diff --git a/hub-server/internal/app/wiring.go b/hub-server/internal/app/wiring.go
index d415e362e..abb26b2c7 100644
--- a/hub-server/internal/app/wiring.go
+++ b/hub-server/internal/app/wiring.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/message"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/messagereaction"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/oidc"
+	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/publicstats"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/session"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/workspace"
 )
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ func (a *App) initHandlers(_ context.Context) error {
 	a.AttachmentHandler = handler.NewAttachmentHandler(a.AttachmentService)
 	a.NotificationHandler = handler.NewNotificationHandler(a.NotificationService)
 	a.HealthHandler = handler.NewHealthHandler(a.DB, a.CacheClient, &a.Config.DB, a.startTime, a.Version)
-	pubStatsSvc := service.NewPublicStatsService(a.DB)
+	pubStatsSvc := publicstats.NewPublicStatsService(a.DB)
 	a.PublicHandler = handler.NewPublicHandler(pubStatsSvc, a.startTime)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/hub-server/internal/handler/public.go b/hub-server/internal/handler/public.go
index 9947a3def..67efeb003 100644
--- a/hub-server/internal/handler/public.go
+++ b/hub-server/internal/handler/public.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 
-	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service"
+	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/publicstats"
 )
 
 // PublicStats is the response body for GET /api/public/stats.
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ type PublicStats struct {
 
 // PublicHandler serves unauthenticated public endpoints for the website.
 type PublicHandler struct {
-	statsSvc  *service.PublicStatsService
+	statsSvc  *publicstats.PublicStatsService
 	startTime time.Time
 }
 
 // NewPublicHandler creates a PublicHandler.
 // startTime should be the moment App.Run was called.
-func NewPublicHandler(statsSvc *service.PublicStatsService, startTime time.Time) *PublicHandler {
+func NewPublicHandler(statsSvc *publicstats.PublicStatsService, startTime time.Time) *PublicHandler {
 	return &PublicHandler{statsSvc: statsSvc, startTime: startTime}
 }
 
diff --git a/hub-server/internal/handler/public_test.go b/hub-server/internal/handler/public_test.go
index 08a012dfe..2300db2c3 100644
--- a/hub-server/internal/handler/public_test.go
+++ b/hub-server/internal/handler/public_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/handler"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/model"
-	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service"
+	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/publicstats"
 )
 
 func TestPublicStatsBucketsCountsAndUptime(t *testing.T) {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestPublicStatsBucketsCountsAndUptime(t *testing.T) {
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	c, _ := gin.CreateTestContext(w)
 	c.Request = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/public/stats", nil)
-	statsSvc := service.NewPublicStatsService(db)
+	statsSvc := publicstats.NewPublicStatsService(db)
 	h := handler.NewPublicHandler(statsSvc, time.Now().Add(-25*time.Hour-13*time.Minute))
 
 	h.Stats(c)
diff --git a/hub-server/internal/service/publicstats/doc.go b/hub-server/internal/service/publicstats/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b00cf63b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hub-server/internal/service/publicstats/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Package publicstats holds the public-facing statistics service for Hub.
+//
+// PublicStatsService serves aggregate counts (users, agents, online agents,
+// messages) to the public stats endpoint. It neither uses nor is used by any
+// sibling of the flat service package, so it is the first low-coupling domain
+// grouped into a subpackage.
+//
+// See #1761.
+package publicstats
diff --git a/hub-server/internal/service/public_stats.go b/hub-server/internal/service/publicstats/public_stats.go
similarity index 98%
rename from hub-server/internal/service/public_stats.go
rename to hub-server/internal/service/publicstats/public_stats.go
index dfbd26ba2..236485e97 100644
--- a/hub-server/internal/service/public_stats.go
+++ b/hub-server/internal/service/publicstats/public_stats.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package service
+package publicstats
 
 import (
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
diff --git a/hub-server/tests/integration/setup_test.go b/hub-server/tests/integration/setup_test.go
index 7bd93baf5..8bf380ed4 100644
--- a/hub-server/tests/integration/setup_test.go
+++ b/hub-server/tests/integration/setup_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/message"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/messagereaction"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/oidc"
+	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/publicstats"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/service/session"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/testkit"
 	"github.com/agenthub/hub-server/internal/ws"
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	notificationService := service.NewNotificationService(db, mgr)
 	notificationHandler := handler.NewNotificationHandler(notificationService)
 	healthHandler := handler.NewHealthHandler(db, cacheClient, &cfg.DB, time.Now(), "test")
-	publicHandler := handler.NewPublicHandler(service.NewPublicStatsService(db), time.Now())
+	publicHandler := handler.NewPublicHandler(publicstats.NewPublicStatsService(db), time.Now())
 
 	// Phase 1-7 handlers
 	// config.yaml ships production-empty TokenDance ID values (client_id "",