diff --git a/component/backend/forms/filter_items.xml b/component/backend/forms/filter_items.xml
index e9917bd5..62ff2261 100644
--- a/component/backend/forms/filter_items.xml
+++ b/component/backend/forms/filter_items.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
             <option value="i.title DESC">JGLOBAL_TITLE_DESC</option>
             <option value="i.id ASC">JGRID_HEADING_ID_ASC</option>
             <option value="i.id DESC">JGRID_HEADING_ID_DESC</option>
+			<option value="i.hits ASC">JGLOBAL_HITS_ASC</option>
+            <option value="i.hits DESC">JGLOBAL_HITS_DESC</option>
             <option value="i.access ASC">JGRID_HEADING_ACCESS_ASC</option>
             <option value="i.access DESC">JGRID_HEADING_ACCESS_DESC</option>
             <option value="i.language ASC">JGRID_HEADING_LANGUAGE_ASC</option>
diff --git a/component/backend/forms/item.xml b/component/backend/forms/item.xml
index fd359587..178b0695 100644
--- a/component/backend/forms/item.xml
+++ b/component/backend/forms/item.xml
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
         <field
                 name="hits"
                 type="number"
+		default="0"
                 label="JGLOBAL_HITS"
                 class="readonly"
                 readonly="true"
diff --git a/component/backend/src/Model/ItemsModel.php b/component/backend/src/Model/ItemsModel.php
index 1e1195f5..df635608 100644
--- a/component/backend/src/Model/ItemsModel.php
+++ b/component/backend/src/Model/ItemsModel.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public function __construct($config = [], MVCFactoryInterface $factory = null)
 			$config['filter_fields'] = [
 				'search',
 				'id', 'i.id',
+				'hits', 'i.hits',
 				'release_id', 'i.release_id',
 				'category_id', 'c.id',
 				'title', 'i.title',
diff --git a/component/backend/tmpl/items/default.php b/component/backend/tmpl/items/default.php
index cfedb380..defc1c18 100644
--- a/component/backend/tmpl/items/default.php
+++ b/component/backend/tmpl/items/default.php
@@ -101,12 +101,15 @@ class="visually-hidden"><?= Text::_('INFO'); ?></span>
 							<th scope="col" class="d-none d-md-table-cell">
 								<?= HTMLHelper::_('searchtools.sort', 'JFIELD_ACCESS_LABEL', 'i.access', $listDirn, $listOrder); ?>
 							</th>
+							<th scope="col" class="w-1 d-none d-md-table-cell">
+								<?= HTMLHelper::_('searchtools.sort', 'COM_ARS_ITEM_FIELD_HITS', 'i.hits', $listDirn, $listOrder); ?>
+							</th>
 							<?php if (Multilanguage::isEnabled()) : ?>
 								<th scope="col">
 									<?= HTMLHelper::_('searchtools.sort', 'JFIELD_LANGUAGE_LABEL', 'i.language', $listDirn, $listOrder); ?>
 								</th>
 							<?php endif; ?>
-							<th scope="col">
+							<th scope="col" class="text-center">
 								<?= Text::_('JPUBLISHED') ?>
 							</th>
 							<th scope="col" class="w-1 d-none d-md-table-cell">
@@ -224,6 +227,10 @@ class="width-20 text-area-order hidden">
 										<?= LayoutHelper::render('joomla.content.language', $item); ?>
 									</td>
 								<?php endif; ?>
+								
+								<td class="w-1 d-none d-md-table-cell">
+									<?= $item->hits ?>
+								</td>
 
 								<td class="text-center">
 									<?= HTMLHelper::_('jgrid.published', $item->published, $i, 'items.', $user->authorise('core.edit.state', 'com_ars'), 'cb'); ?>