diff --git a/scripts/github_api.mts b/scripts/github_api.mts
index 1f03a51c..12b7d7a6 100644
--- a/scripts/github_api.mts
+++ b/scripts/github_api.mts
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ export async function githubFetch(
 	init = {
 		...init,
 		headers: {
-			...init.headers as Record<string, string> ?? {},
 			"Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
+			...init.headers as Record<string, string> ?? {},
 		}
 	};
 	if (process.env.GH_TOKEN) {
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ export async function githubFetch(
 		console.log(response.headers);
 		throw new Error(`GitHub replied with ${response.status} ${response.statusText}: ${await response.text()}`);
 	}
-	if (!response.headers.get("Content-Type")?.startsWith("application/json")) {
+	const accept = init.headers!["Accept"];
+	const contentType = accept === "application/vnd.github+json" ? "application/json" : accept;
+	if (!response.headers.get("Content-Type")?.startsWith(contentType)) {
 		throw new Error(
 			`GitHub replied with ${response.status} ${response.statusText}: ${response.headers.get("Content-Type")}`
 		);
@@ -41,6 +43,15 @@ export async function githubFetchJson<T>(
 	return await response.json();
 }
 
+export async function githubFetchText(
+	path: string,
+	query: Record<string, string> = {},
+	init: RequestInit & { headers?: Record<string, string> } = {},
+): Promise<string> {
+	const response = await githubFetch(path, query, init);
+	return await response.text();
+}
+
 export async function githubFetchJsonPaginated<T>(
 	path: string,
 	query: Record<string, string> = {},
@@ -117,6 +128,10 @@ export interface Release {
 	updated_at?: string | null,
 }
 
+export interface Comparison {
+	total_commits: number,
+}
+
 export interface Commit {
 	sha: string,
 	commit: {
diff --git a/scripts/pr_to_changelog.mts b/scripts/pr_to_changelog.mts
index a5bbb7bf..7a6324a4 100644
--- a/scripts/pr_to_changelog.mts
+++ b/scripts/pr_to_changelog.mts
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 import {
+	type Comparison,
 	type Release,
 	type Issue,
 	githubFetchJson,
 	githubFetchJsonPaginated,
+	githubFetchText,
 } from "./github_api.mts";
 
 type Changelog = Record<string, string[]>;
 
+type Statistics = {
+	commits: number,
+	pullRequests: number,
+	filesChanged: number,
+	lineAdditions: number,
+	lineDeletions: number,
+};
+
 const repository = "clusterio/clusterio";
 const branch = "master";
 
@@ -187,10 +197,41 @@ async function fetchIssuesUpdatedSince(since: string) {
 	);
 }
 
+async function fetchStatistics(lastRelease: Release, pullRequests: Issue[]): Promise<Statistics> {
+	const path = `/repos/${repository}/compare/${lastRelease.tag_name}...${branch}`;
+	const comparison = await githubFetchJson<Comparison>(path, { per_page: "1" });
+	// The JSON response lists at most 300 files, the diff has all of them.
+	const diff = await githubFetchText(path, {}, { headers: { "Accept": "application/vnd.github.diff" } });
+	let filesChanged = 0;
+	let lineAdditions = 0;
+	let lineDeletions = 0;
+	let inHunk = false; // Skips the ---/+++ file headers
+	for (const line of diff.split("\n")) {
+		if (line.startsWith("diff --git ")) {
+			filesChanged += 1;
+			inHunk = false;
+		} else if (line.startsWith("@@")) {
+			inHunk = true;
+		} else if (inHunk && line.startsWith("+")) {
+			lineAdditions += 1;
+		} else if (inHunk && line.startsWith("-")) {
+			lineDeletions += 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return {
+		commits: comparison.total_commits,
+		pullRequests: pullRequests.length,
+		filesChanged,
+		lineAdditions,
+		lineDeletions,
+	};
+}
+
 function printMarkdown(
 	changelog: Changelog,
 	issues: Issue[],
 	users: Issue["user"][],
+	statistics: Statistics,
 	refText: (issue: Issue) => string,
 	userText: (user: Issue["user"]) => string,
 ) {
@@ -216,8 +257,20 @@ function printMarkdown(
 		}
 	}
 
+	console.log("Contributors");
+	console.log();
 	console.log(`Many thanks to the following for contributing to this release:`);
-	console.log(users.map(userText).join("\n"))
+	console.log(users.map(userText).join(", "));
+
+	const format = (value: number) => value.toLocaleString("en-US");
+	console.log();
+	console.log("Statistics");
+	console.log();
+	console.log(`Commits: ${format(statistics.commits)}`);
+	console.log(`Pull Requests: ${format(statistics.pullRequests)}`);
+	console.log(`Files Changed: ${format(statistics.filesChanged)}`);
+	console.log(`Line Additions: ${format(statistics.lineAdditions)}`);
+	console.log(`Line Deletions: ${format(statistics.lineDeletions)}`);
 }
 
 async function main() {
@@ -232,17 +285,18 @@ async function main() {
 
 	const changelog = changelogFromPullRequests(pullRequests, issues);
 	const users = [...new Map(pullRequests.map(issue => [issue.user.login, issue.user])).values()]
+	const statistics = await fetchStatistics(lastRelease, pullRequests);
 
 	console.log();
 	console.log("=== Github Release Markdown ===");
-	printMarkdown(changelog, issues, users,
+	printMarkdown(changelog, issues, users, statistics,
 		issue => `${repository}#${issue.number}`,
 		user => `@${user.login}`,
 	);
 
 	console.log();
 	console.log("=== Discord / Changelog Markdown ===");
-	printMarkdown(changelog, issues, users,
+	printMarkdown(changelog, issues, users, statistics,
 		issue => `[#${issue.number}](<${issue.html_url}>)`,
 		user => `[@${user.login}](<${user.html_url}>)`
 	);