diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 8f2be0549..49682e3ea 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ class StatisticsView(APIView):
             .annotate(mime_type_count=Count("mime_type"))
             .order_by("-mime_type_count")
             if documents_total > 0
-            else 0
+            else []
         )
 
         character_count = (