diff --git a/e2e/tests/websocket.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/websocket.spec.ts
index 845d7a3..a493bb8 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/websocket.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/websocket.spec.ts
@@ -20,12 +20,25 @@ test("a list updates live for another user via websocket", async ({ page, browse
   // Give the websocket connections a moment to establish.
   await page.waitForTimeout(500);
 
+  // Both start with an empty list.
+  await expect(pageB.locator("#list-meta")).toHaveText("0 items left out of 0");
+
   // User A adds an item.
   await addItem(page, "Apple", "2");
 
   // It should appear on User B's page without any reload.
   await expect(pageB.locator(".item-row").filter({ hasText: "Apple" })).toBeVisible();
   await expect(pageB.locator(".item-row").filter({ hasText: "Apple" }).locator(".item-qty")).toHaveText("(2)");
+  // The left/total count should also update live for User B.
+  await expect(pageB.locator("#list-meta")).toHaveText("1 items left out of 1");
+
+  // User A removes the item.
+  await page.locator(".item-actions-button").first().click();
+  await page.locator("[id^='item-edit-delete']").click();
+
+  // The item and the count should update live on User B's page.
+  await expect(pageB.locator(".item-row").filter({ hasText: "Apple" })).toHaveCount(0);
+  await expect(pageB.locator("#list-meta")).toHaveText("0 items left out of 0");
 
   await contextB.close();
 });
diff --git a/src/views.rs b/src/views.rs
index d1b342b..227bbd1 100644
--- a/src/views.rs
+++ b/src/views.rs
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ pub fn list_page(
                         div {
                             p class="eyebrow" { "SHARED LIST" }
                             h1 { (list.name) }
-                            p class="list-meta" { (items.iter().filter(|item| !item.checked).count()) " items to get" }
+                            (list_meta_fragment(items, false))
                         }
                         div class="list-topbar-actions" {
                             @if list.archived_at.is_some() {
@@ -1095,6 +1095,21 @@ pub fn categories_panel(categories: &[Category], csrf_token: &str, out_of_band:
     }
 }
 
+fn list_meta_fragment(items: &[Item], out_of_band: bool) -> Markup {
+    let left = items.iter().filter(|item| !item.checked).count();
+    let total = items.len();
+    let meta = html! {
+        p id="list-meta" class="list-meta" { (left) " items left out of " (total) }
+    };
+    if out_of_band {
+        html! {
+            p id="list-meta" class="list-meta" hx-swap-oob="outerHTML" { (left) " items left out of " (total) }
+        }
+    } else {
+        meta
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn live_list_fragments(
     list: &GroceryList,
     items: &[Item],
@@ -1104,6 +1119,7 @@ pub fn live_list_fragments(
 ) -> Markup {
     let editable = list.archived_at.is_none();
     html! {
+        (list_meta_fragment(items, true))
         (list_items_fragment(list, items, categories, csrf_token, true, editable))
         (list_meals_panel(list_meals, list.id, csrf_token, true, editable))
     }