diff --git a/graph/loaders/assets.js b/graph/loaders/assets.js
index 020eafbcb..d3d1e40a8 100644
--- a/graph/loaders/assets.js
+++ b/graph/loaders/assets.js
@@ -63,18 +63,31 @@ const getAssetsForMetrics = async ({loaders: {Actions, Comments}}) => {
     .then((connection) => connection.nodes);
 };
 
+const findByUrl = async (context, asset_url) => {
+
+  // Verify that the asset_url is parsable.
+  let parsed_asset_url = url.parse(asset_url);
+  if (!parsed_asset_url.protocol) {
+    throw errors.ErrInvalidAssetURL;
+  }
+
+  return AssetsService.findByUrl(asset_url);
+};
+
 /**
  * Creates a set of loaders based on a GraphQL context.
  * @param  {Object} context the context of the GraphQL request
  * @return {Object}         object of loaders
  */
+
 module.exports = (context) => ({
   Assets: {
 
     // TODO: decide whether we want to move these to mutators or not, as in fact
     // this operation create a new asset if one isn't found.
     getByURL: (url) => findOrCreateAssetByURL(context, url),
-
+    
+    findByUrl: (url) => findByUrl(context, url),
     search: (query) => getAssetsByQuery(context, query),
     getByID: new DataLoader((ids) => genAssetsByID(context, ids)),
     getForMetrics: () => getAssetsForMetrics(context),
diff --git a/graph/resolvers/asset.js b/graph/resolvers/asset.js
index 47e0a9541..f6793fbf1 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/asset.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/asset.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const Asset = {
     });
   },
   commentCount({id, commentCount}, {excludeIgnored}, {user, loaders: {Comments}}) {
-
+    
     // TODO: remove
     if (user && excludeIgnored) {
       return Comments.parentCountByAssetIDPersonalized({assetId: id, excludeIgnored});
diff --git a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
index 9889b62f2..8bb9d31d3 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/root_query.js
@@ -40,17 +40,25 @@ const RootQuery = {
     return Comments.get.load(id);
   },
 
-  async commentCount(_, {query}, {user, loaders: {Actions, Comments}}) {
+  async commentCount(_, {query}, {user, loaders: {Actions, Comments, Assets}}) {
+
     if (user == null || !user.can(SEARCH_OTHERS_COMMENTS)) {
       return null;
     }
-
-    const {action_type} = query;
+    
+    const {action_type, asset_url} = query;
 
     if (action_type) {
       query.ids = await Actions.getByTypes({action_type, item_type: 'COMMENTS'});
     }
 
+    if (asset_url) {
+      let asset = await Assets.findByUrl(asset_url);
+      if (asset) {
+        query.asset_id = asset.id;
+      }
+    }
+
     return Comments.getCountByQuery(query);
   },
 
diff --git a/graph/typeDefs.graphql b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
index 8764a5f66..7801872a6 100644
--- a/graph/typeDefs.graphql
+++ b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@ input CommentCountQuery {
   # Asset that a comment is on.
   asset_id: ID
 
+  # The URL that the asset is located on.
+  asset_url: String
+
   # the parent of the comment that we want to retrieve.
   parent_id: ID