diff --git a/src/App/templates/partial/left-menu.html.twig b/src/App/templates/partial/left-menu.html.twig
index 740d9b2b..1fc59b96 100644
--- a/src/App/templates/partial/left-menu.html.twig
+++ b/src/App/templates/partial/left-menu.html.twig
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                 <li>
                     <a href="{{ url('page::category-resource', {slug: category.slug}) }}">
                         {{ category.name }}
-                        <span class="cat-count">{{ category.posts.count() }}</span>
+                        <span class="cat-count">{{ category.publishedPostsCount }}</span>
                     </a>
                 </li>
             {% endfor %}
diff --git a/src/Blog/src/Entity/Category.php b/src/Blog/src/Entity/Category.php
index ce812c30..62233a0a 100644
--- a/src/Blog/src/Entity/Category.php
+++ b/src/Blog/src/Entity/Category.php
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
 use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Criteria;
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Selectable;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
 use Light\App\Entity\AbstractEntity;
+use Light\Blog\Enum\PostStatusEnum;
 use Light\Blog\Repository\CategoryRepository;
 
 #[ORM\Entity(repositoryClass: CategoryRepository::class)]
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ class Category extends AbstractEntity
     #[ORM\Column(name: 'isVisible', type: 'boolean')]
     private bool $isVisible = true;
 
-    /** @var Collection<int, Post> */
+    /** @var Collection<int, Post>&Selectable<int, Post> */
     #[ORM\OneToMany(mappedBy: 'category', targetEntity: Post::class)]
     private Collection $posts;
 
@@ -73,6 +76,13 @@ public function getPosts(): Collection
         return $this->posts;
     }
 
+    public function getPublishedPostsCount(): int
+    {
+        $criteria = Criteria::create()->where(Criteria::expr()->eq('status', PostStatusEnum::Published));
+
+        return $this->posts->matching($criteria)->count();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array{
      *     id: non-empty-string,
diff --git a/test/Unit/Blog/Entity/CategoryTest.php b/test/Unit/Blog/Entity/CategoryTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bea5035a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Unit/Blog/Entity/CategoryTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace LightTest\Unit\Blog\Entity;
+
+use Light\Blog\Entity\Category;
+use Light\Blog\Entity\Post;
+use Light\Blog\Enum\PostStatusEnum;
+use LightTest\Unit\UnitTest;
+
+class CategoryTest extends UnitTest
+{
+    public function testGetPublishedPostsCountOnlyCountsPublishedPosts(): void
+    {
+        $category = new Category();
+
+        $published = new Post();
+        $published->setStatus(PostStatusEnum::Published);
+
+        $draft = new Post();
+        $draft->setStatus(PostStatusEnum::Draft);
+
+        $private = new Post();
+        $private->setStatus(PostStatusEnum::Private);
+
+        $category->getPosts()->add($published);
+        $category->getPosts()->add($draft);
+        $category->getPosts()->add($private);
+
+        self::assertSame(1, $category->getPublishedPostsCount());
+    }
+}