Add the following to your header/sidebar/parent .ASCX control

<Blog:BlogStats runat = "Server" />

Skin-BlogStats.ascx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<%@ Control Language="C#" %>
<div id="topStats">
<h3>Blog Stats</h3><br>
	Posts&nbsp;-&nbsp;<asp:Literal id="postCount" runat="server" /><br>
	Comments&nbsp;-&nbsp;<asp:Literal id="commentCount" runat="server" /><br>
	Trackbacks&nbsp;-&nbsp;<asp:Literal id="trackbackCount" runat="server" /><br>
</div>


BlogStats.cs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using CommunityServer.Blogs.Controls;

namespace CommunityServer.Blogs.Controls
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for BlogTitleHeader.
	/// </summary>
	public class BlogStats  :  WeblogThemedControl
	{
		public BlogStats()
		{
		
		}

		protected override void AttachChildControls()
		{
			Literal T = FindControl( "trackbackCount" ) as Literal;
			if(T != null)
				T.Text = CurrentWeblog.TrackbackCount.ToString() ;

			Literal P = FindControl( "postCount" ) as Literal;
			if(P != null)
				P.Text = CurrentWeblog.PostCount.ToString() ;

			Literal C = FindControl( "commentCount" ) as Literal;
			if(C != null)
				C.Text = CurrentWeblog.CommentCount.ToString() ;
		
			Literal A = FindControl( "articleCount" ) as Literal;
			if(A != null)
				A.Text = CurrentWeblog.ArticleCount.ToString() ;

		}

	}
}