diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc8a456..0267d07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
   <strong>Cited project context for coding agents. Local, fast, and offline by default.</strong>
 </p>
 
+<p align="center">
+  93% of real developer questions find the right file in the top 10 · 40 ms median search on a
+  43,874-chunk monorepo · <a href="#benchmarks">benchmarks</a>
+</p>
+
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@jcode.labs/ragmir"><img alt="npm version" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@jcode.labs/ragmir?color=cb3837&logo=npm"></a>
   <a href="https://github.com/jcode-works/jcode-ragmir/actions/workflows/ci.yml"><img alt="CI" src="https://github.com/jcode-works/jcode-ragmir/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg"></a>
diff --git a/packages/ragmir-core/README.md b/packages/ragmir-core/README.md
index cf2a1c7..3b4f484 100644
--- a/packages/ragmir-core/README.md
+++ b/packages/ragmir-core/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
   <strong>Cited project context for coding agents. Local, fast, and offline by default.</strong>
 </p>
 
+<p align="center">
+  93% of real developer questions find the right file in the top 10 · 40 ms median search on a
+  43,874-chunk monorepo · <a href="https://github.com/jcode-works/jcode-ragmir#benchmarks">benchmarks</a>
+</p>
+
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@jcode.labs/ragmir"><img alt="npm version" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@jcode.labs/ragmir?color=cb3837&logo=npm"></a>
   <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@jcode.labs/ragmir"><img alt="npm downloads" src="https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/@jcode.labs/ragmir?color=cb3837"></a>
diff --git a/packages/ragmir-landing/messages/en.json b/packages/ragmir-landing/messages/en.json
index 39769c6..45248b6 100644
--- a/packages/ragmir-landing/messages/en.json
+++ b/packages/ragmir-landing/messages/en.json
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
   "hero_primary_cta": "Install Ragmir",
   "hero_secondary_cta": "See use cases",
   "hero_npm_downloads_label": "Ragmir downloads/month on npm",
+  "hero_proof_recall_value": "93%",
+  "hero_proof_recall_label": "of real developer questions find the right file in the top 10",
+  "hero_proof_speed_value": "40 ms",
+  "hero_proof_speed_label": "median search on a 43,874-chunk monorepo",
+  "hero_proof_link": "See the benchmarks",
   "hero_metric_private_value": "Fewer tokens",
   "hero_metric_private_label": "Cited passages, never the same one twice.",
   "hero_metric_precision_value": "Verifiable citations",
diff --git a/packages/ragmir-landing/messages/fr.json b/packages/ragmir-landing/messages/fr.json
index e65eee6..e2cba1c 100644
--- a/packages/ragmir-landing/messages/fr.json
+++ b/packages/ragmir-landing/messages/fr.json
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
   "hero_primary_cta": "Installer Ragmir",
   "hero_secondary_cta": "Voir les cas d'usage",
   "hero_npm_downloads_label": "téléchargements/mois de Ragmir sur npm",
+  "hero_proof_recall_value": "93 %",
+  "hero_proof_recall_label": "des vraies questions de développeurs trouvent le bon fichier dans le top 10",
+  "hero_proof_speed_value": "40 ms",
+  "hero_proof_speed_label": "de recherche médiane sur un monorepo de 43 874 passages",
+  "hero_proof_link": "Voir les benchmarks",
   "hero_metric_private_value": "Moins de tokens",
   "hero_metric_private_label": "Des passages cités, jamais deux fois le même.",
   "hero_metric_precision_value": "Citations vérifiables",
diff --git a/packages/ragmir-landing/src/components/npm-download-counter.tsx b/packages/ragmir-landing/src/components/npm-download-counter.tsx
index cc096e3..b9212c5 100644
--- a/packages/ragmir-landing/src/components/npm-download-counter.tsx
+++ b/packages/ragmir-landing/src/components/npm-download-counter.tsx
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ export function NpmDownloadCounter({
   locale,
   align = "start",
 }: NpmDownloadCounterProps): React.JSX.Element {
-  const [displayCount, setDisplayCount] = useState(0)
-  const displayCountRef = useRef(0)
+  // Start from the real count so the server-rendered page, crawlers, and readers without
+  // JavaScript see it; the count-up only animates later changes.
+  const [displayCount, setDisplayCount] = useState(downloads)
+  const displayCountRef = useRef(downloads)
   const animationRef = useRef<number>(0)
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/packages/ragmir-landing/src/components/sections/hero.astro b/packages/ragmir-landing/src/components/sections/hero.astro
index 93c54c1..1f91dae 100644
--- a/packages/ragmir-landing/src/components/sections/hero.astro
+++ b/packages/ragmir-landing/src/components/sections/hero.astro
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ const heroTitleLines = [
           />
         </div>
       )}
+      <p class="mt-3 max-w-xl text-xs leading-5 text-white/85">
+        <strong class="font-black text-white">{t("hero_proof_recall_value")}</strong>
+        {` ${t("hero_proof_recall_label")} · `}
+        <strong class="font-black text-white">{t("hero_proof_speed_value")}</strong>
+        {` ${t("hero_proof_speed_label")}. `}
+        <a
+          class="font-semibold text-white underline underline-offset-2 hover:text-white/80"
+          href="https://github.com/jcode-works/jcode-ragmir#benchmarks"
+        >
+          {t("hero_proof_link")}
+        </a>
+      </p>
       <div class="mt-8 grid max-w-xl grid-cols-2 gap-2">
         {heroMetrics.map((metric) => (
           <div class="rounded-xl bg-muted px-3 py-2.5">
diff --git a/packages/ragmir-landing/src/public-contract.test.ts b/packages/ragmir-landing/src/public-contract.test.ts
index 11b5801..e853abf 100644
--- a/packages/ragmir-landing/src/public-contract.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ragmir-landing/src/public-contract.test.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ describe("landing public contract", () => {
     expect(heroSource).not.toContain("hero_subtagline")
   })
 
+  it("should back the hero with the measured benchmark numbers of the README", () => {
+    expect([en.hero_proof_recall_value, en.hero_proof_speed_value]).toEqual(["93%", "40 ms"])
+    expect([fr.hero_proof_recall_value, fr.hero_proof_speed_value]).toEqual(["93 %", "40 ms"])
+    expect(en.hero_proof_speed_label).toContain("43,874-chunk monorepo")
+    expect(heroSource).toContain('t("hero_proof_recall_value")')
+    expect(heroSource).toContain("https://github.com/jcode-works/jcode-ragmir#benchmarks")
+  })
+
   it("should position Ragmir as the evidence layer for agentic RAG workflows", () => {
     expect(en.seo_home_title).toContain("Agentic RAG for developers")
     expect(fr.seo_home_title).toContain("RAG agentique pour développeurs")