diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
index f4efc5e8..b7414610 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.js
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ const Timeline = {
         return `${this.$t('timeline.show_new')} (${this.newStatusCount})`
       }
     },
+    mobileLoadButtonString () {
+      if (this.timeline.flushMarker !== 0) {
+        return '+'
+      } else {
+        return this.newStatusCount > 99 ? '∞' : this.newStatusCount
+      }
+    },
     classes () {
       let rootClasses = !this.embedded ? ['panel', 'panel-default'] : ['-nonpanel']
       if (this.blockingClicks) rootClasses = rootClasses.concat(['-blocked', '_misclick-prevention'])
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.scss b/src/components/timeline/timeline.scss
index 9fc2aeab..24a45070 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.scss
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.scss
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@
     background-color: var(--badgeNeutral);
   }
 
+  .alert-badge {
+    font-size: 0.75em;
+    line-height: 1;
+    text-align: right;
+    border-radius: var(--tooltipRadius);
+    position: absolute;
+    left: calc(50% - 0.5em);
+    top: calc(50% - 0.4em);
+    padding: 0.2em;
+    margin-left: 0.7em;
+    margin-top: -1em;
+    background-color: var(--badgeNeutral);
+    color: var(--badgeNeutralText);
+  }
+
   .loadmore-button {
     position: relative
   }
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
index e6038830..8a036fd0 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
               fixed-width
               icon="circle-plus"
             />
-            <div class="alert-dot" />
+            <div class="alert-badge">
+              {{ mobileLoadButtonString }}
+            </div>
           </button>
         </div>
         <div