drive-num-files.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Drive Number of Files
// @namespace    dkdscripts
// @version      1.0
// @description  Shows how many items are displayed currently in drive (updates 1/s)
// @author       dkd
// @downloadURL  https://gist.github.com/mold/d30f5650273e43718530/raw/9dbb8d3949945e278563b01d40a277a72506f58f/drive-num-files.user.js
// @match        https://drive.google.com/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
	var displayText = document.getElementsByClassName("a-pa-ob-yd-aa-J a-pa-ob-yd-aa-J-em a-Ra-Bd a-pa-Ra-Zi");
	window.setInterval(function() {
		var number = document.querySelectorAll("[role=main]:not([style='display: none;']) [data-target=layout]:not([style='display: none;']) .k-ta-P-x").length;
		for (var i = 0; i < displayText.length; i++) {
			displayText[i].previousSibling.innerHTML = "Showing " + number + " items"
		};
	}, 1000);
})();

Hi @Korb, thanks for taking an interest in this! I haven't touched it since I made it in 2015, so the class names in drive have definitely changed, breaking my selectors. I might have a look if I get the time, otherwise feel free to post a fix :)