The present invention discloses a method of counting the number of MBMS subscribers, comprising: setting different types of notifications, each of which is designed to instruct UEs in at least one mode to respond said counting number of subscribers; the network side issuing different types of notifications, so as to monitor the activation of UEs in at least one mode in the MBMS with said notifications, and thereby achieving counting the number of subscribers of each MBMS. The method of counting the number of MBMS subscribers provided in the present invention can be used to perform counting the number of subscribers of each MBMS more accurately, so as to take fuller advantage of the precious air interface resource.