diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/trends/tags_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/trends/tags_controller.rb
index f84f1c0252..ecac3579fc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/trends/tags_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/trends/tags_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class Api::V1::Trends::TagsController < Api::BaseController
 
   after_action :insert_pagination_headers
 
-  DEFAULT_TAGS_LIMIT = 10
+  DEFAULT_TAGS_LIMIT = (ENV['MAX_TRENDING_TAGS'] || 10).to_i
 
   deprecate_api '2022-03-30', only: :index, if: -> { request.path == '/api/v1/trends' }