diff --git a/docs/objects.md b/docs/objects.md
index 170ed0c..7f4e4d5 100644
--- a/docs/objects.md
+++ b/docs/objects.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Prototype Objects
+# Objects & Protos
 
 Cosmo supports an eccentric form of Object-Oriented Programming through the use of Objects and Proto-Objects. Under the hood, these are the same datatype, however they can be chained to describe behaviors in relation to other Objects, operators, and provide stateful functions.
 
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ Objects have two main ways of being declared, first was just shown in the above
 ```
 proto Test
     function __init(self)
-        // __init is required for an object to be instantiated, the 'self' passed is the newly allocated object with it's proto already set to 
+        // __init is required for an object to be instantiated, the 'self' passed is the
+        // newly allocated object with it's proto already set
     end
 
     function print(self)
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ end
 
 var objTest = Test()
 
-// the ':' operator is used to invoke a method. if the '.' operator is used instead, the raw closure will be given meaning the 'self' parameter won't be populated
+// the ':' operator is used to invoke a method. if the '.' operator is used instead, the
+// raw closure will be given meaning the 'self' parameter won't be populated
 objTest:print()
 
 objTest.print(objTest) // equivalent to invoking with ':'
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ that are called on special operators.
 | __newindex   | `(<object>, key, newValue)`                      | Called on new index using the '[] = ' operator              |
 | __index      | `(<object>, key)` -> `value`                     | Called on index using the '[]' operator                     |
 | __tostring   | `(<object>)` -> `<string>`                       | Called when tostring() is called on an object               |
+| __count      | `(<object>)` -> `<number>`                       | Called when object is used with the '#' count operator      |
 | __iter       | `(<object>)` -> `<object>`                       | Called when used in a for-each loop with the 'in' operator  |
 | __next       | `(<object>)` -> `...`                            | Called on each iteration in a for-each loop, return values are passed as parameters in the loop |
 | __getter     | `[<string> fieldName : <function> getterMethod]` | Indexed & called on field get using the '.' operator        |
diff --git a/src/cobj.c b/src/cobj.c
index 9d17600..446b183 100644
--- a/src/cobj.c
+++ b/src/cobj.c
@@ -472,6 +472,42 @@ cosmo_Number cosmoO_toNumber(CState *state, CObj *obj) {
     }
 }
 
+int cosmoO_count(CState *state, CObj *obj) {
+    CObjObject *proto = cosmoO_grabProto(obj);
+    CValue res;
+
+    if (proto != NULL && cosmoO_getIString(state, proto, ISTRING_COUNT, &res)) {
+        cosmoV_pushValue(state, res);
+        cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(obj));
+        if (!cosmoV_call(state, 1, 1) != COSMOVM_OK) // call ret, we expect 1 return value of type <number>
+            return 0;
+
+        StkPtr ret = cosmoV_getTop(state, 0);
+        if (!IS_NUMBER(*ret)) {
+            cosmoV_error(state, "__count expected to return <number>, got %s!", cosmoV_typeStr(*ret));
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        // return number
+        cosmoV_pop(state);
+        return (int)cosmoV_readNumber(*ret);
+    }
+
+    switch (obj->type) {
+        case COBJ_TABLE: { // returns the # of entries in the hash table
+            CObjTable *tbl = (CObjTable*)obj;
+            return cosmoT_count(&tbl->tbl);
+        }
+        case COBJ_STRING: { // returns the length of the string
+            CObjString *str = (CObjString*)obj;
+            return str->length;
+        }
+        default:
+            cosmoV_error(state, "Couldn't get # (count) of %s!", cosmoO_typeStr(obj));
+            return 0;
+    }
+}
+
 void printObject(CObj *o) {
     switch (o->type) {
         case COBJ_STRING: {
diff --git a/src/cobj.h b/src/cobj.h
index 195cad5..f3d80ca 100644
--- a/src/cobj.h
+++ b/src/cobj.h
@@ -195,5 +195,6 @@ const char *cosmoO_typeStr(CObj* obj);
 
 CObjString *cosmoO_toString(CState *state, CObj *obj);
 cosmo_Number cosmoO_toNumber(CState *state, CObj *obj);
+int cosmoO_count(CState *state, CObj *obj);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/cstate.c b/src/cstate.c
index 3f32e33..40367a5 100644
--- a/src/cstate.c
+++ b/src/cstate.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ CState *cosmoV_newState() {
     state->iStrings[ISTRING_TOSTRING] = cosmoO_copyString(state, "__tostring", 10);
     state->iStrings[ISTRING_INDEX] = cosmoO_copyString(state, "__index", 7);
     state->iStrings[ISTRING_NEWINDEX] = cosmoO_copyString(state, "__newindex", 10);
+    state->iStrings[ISTRING_COUNT] = cosmoO_copyString(state, "__count", 7);
 
     // getters/setters
     state->iStrings[ISTRING_GETTER] = cosmoO_copyString(state, "__getter", 8);
diff --git a/src/cstate.h b/src/cstate.h
index c24fc95..82f1797 100644
--- a/src/cstate.h
+++ b/src/cstate.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ typedef enum IStringEnum {
     ISTRING_TOSTRING,   // __tostring
     ISTRING_INDEX,      // __index
     ISTRING_NEWINDEX,   // __newindex
+    ISTRING_COUNT,      // __count
     ISTRING_GETTER,     // __getter
     ISTRING_SETTER,     // __setter
     ISTRING_ITER,       // __iter
diff --git a/src/cvm.c b/src/cvm.c
index bf212cb..9bc118a 100644
--- a/src/cvm.c
+++ b/src/cvm.c
@@ -979,17 +979,18 @@ int cosmoV_execute(CState *state) {
                 }
                 continue;
             }
-            case OP_COUNT: { // pop 1 value off the stack & if it's a table return the amount of active entries it has
+            case OP_COUNT: { 
                 StkPtr temp = cosmoV_getTop(state, 0);
 
-                if (!IS_TABLE(*temp)) {
-                    cosmoV_error(state, "Expected table, got %s!", cosmoV_typeStr(*temp));
+                if (!IS_OBJ(*temp)) {
+                    cosmoV_error(state, "Expected non-primitive, got %s!", cosmoV_typeStr(*temp));
                     return -1;
                 }
 
-                CObjTable *tbl = (CObjTable*)cosmoV_readObj(*temp);
+                int count = cosmoO_count(state, cosmoV_readObj(*temp));
                 cosmoV_pop(state);
-                cosmoV_pushNumber(state, cosmoT_count(&tbl->tbl)); // pushes the count onto the stack
+                
+                cosmoV_pushNumber(state, count); // pushes the count onto the stack
                 continue;
             }
             case OP_CONCAT: {