diff --git a/hugo/data/.gitignore b/hugo/data/.gitignore
index 7fa0752e6..72ab49342 100644
--- a/hugo/data/.gitignore
+++ b/hugo/data/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 browse.json
 author_index.json
-channels-stats.json
+channels_stats.json
diff --git a/scripts/fetch-channels-stats.ts b/scripts/fetch-channels-stats.ts
index f9d9d3d2d..1cbebc53a 100644
--- a/scripts/fetch-channels-stats.ts
+++ b/scripts/fetch-channels-stats.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 
 const CAP_BASE = process.env.CAP_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:4004';
-const OUT_PATH = join('hugo', 'data', 'channels-stats.json');
+// Underscore filename: Hugo exposes data files under their literal basename
+// (no hyphen→underscore conversion), and the health layout reads
+// `.Site.Data.channels_stats`. Matches sibling convention (channel_collections.json).
+const OUT_PATH = join('hugo', 'data', 'channels_stats.json');
 
 let payload: {
   total: number; publishedCount: number;