERVAL '25 hours')`,
+        streams.rows.map((row) => row.id),
+      )
+
+      const stats = await new AdminStatsService(pool).compute()
+
+      expect(stats.totalUsers).toBe(2)
+      expect(stats.totalStreams).toBe(3)
+      expect(stats.activeStreams).toBe(2)
+      expect(stats.eventsLast24h).toBe(2)
+      expect(stats.generatedAt).toEqual(expect.any(String))
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("Foreign Key Constraints", () => {
     it("prevents creating a stream with a non-existent user_id", async () => {
       await expect(