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Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:

> > Well, you want a GNUS function to get, for a GROUP, the number of UNREAD
> > messages.  Well?
> 
> What about ticked?  :)

Try

(gnus-range-length (cdr (assq 'tick (gnus-info-marks (gnus-get-info group)))))

Also, gnus-group-line-format* contain similar calculations to display this
number to you (so it's not only sent to the people bugging you :-)).