diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
index f7988cc..0cb947b 100644
--- a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
@@ -84,6 +84,37 @@ QUERY;
         return response()->json($result);
     }
 
+
+    /**
+    * Populaire berichten ophalen
+    */
+    public function popular(Request $request) { 
+        $count = (int)$request->get('aantal', 5);
+        $recent = app('db')->select(<<<QUERY
+            SELECT `type`, `item_id`, COUNT(DISTINCT session) AS `count` 
+            FROM pagestats 
+            WHERE `type` = 'nieuws' AND `timestamp` > DATE_SUB(CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, INTERVAL 30 DAY)
+            GROUP BY `item_id`
+            ORDER BY `count` DESC 
+            LIMIT 0, :count
+QUERY
+        , [
+          'count' => $count
+        ]);
+
+return response()->json($recent);
+
+        $result = array();
+        foreach($recent as $item)
+        {
+            $newsItem = app('db')->select(self::$BASE_SQL . ' AND `news`.`id` = :newsId', ['newsId' => $item->item_id])[0];
+            $pictures = app('db')->select(self::$LOAD_IMAGES, ['newsId' => $newsItem->id]);
+            $result[] = new \Model\NewsItem($newsItem, $pictures);
+        }
+
+        return response()->json($result);
+    }
+
     /**
     * Specifiek nieuwsbericht ophalen
     */
diff --git a/api/routes/web.php b/api/routes/web.php
index 0faf50b..34d4024 100644
--- a/api/routes/web.php
+++ b/api/routes/web.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ $app->get('/', function () use ($app) {
 });
 
 $app->get('nieuws/overzicht', 'NewsController@newslist' );
+$app->get('nieuws/populair', 'NewsController@popular' );
 $app->get('nieuws/bericht/{id:\d+}', 'NewsController@newsitem' );
 $app->get('nieuws/regionieuws', 'PodcastController@latestNews' );