diff --git a/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_api_clients.erl b/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_api_clients.erl
index d084d3f9b..81ba566e6 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_api_clients.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_gateway/src/emqx_gateway_api_clients.erl
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ extra_sub_props(Props) ->
 
 query(Tab, {Qs, []}, Continuation, Limit) ->
     Ms = qs2ms(Qs),
-    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table(Tab, Ms, Continuation, Limit,
-                               fun format_channel_info/1);
+    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table_with_count(Tab, Ms, Continuation, Limit,
+                                          fun format_channel_info/1);
 
 query(Tab, {Qs, Fuzzy}, Continuation, Limit) ->
     Ms = qs2ms(Qs),
     FuzzyFilterFun = fuzzy_filter_fun(Fuzzy),
-    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table(Tab, {Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, Continuation, Limit,
-                               fun format_channel_info/1).
+    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table_with_count(Tab, {Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, Continuation, Limit,
+                                          fun format_channel_info/1).
 
 qs2ms(Qs) ->
     {MtchHead, Conds} = qs2ms(Qs, 2, {#{}, []}),
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api.erl
index f88cf0adb..86acabdc1 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api.erl
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 %% first_next query APIs
 -export([ node_query/5
         , cluster_query/4
-        , select_table/5
+        , select_table_with_count/5
         ]).
 
 -export([do_query/6]).
@@ -196,36 +196,38 @@ rpc_call(Node, M, F, A, T) ->
 %% Table Select
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-select_table(Tab, {Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, ?FRESH_SELECT, Limit, FmtFun)
+select_table_with_count(Tab, {Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, ?FRESH_SELECT, Limit, FmtFun)
   when is_function(FuzzyFilterFun) andalso Limit > 0 ->
     case ets:select(Tab, Ms, Limit) of
         '$end_of_table' ->
-            {[], ?FRESH_SELECT};
+            {0, [], ?FRESH_SELECT};
         {RawResult, NContinuation} ->
-            {lists:map(FmtFun, lists:reverse(FuzzyFilterFun(RawResult))), NContinuation}
+            Rows = FuzzyFilterFun(RawResult),
+            {length(Rows), lists:map(FmtFun, Rows), NContinuation}
     end;
-select_table(_Tab, {_Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, Continuation, _Limit, FmtFun)
+select_table_with_count(_Tab, {_Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, Continuation, _Limit, FmtFun)
   when is_function(FuzzyFilterFun) ->
     case ets:select(Continuation) of
         '$end_of_table' ->
-            {[], ?FRESH_SELECT};
+            {0, [], ?FRESH_SELECT};
         {RawResult, NContinuation} ->
-            {lists:map(FmtFun, lists:reverse(FuzzyFilterFun(RawResult))), NContinuation}
+            Rows = FuzzyFilterFun(RawResult),
+            {length(Rows), lists:map(FmtFun, Rows), NContinuation}
     end;
-select_table(Tab, Ms, ?FRESH_SELECT, Limit, FmtFun)
+select_table_with_count(Tab, Ms, ?FRESH_SELECT, Limit, FmtFun)
   when Limit > 0  ->
     case ets:select(Tab, Ms, Limit) of
         '$end_of_table' ->
-            {[], ?FRESH_SELECT};
+            {0, [], ?FRESH_SELECT};
         {RawResult, NContinuation} ->
-            {lists:map(FmtFun, lists:reverse(RawResult)), NContinuation}
+            {length(RawResult), lists:map(FmtFun, RawResult), NContinuation}
     end;
-select_table(_Tab, _Ms, Continuation, _Limit, FmtFun) ->
+select_table_with_count(_Tab, _Ms, Continuation, _Limit, FmtFun) ->
     case ets:select(Continuation) of
         '$end_of_table' ->
-            {[], ?FRESH_SELECT};
+            {0, [], ?FRESH_SELECT};
         {RawResult, NContinuation} ->
-            {lists:map(FmtFun, lists:reverse(RawResult)), NContinuation}
+            {length(RawResult), lists:map(FmtFun, RawResult), NContinuation}
     end.
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_alarms.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_alarms.erl
index 2e2dedce4..3641f82b0 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_alarms.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_alarms.erl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ alarms(delete, _Params) ->
 
 query(Table, _QsSpec, Continuation, Limit) ->
     Ms = [{'$1',[],['$1']}],
-    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table(Table, Ms, Continuation, Limit, fun format_alarm/1).
+    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table_with_count(Table, Ms, Continuation, Limit, fun format_alarm/1).
 
 format_alarm(Alarms) when is_list(Alarms) ->
     [emqx_alarm:format(Alarm) || Alarm <- Alarms];
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_clients.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_clients.erl
index b9b42e280..0abaa7c62 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_clients.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_clients.erl
@@ -557,14 +557,14 @@ generate_qs(Qs) ->
 
 query(Tab, {Qs, []}, Continuation, Limit) ->
     Ms = qs2ms(Qs),
-    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table(Tab, Ms, Continuation, Limit,
-                               fun format_channel_info/1);
+    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table_with_count(Tab, Ms, Continuation, Limit,
+                                          fun format_channel_info/1);
 
 query(Tab, {Qs, Fuzzy}, Continuation, Limit) ->
     Ms = qs2ms(Qs),
     FuzzyFilterFun = fuzzy_filter_fun(Fuzzy),
-    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table(Tab, {Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, Continuation, Limit,
-                               fun format_channel_info/1).
+    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table_with_count(Tab, {Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, Continuation, Limit,
+                                          fun format_channel_info/1).
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% QueryString to Match Spec
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_routes.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_routes.erl
index ebbe590ae..e95679400 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_routes.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_routes.erl
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ generate_topic(Params) -> Params.
 
 query(Tab, {Qs, _}, Continuation, Limit) ->
     Ms = qs2ms(Qs, [{{route, '_', '_'}, [], ['$_']}]),
-    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table(Tab, Ms, Continuation, Limit, fun format/1).
+    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table_with_count(Tab, Ms, Continuation, Limit, fun format/1).
 
 qs2ms([], Res) -> Res;
 qs2ms([{topic,'=:=', T} | Qs], [{{route, _, N}, [], ['$_']}]) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_subscriptions.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_subscriptions.erl
index 33e26d06f..b36250bdd 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_subscriptions.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_subscriptions.erl
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ format({_Subscriber, Topic, Options}) ->
 
 query(Tab, {Qs, []}, Continuation, Limit) ->
     Ms = qs2ms(Qs),
-    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table(Tab, Ms, Continuation, Limit, fun format/1);
+    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table_with_count(Tab, Ms, Continuation, Limit, fun format/1);
 
 query(Tab, {Qs, Fuzzy}, Continuation, Limit) ->
     Ms = qs2ms(Qs),
     FuzzyFilterFun = fuzzy_filter_fun(Fuzzy),
-    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table(Tab, {Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, Continuation, Limit, fun format/1).
+    emqx_mgmt_api:select_table_with_count(Tab, {Ms, FuzzyFilterFun}, Continuation, Limit, fun format/1).
 
 fuzzy_filter_fun(Fuzzy) ->
     fun(MsRaws) when is_list(MsRaws) ->