diff --git a/jaraco/itertools.py b/jaraco/itertools.py
index 8b7b6ad..3ea72f5 100644
--- a/jaraco/itertools.py
+++ b/jaraco/itertools.py
@@ -1242,3 +1242,17 @@ def check(*window):
 
     match_indexes = more_itertools.locate(seq, check, window_size=len(cand))
     return next(match_indexes, None)
+
+
+def summarize(items: Iterable, **bin_checks):
+    """
+    >>> is_str = lambda item: isinstance(item, str)
+    >>> is_int = lambda item: isinstance(item, int)
+    >>> summarize(['a', 'b', 20], strings=is_str, ints=is_int)
+    {'strings': 2, 'ints': 1}
+    """
+    counters = {name: itertools.count() for name in bin_checks}
+    for item, check in itertools.product(items, bin_checks):
+        if bin_checks[check](item):
+            next(counters[check])
+    return {name: next(counter) for name, counter in counters.items()}
diff --git a/newsfragments/+dd17dc06.feature.rst b/newsfragments/+dd17dc06.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27842eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/+dd17dc06.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added ``summarize``.