diff --git a/app/chewy/accounts_index.rb b/app/chewy/accounts_index.rb
index e38e14a106..5889aa0e64 100644
--- a/app/chewy/accounts_index.rb
+++ b/app/chewy/accounts_index.rb
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ class AccountsIndex < Chewy::Index
       field :edge_ngram, type: 'text', analyzer: 'edge_ngram', search_analyzer: 'content'
     end
 
-    field :following_count, type: 'long', value: ->(account) { account.following_count }
-    field :followers_count, type: 'long', value: ->(account) { account.followers_count }
+    field :following_count, type: 'long', value: ->(account) { account.public_following_count }
+    field :followers_count, type: 'long', value: ->(account) { account.public_followers_count }
     field :last_status_at, type: 'date', value: ->(account) { account.last_status_at || account.created_at }
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/follower_accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/follower_accounts_controller.rb
index 0127495b89..cd7d54a763 100644
--- a/app/controllers/follower_accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/follower_accounts_controller.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class FollowerAccountsController < ApplicationController
       ActivityPub::CollectionPresenter.new(
         id: account_followers_url(@account, page: params.fetch(:page, 1)),
         type: :ordered,
-        size: @account.user&.setting_hide_followers_count ? 0 : @account.followers_count,
+        size: @account.public_followers_count,
         items: follows.map { |follow| ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_for(follow.account) },
         part_of: account_followers_url(@account),
         next: next_page_url,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class FollowerAccountsController < ApplicationController
       ActivityPub::CollectionPresenter.new(
         id: account_followers_url(@account),
         type: :ordered,
-        size: @account.user&.setting_hide_followers_count ? 0 : @account.followers_count,
+        size: @account.public_followers_count,
         first: page_url(1)
       )
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/following_accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/following_accounts_controller.rb
index 832bad1291..92d4c363aa 100644
--- a/app/controllers/following_accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/following_accounts_controller.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class FollowingAccountsController < ApplicationController
       ActivityPub::CollectionPresenter.new(
         id: account_following_index_url(@account, page: params.fetch(:page, 1)),
         type: :ordered,
-        size: @account.user&.setting_hide_following_count ? 0 : @account.following_count,
+        size: @account.public_following_count,
         items: follows.map { |follow| ActivityPub::TagManager.instance.uri_for(follow.target_account) },
         part_of: account_following_index_url(@account),
         next: next_page_url,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class FollowingAccountsController < ApplicationController
       ActivityPub::CollectionPresenter.new(
         id: account_following_index_url(@account),
         type: :ordered,
-        size: @account.user&.setting_hide_following_count ? 0 : @account.following_count,
+        size: @account.public_following_count,
         first: page_url(1)
       )
     end
diff --git a/app/helpers/accounts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/accounts_helper.rb
index 6301919a9e..ce7e5455fd 100644
--- a/app/helpers/accounts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/accounts_helper.rb
@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ module AccountsHelper
   def account_description(account)
     prepend_str = [
       [
-        number_to_human(account.statuses_count, precision: 3, strip_insignificant_zeros: true),
-        I18n.t('accounts.posts', count: account.statuses_count),
+        number_to_human(account.public_statuses_count, precision: 3, strip_insignificant_zeros: true),
+        I18n.t('accounts.posts', count: account.public_statuses_count),
       ].join(' '),
 
       [
-        number_to_human(account.following_count, precision: 3, strip_insignificant_zeros: true),
-        I18n.t('accounts.following', count: account.following_count),
+        number_to_human(account.public_following_count, precision: 3, strip_insignificant_zeros: true),
+        I18n.t('accounts.following', count: account.public_following_count),
       ].join(' '),
 
       [
-        number_to_human(account.followers_count, precision: 3, strip_insignificant_zeros: true),
-        I18n.t('accounts.followers', count: account.followers_count),
+        number_to_human(account.public_followers_count, precision: 3, strip_insignificant_zeros: true),
+        I18n.t('accounts.followers', count: account.public_followers_count),
       ].join(' '),
     ].join(', ')
 
diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index a2b27cd302..357d62404a 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -301,6 +301,18 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
     user&.setting_noai || (settings.present? && settings['noai']) || false
   end
 
+  def public_statuses_count
+    hide_statuses_count? ? 0 : statuses_count
+  end
+
+  def public_following_count
+    hide_following_count? ? 0 : following_count
+  end
+
+  def public_followers_count
+    hide_followers_count? ? 0 : followers_count
+  end
+
   def hide_statuses_count?
     return user&.setting_hide_statuses_count unless user&.setting_hide_statuses_count.nil?
     return settings['hide_statuses_count'] if settings.present?
diff --git a/app/serializers/rest/account_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/rest/account_serializer.rb
index b76fc7a1b6..a8355c7063 100644
--- a/app/serializers/rest/account_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/rest/account_serializer.rb
@@ -153,15 +153,15 @@ class REST::AccountSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   end
 
   def statuses_count
-    object.hide_statuses_count? ? 0 : object.statuses_count
+    object.public_statuses_count
   end
 
   def followers_count
-    object.hide_followers_count? ? 0 : object.followers_count
+    object.public_followers_count
   end
 
   def following_count
-    object.hide_following_count? ? 0 : object.following_count
+    object.public_following_count
   end
 
   def other_settings