diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl
index 01e5faf07..fdf7de3f0 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge.erl
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         , lookup/2
         , lookup/3
         , list/0
+        , list_bridges_by_connector/1
         , create/3
         , recreate/2
         , recreate/3
@@ -160,6 +161,10 @@ list() ->
                 end, Bridges, maps:to_list(NameAndConf))
         end, [], maps:to_list(emqx:get_raw_config([bridges], #{}))).
 
+list_bridges_by_connector(ConnectorId) ->
+    [B || B = #{raw_config := #{<<"connector">> := Id}} <- list(),
+         ConnectorId =:= Id].
+
 lookup(Type, Name) ->
     RawConf = emqx:get_raw_config([bridges, Type, Name], #{}),
     lookup(Type, Name, RawConf).
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_api.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_api.erl
index 95bc33a83..2b77d7ac2 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_api.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_api.erl
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ schema("/connectors/:id") ->
             case emqx_connector:update(ConnType, ConnName,
                     maps:without([<<"type">>, <<"name">>], Params)) of
                 {ok, #{raw_config := RawConf}} ->
-                    {201, RawConf#{<<"id">> =>
-                        emqx_connector:connector_id(ConnType, ConnName)}};
+                    Id = emqx_connector:connector_id(ConnType, ConnName),
+                    {201, format_resp(Id, RawConf)};
                 {error, Error} -> {400, error_msg('BAD_ARG', Error)}
             end
     end.
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ schema("/connectors/:id") ->
 '/connectors/:id'(get, #{bindings := #{id := Id}}) ->
     ?TRY_PARSE_ID(Id,
         case emqx_connector:lookup(ConnType, ConnName) of
-            {ok, Conf} -> {200, Conf#{<<"id">> => Id}};
+            {ok, Conf} -> {200, format_resp(Id, Conf)};
             {error, not_found} ->
                 {404, error_msg('NOT_FOUND', <<"connector not found">>)}
         end);
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ schema("/connectors/:id") ->
         case emqx_connector:lookup(ConnType, ConnName) of
             {ok, _} ->
                 case emqx_connector:update(ConnType, ConnName, Params) of
-                    {ok, #{raw_config := RawConf}} -> {200, RawConf#{<<"id">> => Id}};
+                    {ok, #{raw_config := RawConf}} ->
+                        {200, format_resp(Id, RawConf)};
                     {error, Error} -> {400, error_msg('BAD_ARG', Error)}
                 end;
             {error, not_found} ->
@@ -263,5 +264,12 @@ error_msg(Code, Msg) when is_binary(Msg) ->
 error_msg(Code, Msg) ->
     #{code => Code, message => bin(io_lib:format("~p", [Msg]))}.
 
+format_resp(ConnId, RawConf) ->
+    NumOfBridges = length(emqx_bridge:list_bridges_by_connector(ConnId)),
+    RawConf#{
+        <<"id">> => ConnId,
+        <<"num_of_bridges">> => NumOfBridges
+    }.
+
 bin(S) when is_list(S) ->
     list_to_binary(S).
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl
index 6bc609fa8..079f17716 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mqtt.erl
@@ -54,11 +54,14 @@ fields("config") ->
     emqx_connector_mqtt_schema:fields("config");
 
 fields("get") ->
-    [{id, mk(binary(),
+    [ {id, mk(binary(),
         #{ desc => "The connector Id"
          , example => <<"mqtt:my_mqtt_connector">>
-         })}]
-    ++ fields("post");
+         })}
+    , {num_of_bridges, mk(integer(),
+        #{ desc => "The current number of bridges that are using this connector"
+         })}
+    ] ++ fields("post");
 
 fields("put") ->
     emqx_connector_mqtt_schema:fields("connector");
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_schema.erl
index c386a829f..33d10802b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_schema.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_schema.erl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         , post_request/0
         ]).
 
+%% the config for http bridges do not need connectors
 -define(CONN_TYPES, [mqtt]).
 
 %%======================================================================================
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
index bbac76674..760160df4 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ t_mqtt_conn_bridge_ingress(_) ->
                                , <<"name">> => ?CONNECTR_NAME
                                }),
 
-    %ct:pal("---connector: ~p", [Connector]),
     ?assertMatch(#{ <<"id">> := ?CONNECTR_ID
                   , <<"server">> := <<"127.0.0.1:1883">>
+                  , <<"num_of_bridges">> := 0
                   , <<"username">> := User1
                   , <<"password">> := <<"">>
                   , <<"proto_ver">> := <<"v4">>
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ t_mqtt_conn_bridge_ingress(_) ->
             <<"name">> => ?BRIDGE_NAME_INGRESS
         }),
 
-    %ct:pal("---bridge: ~p", [Bridge]),
     ?assertMatch(#{ <<"id">> := ?BRIDGE_ID_INGRESS
                   , <<"type">> := <<"mqtt">>
                   , <<"status">> := <<"connected">>
@@ -246,6 +245,12 @@ t_mqtt_conn_bridge_ingress(_) ->
             false
         end),
 
+    %% get the connector by id, verify the num_of_bridges now is 1
+    {ok, 200, Connector1Str} = request(get, uri(["connectors", ?CONNECTR_ID]), []),
+    ?assertMatch(#{ <<"id">> := ?CONNECTR_ID
+                  , <<"num_of_bridges">> := 1
+                  }, jsx:decode(Connector1Str)),
+
     %% delete the bridge
     {ok, 204, <<>>} = request(delete, uri(["bridges", ?BRIDGE_ID_INGRESS]), []),
     {ok, 200, <<"[]">>} = request(get, uri(["bridges"]), []),