diff --git a/lib/API/JSON/ResponseBuilders/NewslettersResponseBuilder.php b/lib/API/JSON/ResponseBuilders/NewslettersResponseBuilder.php
index 830c182e33..8e35a234d7 100644
--- a/lib/API/JSON/ResponseBuilders/NewslettersResponseBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/API/JSON/ResponseBuilders/NewslettersResponseBuilder.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class NewslettersResponseBuilder {
         $data['totalSent'] = $this->newslettersStatsRepository->getTotalSentCount($newsletter);
       }
       if ($relation === self::RELATION_CHILDREN_COUNT) {
-        $data['childrenCount'] = count($newsletter->getChildren());
+        $data['childrenCount'] = $this->newslettersStatsRepository->getChildrenCount($newsletter);
       }
       if ($relation === self::RELATION_SCHEDULED) {
         $data['totalScheduled'] = (int)SendingQueue::findTaskByNewsletterId($newsletter->getId())
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Statistics/NewsletterStatisticsRepository.php b/lib/Newsletter/Statistics/NewsletterStatisticsRepository.php
index 35d27a5903..35ae315517 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Statistics/NewsletterStatisticsRepository.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Statistics/NewsletterStatisticsRepository.php
@@ -111,6 +111,25 @@ class NewsletterStatisticsRepository extends Repository {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param NewsletterEntity $newsletter
+   * @return int
+   */
+  public function getChildrenCount(NewsletterEntity $newsletter) {
+    try {
+      return (int)$this->entityManager
+        ->createQueryBuilder()
+        ->select('COUNT(n.id) as cnt')
+        ->from(NewsletterEntity::class, 'n')
+        ->where('n.parent = :newsletter')
+        ->setParameter('newsletter', $newsletter)
+        ->getQuery()
+        ->getSingleScalarResult();
+    } catch (UnexpectedResultException $e) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
   private function getStatisticsCount(NewsletterEntity $newsletter, $statisticsEntityName) {
     try {
       $qb = $this->entityManager