Does python use the count method to handle string and list the same way?

Question

str1 = \'123\'
str2 = \'\'
print(str1.count(\'\')) # print 4
print(str2.count(\'\')) # print 1

list1 = [\'123\', \'123\']
list2 = [\'\', \'\']
print(list1.count(\'\'))