diff --git a/lib/twitter/client/account.rb b/lib/twitter/client/account.rb
index 4ccfb4a08..d4766b5a4 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/client/account.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/client/account.rb
@@ -138,19 +138,6 @@ def update_profile(options={})
         Twitter::User.new(user)
       end
 
-      # Returns the current count of friends, followers, updates (statuses) and favorites of the authenticating user.
-      #
-      # @see https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1/get/account/totals
-      # @rate_limited Yes
-      # @requires_authentication Yes
-      # @return [Hash] the current count of friends, followers, updates, and favorites of the authenticating user.
-      # @raise [Twitter::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid.
-      # @example Return the totals for the authenticating user.
-      #   Twitter.totals
-      def totals(options={})
-        get("/1/account/totals.json", options)
-      end
-
       # Updates the authenticating user's settings.
       # Or, if no options supplied, returns settings (including current trend, geo and sleep time information) for the authenticating user.
       #
diff --git a/lib/twitter/user.rb b/lib/twitter/user.rb
index a6e4b325f..a7a693d8b 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/user.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/user.rb
@@ -23,14 +23,22 @@ class User < Twitter::Base
     alias :default_profile_image? :default_profile_image
     alias :follow_request_sent? :follow_request_sent
     alias :following? :following
+    alias :favorites :favourites_count
+    alias :favorites_count :favourites_count
+    alias :favourites :favourites_count
+    alias :followers :followers_count
+    alias :friends :friends_count
     alias :geo_enabled? :geo_enabled
     alias :is_translator? :is_translator
+    alias :listed :listed_count
     alias :notifications? :notifications
     alias :profile_background_tile? :profile_background_tile
     alias :profile_use_background_image? :profile_use_background_image
     alias :protected? :protected
+    alias :statuses :statuses_count
     alias :translator :is_translator
     alias :translator? :is_translator
+    alias :updates :statuses_count
     alias :verified? :verified
 
     def initialize(user={})
diff --git a/spec/twitter/client/account_spec.rb b/spec/twitter/client/account_spec.rb
index 01da2a917..2ee0fa01a 100644
--- a/spec/twitter/client/account_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/twitter/client/account_spec.rb
@@ -177,27 +177,6 @@
     end
   end
 
-  describe ".totals" do
-
-    before do
-      stub_get("/1/account/totals.json").
-        to_return(:body => fixture("totals.json"), :headers => {:content_type => "application/json; charset=utf-8"})
-    end
-
-    it "should get the correct resource" do
-      @client.totals
-      a_get("/1/account/totals.json").
-        should have_been_made
-    end
-
-    it "should return a hash" do
-      totals = @client.totals
-      totals.should be_a Hash
-      totals['favorites'].should == 2811
-    end
-
-  end
-
   describe ".settings" do
 
     before do