diff --git a/dspace-stats/pom.xml b/dspace-stats/pom.xml
index 4f1228cbd720..b35a7be5fd84 100644
--- a/dspace-stats/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-stats/pom.xml
@@ -204,6 +204,13 @@
 	  <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
 	  <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
 	 </dependency>
+     <!--  Gson: Java to Json conversion -->
+     <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1</version>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+     </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
    
    <reporting>
diff --git a/dspace-stats/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/DataTermsFacet.java b/dspace-stats/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/DataTermsFacet.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e209fbb2e2cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-stats/src/main/java/org/dspace/statistics/DataTermsFacet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package org.dspace.statistics;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A neutral data object to hold data for statistics.
+ *
+ */
+public class DataTermsFacet {
+    private List<TermsFacet> terms;
+
+    public DataTermsFacet() {
+        terms = new ArrayList<TermsFacet>();
+    }
+    public void addTermFacet(TermsFacet termsFacet ) {
+        terms.add(termsFacet);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Render this data object into JSON format.
+     *
+     * An example of the output could be of the format:
+     * [{"term":"247166","count":10},{"term":"247168","count":6}]
+     * @return
+     */
+    public String toJson() {
+        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        return gson.toJson(terms);
+    }
+
+
+
+    
+    public static class TermsFacet {
+        private String term;
+        private Integer count;
+        
+        public TermsFacet(String term, Integer count) {
+            setTerm(term);
+            setCount(count);
+        }
+
+        public String getTerm() {
+            return term;
+        }
+
+        public void setTerm(String term) {
+            this.term = term;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getCount() {
+            return count;
+        }
+
+        public void setCount(Integer count) {
+            this.count = count;
+        }
+
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/aspect/statisticsElasticSearch/ElasticSearchStatsViewer.java b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/aspect/statisticsElasticSearch/ElasticSearchStatsViewer.java
index 1b2192d33168..8de06d2cf53c 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/aspect/statisticsElasticSearch/ElasticSearchStatsViewer.java
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/aspect/statisticsElasticSearch/ElasticSearchStatsViewer.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import org.dspace.content.*;
 import org.dspace.content.Item;
 import org.dspace.core.Constants;
+import org.dspace.statistics.DataTermsFacet;
 import org.dspace.statistics.ElasticSearchLogger;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchType;
@@ -261,6 +262,15 @@ public void showAllReports() throws WingException, SQLException{
                 // Top Downloads to Owning Object
         TermsFacet bitstreamsFacet = resp.getFacets().facet(TermsFacet.class, "top_bitstreams_lastmonth");
         addTermFacetToTable(bitstreamsFacet, division, "Bitstream", "Top Downloads for " + getLastMonthString());
+
+        // Convert Elastic Search data to a common DataTermsFacet object, and stuff in DRI/HTML of page.
+        TermsFacet topBitstreamsFacet = resp.getFacets().facet(TermsFacet.class, "top_bitstreams_lastmonth");
+        List<? extends TermsFacet.Entry> termsFacetEntries = topBitstreamsFacet.getEntries();
+        DataTermsFacet termsFacet = new DataTermsFacet();
+        for(TermsFacet.Entry entry : termsFacetEntries) {
+            termsFacet.addTermFacet(new DataTermsFacet.TermsFacet(entry.getTerm(), entry.getCount()));
+        }
+        division.addHidden("jsonTopDownloads").setValue(termsFacet.toJson());
     }
     
     public AbstractFacetBuilder facetTopBitstreamsLastMonth() {