diff --git a/bbot/core/event/base.py b/bbot/core/event/base.py
index f50ae0c77c..90e2b96242 100644
--- a/bbot/core/event/base.py
+++ b/bbot/core/event/base.py
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ class BaseEvent:
     _suppress_chain_dupes = False
     # Shared compiled regex for discovery context formatting (class-level to avoid per-instance overhead)
     _discovery_context_regex = re.compile(r"\{(?:event|module)[^}]*\}")
+    # Stats class for the status line — override in subclasses for custom formatting
+    _stats_class = None
 
     # using __slots__ dramatically reduces memory usage in large scans
     __slots__ = [
@@ -1655,6 +1657,35 @@ def redirect_location(self):
 class FINDING(ClosestHostEvent):
     _always_emit = True
     _quick_emit = True
+
+    class _stats_class:
+        _severity_order = ["CRITICAL", "HIGH", "MEDIUM", "LOW", "INFO"]
+
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.count = 0
+            self.severities = {}
+
+        def increment(self, event):
+            self.count += 1
+            sev = event.data.get("severity", "UNKNOWN")
+            try:
+                self.severities[sev] += 1
+            except KeyError:
+                self.severities[sev] = 1
+
+        def format(self, event_type):
+            if not self.severities:
+                return f"{event_type}: {self.count}"
+            parts = []
+            for sev in self._severity_order:
+                n = self.severities.get(sev, 0)
+                if n:
+                    parts.append(f"{n} {sev}")
+            for sev, n in sorted(self.severities.items()):
+                if sev not in self._severity_order and n:
+                    parts.append(f"{n} {sev}")
+            return f"{event_type}: {self.count} ({', '.join(parts)})"
+
     severity_colors = {
         "CRITICAL": "🟪",
         "HIGH": "🟥",
diff --git a/bbot/scanner/scanner.py b/bbot/scanner/scanner.py
index b2883cded6..4e2ac54b19 100644
--- a/bbot/scanner/scanner.py
+++ b/bbot/scanner/scanner.py
@@ -745,11 +745,9 @@ def modules_status(self, _log=False, detailed=False):
                 self.info(f"{self.name}: Modules running (incoming:processing:outgoing) {modules_status_str}")
             else:
                 self.info(f"{self.name}: No modules running")
-            event_type_summary = sorted(self.stats.events_emitted_by_type.items(), key=lambda x: x[-1], reverse=True)
+            event_type_summary = self.stats.event_type_summary()
             if event_type_summary:
-                self.info(
-                    f"{self.name}: Events produced so far: {', '.join([f'{k}: {v}' for k, v in event_type_summary])}"
-                )
+                self.info(f"{self.name}: Events produced so far: {', '.join(event_type_summary)}")
             else:
                 self.info(f"{self.name}: No events produced yet")
 
diff --git a/bbot/scanner/stats.py b/bbot/scanner/stats.py
index faf950138c..7740bc0877 100644
--- a/bbot/scanner/stats.py
+++ b/bbot/scanner/stats.py
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ def _increment(d, k):
         d[k] = 1
 
 
+class EventTypeStats:
+    """Tracks count for an event type and formats it for the status line."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.count = 0
+
+    def increment(self, event):
+        self.count += 1
+
+    def format(self, event_type):
+        return f"{event_type}: {self.count}"
+
+
 class SpeedCounter:
     """
     A simple class for keeping a rolling tally of the number of events inside a specific time window
@@ -45,8 +58,23 @@ def __init__(self, scan):
         self.scan = scan
         self.module_stats = {}
         self.events_emitted_by_type = {}
+        self._type_stats = {}
         self.speedometer = SpeedCounter(scan.status_frequency)
 
+    def _get_type_stats(self, event):
+        event_type = event.type
+        try:
+            return self._type_stats[event_type]
+        except KeyError:
+            stats_class = getattr(event, "_stats_class", None) or EventTypeStats
+            self._type_stats[event_type] = stats_class()
+            return self._type_stats[event_type]
+
+    def event_type_summary(self):
+        """Return a formatted list of event type counts, sorted by count descending."""
+        entries = sorted(self._type_stats.items(), key=lambda x: x[1].count, reverse=True)
+        return [stats.format(event_type) for event_type, stats in entries if stats.count > 0]
+
     def _get_attribution_module(self, event):
         """Return the module that should get credit for producing this event.
 
@@ -65,6 +93,7 @@ def _get_attribution_module(self, event):
 
     def event_produced(self, event):
         _increment(self.events_emitted_by_type, event.type)
+        self._get_type_stats(event).increment(event)
         module = self._get_attribution_module(event)
         module_stat = self.get(module)
         if module_stat is not None: