diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/hooks/use_saved_search.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/hooks/use_saved_search.ts
index 2f097daac982d..72396c0578db0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/hooks/use_saved_search.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/hooks/use_saved_search.ts
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ export interface DataDocumentsMsg extends DataMsg {
 }
 
 export interface DataTotalHitsMsg extends DataMsg {
-  fetchStatus: FetchStatus;
-  error?: Error;
   result?: number;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/fetch_all.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/fetch_all.ts
index d530da1492fac..213bdca335e1a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/fetch_all.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/main/utils/fetch_all.ts
@@ -164,12 +164,6 @@ export function fetchAll(
 
     charts
       ?.then((chart) => {
-        dataSubjects.totalHits$.next({
-          fetchStatus: FetchStatus.COMPLETE,
-          result: chart.totalHits,
-          recordRawType,
-        });
-
         dataSubjects.charts$.next({
           fetchStatus: FetchStatus.COMPLETE,
           response: chart.response,
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/chart.tsx b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/chart.tsx
index 7db78b67b153d..342603dde99a5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/chart.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/chart.tsx
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ export function Chart({
     onResetChartHeight,
   });
 
+  const [totalHits, setTotalHits] = useState<number>();
+
+  const onTotalHitsChange = useCallback((newTotalHits: number) => {
+    setTotalHits(newTotalHits);
+  }, []);
+
   const chartVisible = chart && !chart.hidden;
 
   const { euiTheme } = useEuiTheme();
@@ -158,7 +164,7 @@ export function Chart({
             className="eui-textTruncate eui-textNoWrap"
             css={resultCountTitleCss}
           >
-            {hits && <HitsCounter hits={hits} append={appendHitsCounter} />}
+            {hits && <HitsCounter hits={hits} totalHits={totalHits} append={appendHitsCounter} />}
           </EuiFlexItem>
           {chart && (
             <EuiFlexItem css={resultCountToggleCss}>
@@ -245,6 +251,7 @@ export function Chart({
               dataView={dataView}
               chart={chart}
               breakdown={breakdown}
+              onTotalHitsChange={onTotalHitsChange}
             />
           </section>
           {appendHistogram}
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/get_lens_attributes.ts b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/get_lens_attributes.ts
index 25300de632db0..a630633012012 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/get_lens_attributes.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/get_lens_attributes.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export const getLensAttributes = ({
       },
       {
         id: dataView.id ?? '',
-        name: 'indexpattern-datasource-layer-layer1',
+        name: 'indexpattern-datasource-layer-unifiedHistogram',
         type: 'index-pattern',
       },
     ],
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export const getLensAttributes = ({
       datasourceStates: {
         formBased: {
           layers: {
-            layer1: { columnOrder, columns },
+            unifiedHistogram: { columnOrder, columns },
           },
         },
       },
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export const getLensAttributes = ({
         layers: [
           {
             accessors: ['count_column'],
-            layerId: 'layer1',
+            layerId: 'unifiedHistogram',
             layerType: 'data',
             seriesType: 'bar_stacked',
             xAccessor: 'date_column',
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/histogram.tsx b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/histogram.tsx
index dc542ea4fbf1d..a172ad4e455f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/histogram.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/chart/histogram.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { css } from '@emotion/react';
 import React, { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { ViewMode } from '@kbn/embeddable-plugin/public';
 import type { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/public';
+import type { DefaultInspectorAdapters } from '@kbn/expressions-plugin/common';
 import type {
   UnifiedHistogramBreakdownContext,
   UnifiedHistogramChartContext,
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ export interface HistogramProps {
   dataView: DataView;
   chart: UnifiedHistogramChartContext;
   breakdown?: UnifiedHistogramBreakdownContext;
+  onTotalHitsChange: (totalHits: number) => void;
 }
 
 export function Histogram({
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ export function Histogram({
   dataView,
   chart: { timeInterval, bucketInterval, data: chartData },
   breakdown: { field: breakdownField } = {},
+  onTotalHitsChange,
 }: HistogramProps) {
   const filters = data.query.filterManager.getFilters();
   const query = data.query.queryString.getQuery();
@@ -77,6 +80,17 @@ export function Histogram({
     return `${toMoment(timeRange.from)} - ${toMoment(timeRange.to)} ${intervalText}`;
   }, [from, to, timeInterval, bucketInterval?.description, toMoment]);
 
+  const onLoad = useCallback(
+    (_, adapters: Partial<DefaultInspectorAdapters> | undefined) => {
+      const totalHits = adapters?.tables?.tables?.unifiedHistogram?.meta?.statistics?.totalCount;
+
+      if (totalHits) {
+        onTotalHitsChange(totalHits);
+      }
+    },
+    [onTotalHitsChange]
+  );
+
   const { euiTheme } = useEuiTheme();
   const chartCss = css`
     position: relative;
@@ -164,6 +178,7 @@ export function Histogram({
           timeRange={{ from, to }}
           attributes={attributes}
           noPadding
+          onLoad={onLoad}
         />
       </div>
       {timeRange}
diff --git a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/hits_counter/hits_counter.tsx b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/hits_counter/hits_counter.tsx
index 39df40650557c..e6296429576a8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/hits_counter/hits_counter.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/unified_histogram/public/hits_counter/hits_counter.tsx
@@ -16,21 +16,24 @@ import type { UnifiedHistogramHitsContext } from '../types';
 
 export interface HitsCounterProps {
   hits: UnifiedHistogramHitsContext;
+  totalHits?: number;
   append?: ReactElement;
 }
 
-export function HitsCounter({ hits, append }: HitsCounterProps) {
-  if (!hits.total && hits.status === 'loading') {
+export function HitsCounter({ hits, totalHits, append }: HitsCounterProps) {
+  if (!hits.total && hits.status === 'loading' && !totalHits) {
     return null;
   }
 
   const formattedHits = (
     <strong
       data-test-subj={
-        hits.status === 'partial' ? 'unifiedHistogramQueryHitsPartial' : 'unifiedHistogramQueryHits'
+        hits.status === 'partial' && !totalHits
+          ? 'unifiedHistogramQueryHitsPartial'
+          : 'unifiedHistogramQueryHits'
       }
     >
-      <FormattedNumber value={hits.total ?? 0} />
+      <FormattedNumber value={totalHits ?? hits.total ?? 0} />
     </strong>
   );
 
@@ -48,23 +51,23 @@ export function HitsCounter({ hits, append }: HitsCounterProps) {
     >
       <EuiFlexItem grow={false} aria-live="polite">
         <EuiText>
-          {hits.status === 'partial' && (
+          {hits.status === 'partial' && !totalHits && (
             <FormattedMessage
               id="unifiedHistogram.partialHits"
               defaultMessage="≥{formattedHits} {hits, plural, one {hit} other {hits}}"
               values={{ hits: hits.total, formattedHits }}
             />
           )}
-          {hits.status !== 'partial' && (
+          {(hits.status !== 'partial' || totalHits) && (
             <FormattedMessage
               id="unifiedHistogram.hitsPluralTitle"
               defaultMessage="{formattedHits} {hits, plural, one {hit} other {hits}}"
-              values={{ hits: hits.total, formattedHits }}
+              values={{ hits: totalHits ?? hits.total, formattedHits }}
             />
           )}
         </EuiText>
       </EuiFlexItem>
-      {hits.status === 'partial' && (
+      {hits.status === 'partial' && !totalHits && (
         <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
           <EuiLoadingSpinner
             size="m"