diff --git a/meshview/store.py b/meshview/store.py
index 2768dd1..7c7454d 100644
--- a/meshview/store.py
+++ b/meshview/store.py
@@ -340,3 +340,31 @@ async def get_packet_stats(
             "from_node": from_node,
             "data": data
         }
+
+
+async def get_channels_in_period(period_type: str = "hour", length: int = 24):
+    """
+    Returns a list of distinct channels used in packets over a given period.
+    period_type: "hour" or "day"
+    length: number of hours or days to look back
+    """
+    now = datetime.now()
+
+    if period_type == "hour":
+        start_time = now - timedelta(hours=length)
+    elif period_type == "day":
+        start_time = now - timedelta(days=length)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("period_type must be 'hour' or 'day'")
+
+    async with database.async_session() as session:
+        q = (
+            select(Packet.channel)
+            .where(Packet.import_time >= start_time)
+            .distinct()
+            .order_by(Packet.channel)
+        )
+
+        result = await session.execute(q)
+        channels = [row[0] for row in result if row[0] is not None]
+        return channels
diff --git a/meshview/templates/stats.html b/meshview/templates/stats.html
index 29263c8..0fbec38 100644
--- a/meshview/templates/stats.html
+++ b/meshview/templates/stats.html
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@
     color: #66bb6a;
     font-weight: bold;
 }
+
+#channelSelect {
+    margin-bottom: 8px;
+    padding: 4px 6px;
+    background:#444;
+    color:#fff;
+    border:none;
+    border-radius:4px;
+}
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block head %}
@@ -84,26 +93,24 @@
 
 {% block body %}
 <div class="main-container">
-    <h2 class="main-header">Mesh Statistics - Summary (all available in Database) </h2>
+    <h2 class="main-header">Mesh Statistics - Summary (all available in Database)</h2>
 
-<div class="summary-container" style="display:flex; justify-content:space-between; gap:10px; margin-bottom:20px;">
-    <div class="summary-card" style="flex:1;">
-        <p>Total Nodes</p>
-        <div class="summary-count">{{ "{:,}".format(total_nodes) }}</div>
+    <div class="summary-container" style="display:flex; justify-content:space-between; gap:10px; margin-bottom:20px;">
+        <div class="summary-card" style="flex:1;">
+            <p>Total Nodes</p>
+            <div class="summary-count">{{ "{:,}".format(total_nodes) }}</div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="summary-card" style="flex:1;">
+            <p>Total Packets</p>
+            <div class="summary-count">{{ "{:,}".format(total_packets) }}</div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="summary-card" style="flex:1;">
+            <p>Total Packets Seen</p>
+            <div class="summary-count">{{ "{:,}".format(total_packets_seen) }}</div>
+        </div>
     </div>
-    <div class="summary-card" style="flex:1;">
-        <p>Total Packets</p>
-        <div class="summary-count">{{ "{:,}".format(total_packets) }}</div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="summary-card" style="flex:1;">
-        <p>Total Packets Seen</p>
-        <div class="summary-count">{{ "{:,}".format(total_packets_seen) }}</div>
-    </div>
-</div>
 
-
-
-    {# Daily Charts #}
+    <!-- Daily Charts -->
     <div class="card-section">
         <p class="section-header">Packets per Day - All Ports (Last 14 Days)</p>
         <div id="total_daily_all" class="total-count">Total: 0</div>
@@ -120,7 +127,18 @@
         <div id="chart_daily_portnum_1" class="chart"></div>
     </div>
 
-    {# Hourly Charts #}
+    <!-- Packet Types Pie Chart with Channel Selector (moved here) -->
+    <div class="card-section">
+        <p class="section-header">Packet Types - Last 24 Hours</p>
+        <select id="channelSelect">
+            <option value="">All Channels</option>
+        </select>
+        <button class="expand-btn" data-chart="chart_packet_types">Expand Chart</button>
+        <button class="export-btn" data-chart="chart_packet_types">Export CSV</button>
+        <div id="chart_packet_types" class="chart"></div>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- Hourly Charts -->
     <div class="card-section">
         <p class="section-header">Packets per Hour - All Ports</p>
         <div id="total_hourly_all" class="total-count">Total: 0</div>
@@ -137,47 +155,7 @@
         <div id="chart_portnum_1" class="chart"></div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="card-section">
-        <p class="section-header">Packets per Hour - Position (Port 3)</p>
-        <div id="total_portnum_3" class="total-count">Total: 0</div>
-        <button class="expand-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_3">Expand Chart</button>
-        <button class="export-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_3">Export CSV</button>
-        <div id="chart_portnum_3" class="chart"></div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="card-section">
-        <p class="section-header">Packets per Hour - Node Info (Port 4)</p>
-        <div id="total_portnum_4" class="total-count">Total: 0</div>
-        <button class="expand-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_4">Expand Chart</button>
-        <button class="export-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_4">Export CSV</button>
-        <div id="chart_portnum_4" class="chart"></div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="card-section">
-        <p class="section-header">Packets per Hour - Telemetry (Port 67)</p>
-        <div id="total_portnum_67" class="total-count">Total: 0</div>
-        <button class="expand-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_67">Expand Chart</button>
-        <button class="export-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_67">Export CSV</button>
-        <div id="chart_portnum_67" class="chart"></div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="card-section">
-        <p class="section-header">Packets per Hour - Traceroute (Port 70)</p>
-        <div id="total_portnum_70" class="total-count">Total: 0</div>
-        <button class="expand-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_70">Expand Chart</button>
-        <button class="export-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_70">Export CSV</button>
-        <div id="chart_portnum_70" class="chart"></div>
-    </div>
-
-    <div class="card-section">
-        <p class="section-header">Packets per Hour - Neighbor Info (Port 71)</p>
-        <div id="total_portnum_71" class="total-count">Total: 0</div>
-        <button class="expand-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_71">Expand Chart</button>
-        <button class="export-btn" data-chart="chart_portnum_71">Export CSV</button>
-        <div id="chart_portnum_71" class="chart"></div>
-    </div>
-
-    {# Node breakdown charts #}
+    <!-- Node breakdown charts -->
     <div class="card-section">
         <p class="section-header">Hardware Breakdown</p>
         <button class="expand-btn" data-chart="chart_hw_model">Expand Chart</button>
@@ -200,7 +178,7 @@
     </div>
 </div>
 
-{# Modal for expanded charts #}
+<!-- Modal for expanded charts -->
 <div id="chartModal" style="display:none; position:fixed; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100%;
     background:rgba(0,0,0,0.7); z-index:1000; justify-content:center; align-items:center;">
     <div style="position:relative; width:80%; max-width:1000px; height:80%;
@@ -214,11 +192,21 @@
 </div>
 
 <script>
+const PORTNUM_LABELS = {
+    1: "Text Messages",
+    3: "Position",
+    4: "Node Info",
+    67: "Telemetry",
+    70: "Traceroute",
+    71: "Neighbor Info"
+};
+
 // --- Fetch & Processing ---
-async function fetchStats(period_type,length,portnum=null){
+async function fetchStats(period_type,length,portnum=null,channel=null){
     try{
         let url=`/api/stats?period_type=${period_type}&length=${length}`;
         if(portnum!==null) url+=`&portnum=${portnum}`;
+        if(channel) url+=`&channel=${channel}`;
         const res=await fetch(url);
         if(!res.ok) return [];
         const json=await res.json();
@@ -234,6 +222,14 @@ async function fetchNodes(){
     }catch{return [];}
 }
 
+async function fetchChannels(){
+    try{
+        const res = await fetch("/api/channels");
+        const json = await res.json();
+        return json.channels || [];
+    }catch{return [];}
+}
+
 function processCountField(nodes,field){
     const counts={};
     nodes.forEach(n=>{
@@ -300,12 +296,43 @@ function renderPieChart(elId,data,name){
     return chart;
 }
 
+// --- Packet Type Pie Chart ---
+async function fetchPacketTypeBreakdown(channel=null) {
+    const portnums = [1,3,4,67,70,71];
+    const requests = portnums.map(async pn => {
+        const data = await fetchStats('hour',24,pn,channel);
+        const total = (data || []).reduce((sum,d)=>sum+(d.count??d.packet_count??0),0);
+        return {portnum: pn, count: total};
+    });
+
+    const allData = await fetchStats('hour',24,null,channel);
+    const totalAll = allData.reduce((sum,d)=>sum+(d.count??d.packet_count??0),0);
+
+    const results = await Promise.all(requests);
+    const trackedTotal = results.reduce((sum,d)=>sum+d.count,0);
+    const other = Math.max(totalAll - trackedTotal,0);
+    if(other>0) results.push({portnum:"other", count:other});
+    return results;
+}
+
 // --- Init ---
 let chartHourlyAll, chartPortnum1, chartPortnum3, chartPortnum4, chartPortnum67, chartPortnum70, chartPortnum71;
 let chartDailyAll, chartDailyPortnum1;
 let chartHwModel, chartRole, chartChannel;
+let chartPacketTypes;
 
 async function init(){
+    // Populate channels
+    const channels = await fetchChannels();
+    const select = document.getElementById("channelSelect");
+    channels.forEach(ch=>{
+        const opt = document.createElement("option");
+        opt.value = ch;
+        opt.textContent = ch;
+        select.appendChild(opt);
+    });
+
+    // Daily
     const dailyAllData=await fetchStats('day',14);
     updateTotalCount('total_daily_all',dailyAllData);
     chartDailyAll=renderChart('chart_daily_all',dailyAllData,'line','#66bb6a',false);
@@ -314,6 +341,7 @@ async function init(){
     updateTotalCount('total_daily_portnum_1',dailyPort1Data);
     chartDailyPortnum1=renderChart('chart_daily_portnum_1',dailyPort1Data,'bar','#ff5722',false);
 
+    // Hourly
     const hourlyAllData=await fetchStats('hour',24);
     updateTotalCount('total_hourly_all',hourlyAllData);
     chartHourlyAll=renderChart('chart_hourly_all',hourlyAllData,'bar','#03dac6',true);
@@ -328,16 +356,25 @@ async function init(){
         window['chartPortnum'+portnums[i]]=renderChart(domIds[i],allData[i],'bar',colors[i],true);
     }
 
+    // Node Breakdown
     const nodes=await fetchNodes();
     chartHwModel=renderPieChart("chart_hw_model",processCountField(nodes,"hw_model"),"Hardware");
     chartRole=renderPieChart("chart_role",processCountField(nodes,"role"),"Role");
     chartChannel=renderPieChart("chart_channel",processCountField(nodes,"channel"),"Channel");
+
+    // Packet Type Pie Chart
+    const packetTypesData = await fetchPacketTypeBreakdown();
+    const formatted = packetTypesData.filter(d=>d.count>0).map(d=>({
+        name: d.portnum==="other" ? "Other" : (PORTNUM_LABELS[d.portnum]||`Port ${d.portnum}`),
+        value: d.count
+    }));
+    chartPacketTypes = renderPieChart("chart_packet_types",formatted,"Packet Types (Last 24h)");
 }
 
 // --- Resize ---
 window.addEventListener('resize',()=>{
     [chartHourlyAll,chartPortnum1,chartPortnum3,chartPortnum4,chartPortnum67,chartPortnum70,chartPortnum71,
-     chartDailyAll,chartDailyPortnum1,chartHwModel,chartRole,chartChannel].forEach(c=>c?.resize());
+     chartDailyAll,chartDailyPortnum1,chartHwModel,chartRole,chartChannel,chartPacketTypes].forEach(c=>c?.resize());
 });
 
 // --- Modal ---
@@ -348,25 +385,23 @@ let modalChart=null;
 document.querySelectorAll(".expand-btn").forEach(btn=>{
     btn.addEventListener("click",()=>{
         const chartId=btn.getAttribute("data-chart");
-        const chartInstance=echarts.getInstanceByDom(document.getElementById(chartId));
-        if(!chartInstance) return;
-        const chartData=chartInstance.getOption();
+        const sourceChart=echarts.getInstanceByDom(document.getElementById(chartId));
+        if(!sourceChart)return;
         modal.style.display="flex";
-        if(modalChart) modalChart.dispose();
         modalChart=echarts.init(modalChartEl);
-        modalChart.setOption(chartData);
-        modalChart.resize();
+        modalChart.setOption(sourceChart.getOption());
     });
 });
 
 document.getElementById("closeModal").addEventListener("click",()=>{
     modal.style.display="none";
-    if(modalChart) modalChart.dispose();
+    modalChart?.dispose();
+    modalChart=null;
 });
 
 // --- CSV Export ---
 function downloadCSV(filename,rows){
-    const csvContent=rows.map(e=>e.join(",")).join("\n");
+    const csvContent=rows.map(r=>r.map(v=>`"${v}"`).join(",")).join("\n");
     const blob=new Blob([csvContent],{type:"text/csv;charset=utf-8;"});
     const link=document.createElement("a");
     link.href=URL.createObjectURL(blob);
@@ -380,13 +415,13 @@ document.querySelectorAll(".export-btn").forEach(btn=>{
     btn.addEventListener("click",()=>{
         const chartId=btn.getAttribute("data-chart");
         const chart=echarts.getInstanceByDom(document.getElementById(chartId));
-        if(!chart) return;
+        if(!chart)return;
         const option=chart.getOption();
         let rows=[];
         if(option.series[0].type==="bar"||option.series[0].type==="line"){
+            rows.push(["Period","Count"]);
             const xData=option.xAxis[0].data;
             const yData=option.series[0].data;
-            rows.push(["Period","Count"]);
             for(let i=0;i<xData.length;i++) rows.push([xData[i],yData[i]]);
         }
         if(option.series[0].type==="pie"){
@@ -401,6 +436,18 @@ document.querySelectorAll(".export-btn").forEach(btn=>{
     });
 });
 
+// --- Channel filter for Packet Types ---
+document.getElementById("channelSelect").addEventListener("change", async (e)=>{
+    const channel = e.target.value;
+    const packetTypesData = await fetchPacketTypeBreakdown(channel);
+    const formatted = packetTypesData.filter(d=>d.count>0).map(d=>({
+        name: d.portnum==="other" ? "Other" : (PORTNUM_LABELS[d.portnum]||`Port ${d.portnum}`),
+        value: d.count
+    }));
+    chartPacketTypes?.dispose();
+    chartPacketTypes = renderPieChart("chart_packet_types",formatted,"Packet Types (Last 24h)");
+});
+
 init();
 </script>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/meshview/web.py b/meshview/web.py
index a2b9926..ad36c4e 100644
--- a/meshview/web.py
+++ b/meshview/web.py
@@ -1340,6 +1340,17 @@ async def get_config(request):
 # The response includes "latest_import_time" for frontend to keep track of the newest message timestamp.
 # The backend fetches extra packets (limit*5) to account for filtering messages like "seq N" and since filtering.
 
+@routes.get("/api/channels")
+async def api_channels(request: web.Request):
+    period_type = request.query.get("period_type", "hour")
+    length = int(request.query.get("length", 24))
+
+    try:
+        channels = await store.get_channels_in_period(period_type, length)
+        return web.json_response({"channels": channels})
+    except Exception as e:
+        return web.json_response({"channels": [], "error": str(e)})
+
 
 @routes.get("/api/chat")
 async def api_chat(request):