diff --git a/code/numpy/compare.c b/code/numpy/compare.c
index 5845a9dd..6406cc44 100644
--- a/code/numpy/compare.c
+++ b/code/numpy/compare.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * The MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Zoltán Vörös
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Zoltán Vörös
  *               2020 Jeff Epler for Adafruit Industries
 */
 
@@ -23,6 +23,136 @@
 #include "carray/carray_tools.h"
 #include "compare.h"
 
+#ifdef ULAB_NUMPY_HAS_BINCOUNT
+mp_obj_t compare_bincount(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *pos_args, mp_map_t *kw_args) {
+    static const mp_arg_t allowed_args[] = {
+        { MP_QSTR_, MP_ARG_REQUIRED | MP_ARG_OBJ, { .u_rom_obj = MP_ROM_NONE} } ,
+        { MP_QSTR_weights, MP_ARG_OBJ | MP_ARG_KW_ONLY, { .u_rom_obj = MP_ROM_NONE } },
+        { MP_QSTR_minlength, MP_ARG_OBJ | MP_ARG_KW_ONLY, { .u_rom_obj = MP_ROM_NONE } },
+    };
+
+    mp_arg_val_t args[MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args)];
+    mp_arg_parse_all(n_args, pos_args, kw_args, MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args), allowed_args, args);
+
+    if(!mp_obj_is_type(args[0].u_obj, &ulab_ndarray_type)) {
+        mp_raise_TypeError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("input must be an ndarray"));
+    }
+    ndarray_obj_t *input = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(args[0].u_obj);
+
+    #if ULAB_MAX_DIMS > 1
+    // no need to check anything, if the maximum number of dimensions is 1
+    if(input->ndim != 1) {
+        mp_raise_ValueError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("object too deep for desired array"));
+    }
+    #endif
+    if((input->dtype != NDARRAY_UINT8) && (input->dtype != NDARRAY_UINT16)) {
+        mp_raise_TypeError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("cannot cast array data from dtype"));
+    }
+
+    // first find the maximum of the array, and figure out how long the result should be
+    size_t length = 0;
+    int32_t stride = input->strides[ULAB_MAX_DIMS - 1];
+    if(input->dtype == NDARRAY_UINT8) {
+        uint8_t *iarray = (uint8_t *)input->array;
+        for(size_t i = 0; i < input->len; i++) {
+            if(*iarray > length) {
+                length = *iarray;
+            }
+            iarray += stride;
+        }
+    } else if(input->dtype == NDARRAY_UINT16) {
+        stride /= 2;
+        uint16_t *iarray = (uint16_t *)input->array;
+        for(size_t i = 0; i < input->len; i++) {
+            if(*iarray > length) {
+                length = *iarray;
+            }
+            iarray += stride;
+        }
+    }
+    length += 1;
+
+    if(args[2].u_obj != mp_const_none) {
+        int32_t minlength = mp_obj_get_int(args[2].u_obj);
+        if(minlength < 0) {
+            mp_raise_ValueError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("minlength must not be negative"));
+        }
+        if((size_t)minlength > length) {
+            length = minlength;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if(input->len == 0) {
+            length = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ndarray_obj_t *result = NULL;
+    ndarray_obj_t *weights = NULL;
+
+    if(args[1].u_obj == mp_const_none) {
+        result = ndarray_new_linear_array(length, NDARRAY_UINT16);
+    } else {
+        if(!mp_obj_is_type(args[1].u_obj, &ulab_ndarray_type)) {
+            mp_raise_TypeError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("input must be an ndarray"));
+        }
+        weights = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(args[1].u_obj);
+        if(weights->len < input->len) {
+            mp_raise_ValueError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("the weights and list don't have the same length"));
+        }
+        #if ULAB_SUPPORTS_COMPLEX
+        if(weights->dtype == NDARRAY_COMPLEX) {
+            mp_raise_TypeError(MP_ERROR_TEXT("cannot cast weigths to float"));
+        }
+        #endif /* ULAB_SUPPORTS_COMPLEX */
+
+        result = ndarray_new_linear_array(length, NDARRAY_FLOAT);
+    }
+    
+    // now we can do the binning
+    if(result->dtype == NDARRAY_UINT16) {
+        uint16_t *rarray = (uint16_t *)result->array;
+        if(input->dtype == NDARRAY_UINT8) {
+            uint8_t *iarray = (uint8_t *)input->array;
+            for(size_t i = 0; i < input->len; i++) {
+                rarray[*iarray] += 1;
+                iarray += stride;
+            }
+        } else if(input->dtype == NDARRAY_UINT16) {
+            uint16_t *iarray = (uint16_t *)input->array;
+            for(size_t i = 0; i < input->len; i++) {
+                rarray[*iarray] += 1;
+                iarray += stride;
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        mp_float_t *rarray = (mp_float_t *)result->array;
+
+        mp_float_t (*get_weights)(void *) = ndarray_get_float_function(weights->dtype);
+        uint8_t *warray = (uint8_t *)weights->array;
+
+        if(input->dtype == NDARRAY_UINT8) {
+            uint8_t *iarray = (uint8_t *)input->array;
+            for(size_t i = 0; i < input->len; i++) {
+                rarray[*iarray] += get_weights(warray);
+                iarray += stride;
+                warray += weights->strides[ULAB_MAX_DIMS - 1];
+            }
+        } else if(input->dtype == NDARRAY_UINT16) {
+            uint16_t *iarray = (uint16_t *)input->array;
+            for(size_t i = 0; i < input->len; i++) {
+                rarray[*iarray] += get_weights(warray);
+                iarray += stride;
+                warray += weights->strides[ULAB_MAX_DIMS - 1];
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(result);
+}
+
+MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_KW(compare_bincount_obj, 1, compare_bincount);
+#endif /* ULAB_NUMPY_HAS_BINCOUNT */
+
 static mp_obj_t compare_function(mp_obj_t x1, mp_obj_t x2, uint8_t op) {
     ndarray_obj_t *lhs = ndarray_from_mp_obj(x1, 0);
     ndarray_obj_t *rhs = ndarray_from_mp_obj(x2, 0);
diff --git a/code/numpy/compare.h b/code/numpy/compare.h
index de3d7e65..4169a648 100644
--- a/code/numpy/compare.h
+++ b/code/numpy/compare.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * The MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Zoltán Vörös
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2025 Zoltán Vörös
 */
 
 #ifndef _COMPARE_
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ enum COMPARE_FUNCTION_TYPE {
     COMPARE_CLIP,
 };
 
+MP_DECLARE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_KW(compare_bincount_obj);
 MP_DECLARE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_3(compare_clip_obj);
 MP_DECLARE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(compare_equal_obj);
 MP_DECLARE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(compare_isfinite_obj);
diff --git a/code/numpy/numpy.c b/code/numpy/numpy.c
index eafd7728..765f5d14 100644
--- a/code/numpy/numpy.c
+++ b/code/numpy/numpy.c
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ static const mp_rom_map_elem_t ulab_numpy_globals_table[] = {
     #if ULAB_NUMPY_HAS_ZEROS
         { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_zeros), MP_ROM_PTR(&create_zeros_obj) },
     #endif
+    #if ULAB_NUMPY_HAS_BINCOUNT
+        { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_bincount), MP_ROM_PTR(&compare_bincount_obj) },
+    #endif
     #if ULAB_NUMPY_HAS_CLIP
         { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_clip), MP_ROM_PTR(&compare_clip_obj) },
     #endif
diff --git a/code/ulab.c b/code/ulab.c
index c1f32c0a..8a0b50ca 100644
--- a/code/ulab.c
+++ b/code/ulab.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "user/user.h"
 #include "utils/utils.h"
 
-#define ULAB_VERSION 6.9.0
+#define ULAB_VERSION 6.10.0
 #define xstr(s) str(s)
 #define str(s) #s
 
diff --git a/code/ulab.h b/code/ulab.h
index 597cdef5..ca234433 100644
--- a/code/ulab.h
+++ b/code/ulab.h
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@
 #endif
 
 // functions that compare arrays
+#ifndef ULAB_NUMPY_HAS_BINCOUNT
+#define ULAB_NUMPY_HAS_BINCOUNT         (1)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef ULAB_NUMPY_HAS_CLIP
 #define ULAB_NUMPY_HAS_CLIP             (1)
 #endif
@@ -413,7 +417,7 @@
 // the integrate module; functions of the integrate module still have
 // to be defined separately
 #ifndef ULAB_SCIPY_HAS_INTEGRATE_MODULE
-#define ULAB_SCIPY_HAS_INTEGRATE_MODULE        (1)
+#define ULAB_SCIPY_HAS_INTEGRATE_MODULE     (1)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef ULAB_INTEGRATE_HAS_TANHSINH
diff --git a/docs/numpy-functions.ipynb b/docs/numpy-functions.ipynb
index d13278cf..0c617bb1 100644
--- a/docs/numpy-functions.ipynb
+++ b/docs/numpy-functions.ipynb
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@
     "1. [numpy.argmin](#argmin)\n",
     "1. [numpy.argsort](#argsort)\n",
     "1. [numpy.asarray*](#asarray)\n",
+    "1. [numpy.bincount](#bincount)\n",
     "1. [numpy.bitwise_and](#bitwise_and)\n",
     "1. [numpy.bitwise_or](#bitwise_and)\n",
     "1. [numpy.bitwise_xor](#bitwise_and)\n",
@@ -612,6 +613,68 @@
     "print('a == c: {}'.format(a is c))"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "## bincount\n",
+    "\n",
+    "`numpy`: https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.bincount.htm\n",
+    "\n",
+    "This method counts number of occurrences of each value in array of non-negative integers. A method accepts a single positional, and two keyword arguments, `weights`, and `minlength`. The positional arguments is assumed to be a one-dimensional array of unsigned integers that are either 8 or 16 bits wide. For other types, a `TypeError` is raised.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "The `weights` keyword argument can be supplied to apply weigths to the counts. In this case, the return value is a `float` array, otherwise, it is a `uint16`. The `weights` are assumed to be a one-dimensional `ndarray`, otherwise, a `TypeError` is raised. \n",
+    "\n",
+    "`minlength` can be supplied to give a lower bound to the length of the `ndarray` returned. In this case, the unused slots are filled with zeros."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 15,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "a: array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], dtype=uint8)\n",
+      "bincount(a): array([1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], dtype=uint16)\n",
+      "\n",
+      "a: array([0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2], dtype=uint8)\n",
+      "bincount(a): array([2, 3, 4], dtype=uint16)\n",
+      "\n",
+      "a: array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], dtype=uint8)\n",
+      "w: array([0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8], dtype=float64)\n",
+      "bincount(a, weights=w): array([0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8], dtype=float64)\n",
+      "\n",
+      "a: array([0, 1, 2, 3], dtype=uint8)\n",
+      "bincount(a, minlength=8): array([1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], dtype=uint16)\n",
+      "\n",
+      "\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "%%micropython -unix 1\n",
+    "\n",
+    "from ulab import numpy as np\n",
+    "\n",
+    "a = np.array(range(8), dtype=np.uint8)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "print(f'a: {a}\\nbincount(a): {np.bincount(a)}')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "a = np.array([0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2], dtype=np.uint8)\n",
+    "print(f'\\na: {a}\\nbincount(a): {np.bincount(a)}')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "a = np.array(range(8), dtype=np.uint8)\n",
+    "w = np.array([0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8])\n",
+    "\n",
+    "print(f'\\na: {a}\\nw: {w}\\nbincount(a, weights=w): {np.bincount(a, weights=w)}')\n",
+    "\n",
+    "a = np.array(range(4), dtype=np.uint8)\n",
+    "print(f'\\na: {a}\\nbincount(a, minlength=8): {np.bincount(a, minlength=8)}')\n"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
@@ -2944,7 +3007,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "Python 3.8.5 ('base')",
+   "display_name": "base",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -3006,11 +3069,6 @@
     "_Feature"
    ],
    "window_display": false
-  },
-  "vscode": {
-   "interpreter": {
-    "hash": "9e4ec6f642f986afcc9e252c165e44859a62defc5c697cae6f82c2943465ec10"
-   }
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/docs/ulab-change-log.md b/docs/ulab-change-log.md
index 48f0adea..6b5995b8 100644
--- a/docs/ulab-change-log.md
+++ b/docs/ulab-change-log.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Wed, 3 Sep 2025
+
+version 6.10.0
+
+    add bincount
+    
 Fri, 06 Jun 2025
 
 version 6.8.0
diff --git a/tests/2d/numpy/bincount.py b/tests/2d/numpy/bincount.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..681e3d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/2d/numpy/bincount.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+try:
+    from ulab import numpy as np
+except:
+    import numpy as np
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([0, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3], dtype=dtype)
+    print(np.bincount(a))
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([0, 2, 2, 4], dtype=dtype)
+    print(np.bincount(a, minlength=3))
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([0, 2, 2, 4], dtype=dtype)
+    print(np.bincount(a, minlength=8))
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([], dtype=dtype)
+    print(np.bincount(a))
+    print(np.bincount(a, minlength=8))
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([0, 1, 1, 3], dtype=dtype)
+    w = np.array([0.5, 1.0, 2.5, 0.25])
+    print(np.where(abs(np.bincount(a, weights=w) - np.array([0.5, 2.0, 0.0, 0.25])) < 0.001, 1, 0))
+
+    w = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], dtype=np.uint8)
+    print(np.bincount(a, weights=w))
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([1, 1], dtype=dtype)
+    w = np.array([0.5, 1.5])
+    print(np.bincount(a, weights=w, minlength=4))
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([2, 2, 2, 3], dtype=dtype)
+    for wtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16, np.int8, np.int16, np.float):
+        w = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], dtype=wtype)
+        print(np.bincount(a, weights=w))
+
+for dtype in (np.int8, np.int16, np.float):
+    a = np.array([2, 2, 2, 3], dtype=dtype)
+    try:
+        np.bincount(a)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.int8, np.uint16, np.int16, np.float):
+    a = np.array(range(4), dtype=dtype).reshape((2, 2))
+    try:
+        np.bincount(a)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=dtype)
+    w = np.array([1, 2])
+    try:
+        np.bincount(a, weights=w)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=dtype)
+    try:
+        np.bincount(a, minlength=-1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+for dtype in (np.uint8, np.uint16):
+    a = np.array([1, 2, 3], dtype=dtype)
+    w = np.array([1j, 2j, 3j], dtype=np.complex)
+    try:
+        np.bincount(a, weights=w)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(e)
+
+
+a = np.array([0, 1000], dtype=np.uint16)
+y = np.bincount(a)
+print(y[0], y[1000], len(y))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/2d/numpy/bincount.py.exp b/tests/2d/numpy/bincount.py.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7871c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/2d/numpy/bincount.py.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+array([1, 2, 0, 3], dtype=uint16)
+array([1, 2, 0, 3], dtype=uint16)
+array([1, 0, 2, 0, 1], dtype=uint16)
+array([1, 0, 2, 0, 1], dtype=uint16)
+array([1, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0], dtype=uint16)
+array([1, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0], dtype=uint16)
+array([], dtype=uint16)
+array([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], dtype=uint16)
+array([], dtype=uint16)
+array([0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], dtype=uint16)
+array([1, 0, 1, 1], dtype=uint8)
+array([1.0, 5.0, 0.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([1, 0, 1, 1], dtype=uint8)
+array([1.0, 5.0, 0.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 2.0, 0.0, 0.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 2.0, 0.0, 0.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+array([0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 4.0], dtype=float64)
+cannot cast array data from dtype
+cannot cast array data from dtype
+cannot cast array data from dtype
+object too deep for desired array
+object too deep for desired array
+object too deep for desired array
+object too deep for desired array
+object too deep for desired array
+the weights and list don't have the same length
+the weights and list don't have the same length
+minlength must not be negative
+minlength must not be negative
+cannot cast weigths to float
+cannot cast weigths to float
+1 1 1001