diff --git a/src/PostProcessors/UpdateSpamCount.php b/src/PostProcessors/UpdateSpamCount.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f961068d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PostProcessors/UpdateSpamCount.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace AntispamBee\PostProcessors;
+
+use AntispamBee\GeneralOptions\Statistics;
+use AntispamBee\Helpers\Settings;
+
+/**
+ * Post Processor that is responsible for incrementing the spam count and updating the value.
+ */
+class UpdateSpamCount extends Base {
+
+	protected static $slug = 'asb-update-spam-count';
+
+	public static function process( $item ) {
+		if ( ! Settings::get_option( Statistics::get_option_name( Statistics::DASHBOARD_COUNT_OPTION ) ) ) {
+			return $item;
+		}
+
+		Settings::update_option(
+			'spam_count',
+			intval( Settings::get_option( 'spam_count', '' ) + 1 )
+		);
+
+		return $item;
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/src/load.php b/src/load.php
index 5c944231..b03a4145 100644
--- a/src/load.php
+++ b/src/load.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 use AntispamBee\PostProcessors\DeleteForReasons;
 use AntispamBee\PostProcessors\SaveReason;
 use AntispamBee\PostProcessors\SendEmail;
+use AntispamBee\PostProcessors\UpdateSpamCount;
 use AntispamBee\PostProcessors\UpdateSpamLog;
 use AntispamBee\Rules\ApprovedEmail;
 use AntispamBee\Rules\BBCode;
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ function init() {
 		DeleteForReasons::class,
 		SaveReason::class,
 		SendEmail::class,
+		UpdateSpamCount::class,
 		UpdateSpamLog::class,
 		// Rules
 		ApprovedEmail::class,