diff --git a/include/roaring/containers/array.h b/include/roaring/containers/array.h
index 3070d6e33..5603125e4 100644
--- a/include/roaring/containers/array.h
+++ b/include/roaring/containers/array.h
@@ -412,6 +412,29 @@ inline int array_container_rank(const array_container_t *arr, uint16_t x) {
     }
 }
 
+// bulk version of array_container_rank(); return number of consumed elements
+inline uint32_t array_container_rank_many(const array_container_t *arr, uint64_t start_rank, const uint32_t* begin, const uint32_t* end, uint64_t* ans){
+    const uint16_t high = (*begin) >> 16;
+    uint32_t pos = 0;
+    const uint32_t* iter = begin;
+    for(; iter != end; iter++) {
+        uint32_t x = *iter;
+        uint16_t xhigh = x >> 16;
+        if(xhigh != high) return iter - begin;// stop at next container
+
+        const int32_t idx = binarySearch(arr->array+pos, arr->cardinality-pos, x&0xFFFF);
+        const bool is_present = idx >= 0;
+        if (is_present) {
+            *(ans++) = start_rank + pos + (idx + 1);
+            pos = idx+1;
+        } else {
+            *(ans++) = start_rank + pos + (-idx - 1);
+        }
+    }
+    return iter - begin;
+}
+
+
 /* Returns the index of x , if not exsist return -1 */
 inline int array_container_get_index(const array_container_t *arr, uint16_t x) {
     const int32_t idx = binarySearch(arr->array, arr->cardinality, x);
diff --git a/include/roaring/containers/bitset.h b/include/roaring/containers/bitset.h
index a27e715ae..b895e1a61 100644
--- a/include/roaring/containers/bitset.h
+++ b/include/roaring/containers/bitset.h
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ uint16_t bitset_container_maximum(const bitset_container_t *container);
 /* Returns the number of values equal or smaller than x */
 int bitset_container_rank(const bitset_container_t *container, uint16_t x);
 
+// bulk version of bitset_container_rank(); return number of consumed elements
+uint32_t bitset_container_rank_many(const bitset_container_t *container, uint64_t start_rank, const uint32_t* begin, const uint32_t* end, uint64_t* ans);
+
 /* Returns the index of x , if not exsist return -1 */
 int bitset_container_get_index(const bitset_container_t *container, uint16_t x);
 
diff --git a/include/roaring/containers/containers.h b/include/roaring/containers/containers.h
index d011cc02e..0edab5573 100644
--- a/include/roaring/containers/containers.h
+++ b/include/roaring/containers/containers.h
@@ -2331,6 +2331,28 @@ static inline int container_rank(
     return false;
 }
 
+// bulk version of container_rank(); return number of consumed elements
+static inline uint32_t container_rank_many(
+    const container_t *c, uint8_t type,
+    uint64_t start_rank, const uint32_t* begin, const uint32_t* end, uint64_t* ans
+){
+    c = container_unwrap_shared(c, &type);
+    switch (type) {
+        case BITSET_CONTAINER_TYPE:
+            return bitset_container_rank_many(const_CAST_bitset(c), start_rank, begin, end, ans);
+        case ARRAY_CONTAINER_TYPE:
+            return array_container_rank_many(const_CAST_array(c), start_rank, begin, end, ans);
+        case RUN_CONTAINER_TYPE:
+            return run_container_rank_many(const_CAST_run(c), start_rank, begin, end, ans);
+        default:
+            assert(false);
+            roaring_unreachable;
+    }
+    assert(false);
+    roaring_unreachable;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 // return the index of x, if not exsist return -1
 static inline int container_get_index(const container_t *c, uint8_t type,
                                     uint16_t x) {
diff --git a/include/roaring/containers/run.h b/include/roaring/containers/run.h
index f24a579a3..b8d9be0cb 100644
--- a/include/roaring/containers/run.h
+++ b/include/roaring/containers/run.h
@@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ inline uint16_t run_container_maximum(const run_container_t *run) {
 /* Returns the number of values equal or smaller than x */
 int run_container_rank(const run_container_t *arr, uint16_t x);
 
+// bulk version of run_container_rank(); return number of consumed elements
+uint32_t run_container_rank_many(const run_container_t *arr, uint64_t start_rank, const uint32_t* begin, const uint32_t* end, uint64_t* ans);
+
 /* Returns the index of x, if not exsist return -1 */
 int run_container_get_index(const run_container_t *arr, uint16_t x);
 
diff --git a/include/roaring/roaring.h b/include/roaring/roaring.h
index b2476e7db..d82f03da8 100644
--- a/include/roaring/roaring.h
+++ b/include/roaring/roaring.h
@@ -815,6 +815,15 @@ bool roaring_bitmap_select(const roaring_bitmap_t *r, uint32_t rank,
  */
 uint64_t roaring_bitmap_rank(const roaring_bitmap_t *r, uint32_t x);
 
+/**
+ * roaring_bitmap_rank_many is an `Bulk` version of `roaring_bitmap_rank`
+ * it puts rank value of each element in `[begin .. end)` to `ans[]`
+ *
+ * the values in `[begin .. end)` must be sorted in Ascending order;
+ * the `ans` must have enough size.
+ */
+void roaring_bitmap_rank_many(const roaring_bitmap_t *r, const uint32_t* begin, const uint32_t* end, uint64_t* ans);
+
 /**
  * Returns the index of x in the given roaring bitmap.
  * If the roaring bitmap doesn't contain x , this function will return -1.
diff --git a/microbenchmarks/bench.cpp b/microbenchmarks/bench.cpp
index 3f013b8cd..fd2e45717 100644
--- a/microbenchmarks/bench.cpp
+++ b/microbenchmarks/bench.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "bench.h"
+#include <vector>
 
 
 struct successive_intersection {
@@ -154,6 +155,35 @@ struct compute_cardinality {
 auto ComputeCardinality = BasicBench<compute_cardinality>;
 BENCHMARK(ComputeCardinality);
 
+struct rank_many_slow {
+    static uint64_t run() {
+        std::vector<uint64_t> ranks(5);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+           ranks[0] = roaring_bitmap_rank(bitmaps[i], maxvalue/5);
+           ranks[1] = roaring_bitmap_rank(bitmaps[i], 2*maxvalue/5);
+           ranks[2] = roaring_bitmap_rank(bitmaps[i], 3*maxvalue/5);
+           ranks[3] = roaring_bitmap_rank(bitmaps[i], 4*maxvalue/5);
+           ranks[4] = roaring_bitmap_rank(bitmaps[i], maxvalue);
+        }
+        return ranks[0];
+    }
+};
+auto RankManySlow = BasicBench<rank_many_slow>;
+BENCHMARK(RankManySlow);
+
+struct rank_many {
+    static uint64_t run() {
+        std::vector<uint64_t> ranks(5);
+        std::vector<uint32_t> input{maxvalue/5, 2*maxvalue/5, 3*maxvalue/5, 4*maxvalue/5, maxvalue};
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+           roaring_bitmap_rank_many(bitmaps[i],input.data(), input.data()+input.size(), ranks.data());
+         }
+        return ranks[0];
+    }
+};
+auto RankMany = BasicBench<rank_many>;
+BENCHMARK(RankMany);
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     const char *dir_name;
     if ((argc == 1) || (argc > 1 && argv[1][0] == '-')) {
diff --git a/src/containers/bitset.c b/src/containers/bitset.c
index 722eda1e3..fad229af1 100644
--- a/src/containers/bitset.c
+++ b/src/containers/bitset.c
@@ -1232,6 +1232,29 @@ int bitset_container_rank(const bitset_container_t *container, uint16_t x) {
   return sum;
 }
 
+uint32_t bitset_container_rank_many(const bitset_container_t *container, uint64_t start_rank, const uint32_t* begin, const uint32_t* end, uint64_t* ans){
+  const uint16_t high = (*begin) >> 16;
+  int i = 0;
+  int sum = 0;
+  const uint32_t* iter = begin;
+  for(; iter != end; iter++) {
+      uint32_t x = *iter;
+      uint16_t xhigh = x >> 16;
+      if(xhigh != high) return iter - begin; // stop at next container
+
+      uint16_t xlow = x & 0xFFFF;
+      for(int count = xlow / 64; i < count; i++){
+        sum += roaring_hamming(container->words[i]);
+      }
+      uint64_t lastword = container->words[i];
+      uint64_t lastpos = UINT64_C(1) << (xlow % 64);
+      uint64_t mask = lastpos + lastpos - 1; // smear right
+      *(ans++) = start_rank + sum + roaring_hamming(lastword & mask);
+  }
+  return iter - begin;
+}
+
+
 /* Returns the index of x , if not exsist return -1 */
 int bitset_container_get_index(const bitset_container_t *container, uint16_t x) {
   if (bitset_container_get(container, x)) {
diff --git a/src/containers/run.c b/src/containers/run.c
index ddba08a3c..09d69262b 100644
--- a/src/containers/run.c
+++ b/src/containers/run.c
@@ -883,6 +883,42 @@ int run_container_rank(const run_container_t *container, uint16_t x) {
     }
     return sum;
 }
+uint32_t run_container_rank_many(const run_container_t *container, uint64_t start_rank, const uint32_t* begin, const uint32_t* end, uint64_t* ans){
+    const uint16_t high = (*begin) >> 16;
+    const uint32_t* iter = begin;
+    int sum = 0;
+    int i = 0;
+    for(;iter != end; iter++) {
+        uint32_t x = *iter;
+        uint16_t xhigh = x >> 16;
+        if(xhigh != high) return iter - begin; // stop at next container
+
+        uint32_t x32 = x & 0xFFFF;
+        while(i < container->n_runs) {
+            uint32_t startpoint = container->runs[i].value;
+            uint32_t length = container->runs[i].length;
+            uint32_t endpoint = length + startpoint;
+            if (x32 <= endpoint) {
+                if (x32 < startpoint) {
+                    *(ans++) = start_rank + sum;
+                } else {
+                    *(ans++) = start_rank + sum + (x32 - startpoint) + 1;
+                }
+                break;
+            } else {
+                sum += length + 1;
+                i++;
+            }
+        }
+        if (i >= container->n_runs) {
+            *(ans++) = start_rank + sum;
+            continue;
+        }
+   }
+
+  return iter - begin;
+}
+
 
 int run_container_get_index(const run_container_t *container, uint16_t x) {
     if (run_container_contains(container, x)) {
diff --git a/src/roaring.c b/src/roaring.c
index c863aa531..d7edaa087 100644
--- a/src/roaring.c
+++ b/src/roaring.c
@@ -2796,6 +2796,32 @@ uint64_t roaring_bitmap_rank(const roaring_bitmap_t *bm, uint32_t x) {
     }
     return size;
 }
+void roaring_bitmap_rank_many(const roaring_bitmap_t *bm, const uint32_t* begin, const uint32_t* end, uint64_t* ans) {
+    uint64_t size = 0;
+
+    int i = 0;
+    const uint32_t* iter = begin;
+    while(i < bm->high_low_container.size && iter != end) {
+        uint32_t x = *iter;
+        uint32_t xhigh = x >> 16;
+        uint32_t key = bm->high_low_container.keys[i];
+        if (xhigh > key) {
+            size +=
+                container_get_cardinality(bm->high_low_container.containers[i],
+                                        bm->high_low_container.typecodes[i]);
+            i++;
+        } else if (xhigh == key) {
+            uint32_t consumed = container_rank_many(bm->high_low_container.containers[i],
+                                        bm->high_low_container.typecodes[i],
+                                        size, iter, end, ans);
+            iter += consumed;
+            ans += consumed;
+        } else {
+            *(ans++) = size;
+            iter++;
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 /**
  * roaring_bitmap_get_index returns the index of x, if not exsist return -1.
diff --git a/tests/toplevel_unit.c b/tests/toplevel_unit.c
index ebbf47ffe..621c34079 100644
--- a/tests/toplevel_unit.c
+++ b/tests/toplevel_unit.c
@@ -3606,6 +3606,17 @@ DEFINE_TEST(test_rank) {
             if (truerank != computedrank)
                 printf("%d != %d \n", (int)truerank, (int)computedrank);
             assert_true(truerank == computedrank);
+
+            uint32_t input[] = {z, z+1, z+10, z+100, z+1000};
+            uint64_t output[5];
+            roaring_bitmap_rank_many(r, input, input+5, output);
+            for(uint32_t i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+                truerank = rank(ans, card, input[i]);
+                computedrank = output[i];
+                if (truerank != computedrank)
+                    printf("%d != %d \n", (int)truerank, (int)computedrank);
+                assert_true(truerank == computedrank);
+            }
         }
         free(ans);
         // now bitmap
@@ -3622,6 +3633,17 @@ DEFINE_TEST(test_rank) {
             if (truerank != computedrank)
                 printf("%d != %d \n", (int)truerank, (int)computedrank);
             assert_true(truerank == computedrank);
+
+            uint32_t input[] = {z, z+1, z+10, z+100, z+1000};
+            uint64_t output[5];
+            roaring_bitmap_rank_many(r, input, input+5, output);
+            for(uint32_t i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+                truerank = rank(ans, card, input[i]);
+                computedrank = output[i];
+                if (truerank != computedrank)
+                    printf("%d != %d \n", (int)truerank, (int)computedrank);
+                assert_true(truerank == computedrank);
+            }
         }
         free(ans);
         // now run
@@ -3639,6 +3661,17 @@ DEFINE_TEST(test_rank) {
             if (truerank != computedrank)
                 printf("%d != %d \n", (int)truerank, (int)computedrank);
             assert_true(truerank == computedrank);
+
+            uint32_t input[] = {z, z+1, z+10, z+100, z+1000};
+            uint64_t output[5];
+            roaring_bitmap_rank_many(r, input, input+5, output);
+            for(uint32_t i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+                truerank = rank(ans, card, input[i]);
+                computedrank = output[i];
+                if (truerank != computedrank)
+                    printf("%d != %d \n", (int)truerank, (int)computedrank);
+                assert_true(truerank == computedrank);
+            }
         }
         free(ans);