diff --git a/src/components/Stats.tsx b/src/components/Stats.tsx
index 98760ff..e268f30 100755
--- a/src/components/Stats.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Stats.tsx
@@ -10,12 +10,28 @@ const stats = [
   { value: 5, suffix: "", label: "Industry Verticals", description: "Sports, corporate, financial, aerospace, defense" },
 ];
 
+function formatCount(count: number, value: number) {
+  return count >= 1000 && value >= 1000
+    ? `${(count / 1000).toFixed(1).replace(/\.0$/, "")}k`
+    : count.toString();
+}
+
 function AnimatedNumber({ value, suffix }: { value: number; suffix: string }) {
-  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+  // Start with the final value so SSR/crawlers/OG-previewers see real numbers.
+  // Animate from 0 -> value only after hydration, when the user can see it.
+  const [count, setCount] = useState<number>(value);
+  const [hasMounted, setHasMounted] = useState(false);
   const ref = useRef<HTMLSpanElement>(null);
   const hasAnimated = useRef(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    setHasMounted(true);
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!hasMounted) return;
+    // Reset to 0 only on the client, then count up.
+    setCount(0);
     const observer = new IntersectionObserver(
       ([entry]) => {
         if (entry.isIntersecting && !hasAnimated.current) {
@@ -39,13 +55,11 @@ function AnimatedNumber({ value, suffix }: { value: number; suffix: string }) {
     );
     if (ref.current) observer.observe(ref.current);
     return () => observer.disconnect();
-  }, [value]);
+  }, [value, hasMounted]);
 
   return (
     <span ref={ref} className="tabular-nums">
-      {count >= 1000 && value >= 1000
-        ? `${(count / 1000).toFixed(1).replace(/\.0$/, "")}k`
-        : count}
+      {formatCount(count, value)}
       {suffix}
     </span>
   );
@@ -53,7 +67,7 @@ function AnimatedNumber({ value, suffix }: { value: number; suffix: string }) {
 
 export default function Stats() {
   return (
-    <section className="py-16 md:py-20 bg-white border-t border-neutral-100">
+    <section className="py-16 md:py-20 bg-white border-t border-neutral-100" aria-label="Practice statistics">
       <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto px-6">
         <div className="grid grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-10 md:gap-6">
           {stats.map((stat, i) => (