diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/pageobjects/CallPage.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/pageobjects/CallPage.kt
index 4efdbfa8..a6c6a1ec 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/pageobjects/CallPage.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/pageobjects/CallPage.kt
@@ -74,11 +74,12 @@ class CallPage(driver: RemoteWebDriver) : AbstractPageObject(driver) {
         return result
     }
 
+    /** Returns the number of participants excluding hidden participants. */
     fun getNumParticipants(): Int {
         val result = driver.executeScript(
             """
             try {
-                return APP.conference.membersCount;
+                return (APP.conference._room.getParticipants().$PARTICIPANT_FILTER_SCRIPT).length + 1;
             } catch (e) {
                 return e.message;
             }
@@ -203,13 +204,15 @@ class CallPage(driver: RemoteWebDriver) : AbstractPageObject(driver) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return how many of the participants are Jigasi clients
+     * Return how many of the participants are Jigasi clients.
+     * Note: excludes any participants that are hidden (for example transcribers)
      */
     fun numRemoteParticipantsJigasi(): Int {
         val result = driver.executeScript(
             """
             try {
                 return APP.conference._room.getParticipants()
+                    .$PARTICIPANT_FILTER_SCRIPT
                     .filter(participant => participant.getProperty("features_jigasi") == true)
                     .length;
             } catch (e) {
@@ -226,6 +229,28 @@ class CallPage(driver: RemoteWebDriver) : AbstractPageObject(driver) {
         }
     }
 
+    /** How many of the participants are hidden or hiddenFromRecorder. */
+    fun numHiddenParticipants(): Int {
+        val result = driver.executeScript(
+            """
+            try {
+                return APP.conference._room.getParticipants()
+                    .filter(p => (p.isHidden() || p.isHiddenFromRecorder())
+                    .length;
+            } catch (e) {
+                return e.message;
+            }
+            """.trimMargin()
+        )
+        return when (result) {
+            is Number -> result.toInt()
+            else -> {
+                logger.error("error running numHiddenParticipants script: $result ${result::class.java}")
+                0
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return true if ICE is connected.
      */
@@ -267,12 +292,14 @@ class CallPage(driver: RemoteWebDriver) : AbstractPageObject(driver) {
      * Returns a count of how many remote participants are totally muted (audio
      * and video). We ignore jigasi participants as they maybe muted in their presence
      * but also hard muted via the device, and we later ignore their state.
+     * Note: Excludes hidden participants.
      */
     fun numRemoteParticipantsMuted(): Int {
         val result = driver.executeScript(
             """
             try {
                 return APP.conference._room.getParticipants()
+                    .$PARTICIPANT_FILTER_SCRIPT
                     .filter(participant => participant.isAudioMuted() && participant.isVideoMuted() 
                                 && participant.getProperty("features_jigasi") !== true)
                     .length;
@@ -353,4 +380,11 @@ class CallPage(driver: RemoteWebDriver) : AbstractPageObject(driver) {
             else -> true
         }
     }
+
+    companion object {
+        /**
+         * Javascript to apply a filter to the list of participants to exclude ones which should be hidden from jibri.
+         */
+        const val PARTICIPANT_FILTER_SCRIPT = "filter(p => !(p.isHidden() || p.isHiddenFromRecorder()))"
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/status_checks/MediaReceivedStatusCheck.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/status_checks/MediaReceivedStatusCheck.kt
index 50f62ef4..935cd778 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/status_checks/MediaReceivedStatusCheck.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/status_checks/MediaReceivedStatusCheck.kt
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ class MediaReceivedStatusCheck(
         val numParticipants = callPage.getNumParticipants() - 1
         val numMutedParticipants = callPage.numRemoteParticipantsMuted()
         val numJigasiParticipants = callPage.numRemoteParticipantsJigasi()
+        val numHiddenParticipants = callPage.numHiddenParticipants()
         // We don't get any mute state for Jigasi participants, so to prevent timing out when only Jigasi participants
         // may be speaking, always count them as "muted"
         val allClientsMuted = (numMutedParticipants + numJigasiParticipants) == numParticipants
         logger.info(
             "Jibri client receive bitrates: $bitrates, num participants: $numParticipants, " +
                 "numMutedParticipants: $numMutedParticipants, numJigasis: $numJigasiParticipants, " +
-                "all clients muted? $allClientsMuted"
+                "numHiddenParticipants: $numHiddenParticipants, all clients muted? $allClientsMuted"
         )
         clientsAllMutedTransitionTime.maybeUpdate(allClientsMuted)
         val downloadBitrate = bitrates.getOrDefault("download", 0L) as Long
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/status_checks/MediaReceivedStatusCheckTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/status_checks/MediaReceivedStatusCheckTest.kt
index bba24c63..7b8d7335 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/status_checks/MediaReceivedStatusCheckTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/jitsi/jibri/selenium/status_checks/MediaReceivedStatusCheckTest.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ class MediaReceivedStatusCheckTest : ShouldSpec() {
     override fun isolationMode(): IsolationMode? = IsolationMode.InstancePerLeaf
 
     private val clock: FakeClock = spyk()
-    private val callPage: CallPage = mockk()
+    private val callPage: CallPage = mockk {
+        every { numHiddenParticipants() } returns 0
+    }
     private val logger: Logger = mockk(relaxed = true)
 
     private val check = MediaReceivedStatusCheck(logger, clock)