(function() { 'use strict'; var app = angular.module('app', []); app.controller('listCtrl', function() { var arr = []; for (var i=0; i<1000; i++) { arr[i] = { title: 'Element ' + i.toString() } } this.array = arr; this.countWatchers = function() { var root = angular.element(document.getElementsByTagName('body')); var watchers = []; var f = function (element) { angular.forEach(['$scope', '$isolateScope'], function (scopeProperty) { if (element.data() && element.data().hasOwnProperty(scopeProperty)) { angular.forEach(element.data()[scopeProperty].$$watchers, function (watcher) { watchers.push(watcher); }); } }); angular.forEach(element.children(), function (childElement) { f(angular.element(childElement)); }); }; f(root); // Remove duplicate watchers var watchersWithoutDuplicates = []; angular.forEach(watchers, function(item) { if(watchersWithoutDuplicates.indexOf(item) < 0) { watchersWithoutDuplicates.push(item); } }); console.log(watchersWithoutDuplicates.length); } }); })();