diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/__tests__/reducer.test.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/__tests__/reducer.test.ts
index 7d4e6db9c..4b5a9752d 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/__tests__/reducer.test.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/__tests__/reducer.test.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ test('import entities into a list', () => {
   const cache = result.TestEntity as EntityCache<TestEntity>;
 
   expect(cache.store['2']!.msg).toBe('benis');
-  expect(cache.lists.thingies?.ids.size).toBe(3);
+  expect(cache.lists.thingies!.ids.size).toBe(3);
+  expect(cache.lists.thingies!.state.totalCount).toBe(3);
 
   // Now try adding an additional item.
   const entities2: TestEntity[] = [
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ test('import entities into a list', () => {
   const cache2 = result2.TestEntity as EntityCache<TestEntity>;
 
   expect(cache2.store['4']!.msg).toBe('hehe');
-  expect(cache2.lists.thingies?.ids.size).toBe(4);
+  expect(cache2.lists.thingies!.ids.size).toBe(4);
+  expect(cache2.lists.thingies!.state.totalCount).toBe(4);
 
   // Finally, update an item.
   const entities3: TestEntity[] = [
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ test('import entities into a list', () => {
   const cache3 = result3.TestEntity as EntityCache<TestEntity>;
 
   expect(cache3.store['2']!.msg).toBe('yolofam');
-  expect(cache3.lists.thingies?.ids.size).toBe(4); // unchanged
+  expect(cache3.lists.thingies!.ids.size).toBe(4); // unchanged
+  expect(cache3.lists.thingies!.state.totalCount).toBe(4);
 });
 
 test('fetching updates the list state', () => {
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ test('deleting items', () => {
       lists: {
         '': {
           ids: new Set(['1', '2', '3']),
-          state: createListState(),
+          state: { ...createListState(), totalCount: 3 },
         },
       },
     },
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ test('deleting items', () => {
 
   expect(result.TestEntity!.store).toMatchObject({ '2': { id: '2' } });
   expect([...result.TestEntity!.lists['']!.ids]).toEqual(['2']);
+  expect(result.TestEntity!.lists['']!.state.totalCount).toBe(1);
 });
 
 test('dismiss items', () => {
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ test('dismiss items', () => {
       lists: {
         'yolo': {
           ids: new Set(['1', '2', '3']),
-          state: createListState(),
+          state: { ...createListState(), totalCount: 3 },
         },
       },
     },
@@ -123,4 +127,5 @@ test('dismiss items', () => {
 
   expect(result.TestEntity!.store).toMatchObject(state.TestEntity!.store);
   expect([...result.TestEntity!.lists.yolo!.ids]).toEqual(['2']);
+  expect(result.TestEntity!.lists.yolo!.state.totalCount).toBe(1);
 });
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diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts
index 309accf1b..0f345d675 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function useEntities<TEntity extends Entity>(
   const lastFetchedAt = useListState(path, 'lastFetchedAt');
   const isFetched = useListState(path, 'fetched');
   const isError = !!useListState(path, 'error');
+  const totalCount = useListState(path, 'totalCount');
 
   const next = useListState(path, 'next');
   const prev = useListState(path, 'prev');
@@ -61,10 +62,12 @@ function useEntities<TEntity extends Entity>(
       const response = await api.get(url);
       const schema = opts.schema || z.custom<TEntity>();
       const entities = filteredArray(schema).parse(response.data);
+      const numItems = (selectList(getState(), path)?.ids.size || 0) + entities.length;
 
       dispatch(entitiesFetchSuccess(entities, entityType, listKey, {
         next: getNextLink(response),
         prev: getPrevLink(response),
+        totalCount: Number(response.headers['x-total-count'] ?? numItems) || 0,
         fetching: false,
         fetched: true,
         error: null,
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ function useEntities<TEntity extends Entity>(
     fetchPreviousPage,
     hasNextPage: !!next,
     hasPreviousPage: !!prev,
+    totalCount,
     isError,
     isFetched,
     isFetching,
diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/reducer.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/reducer.ts
index 448de33ab..4f9c1e4d2 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/reducer.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/reducer.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ const deleteEntities = (
 
       if (!opts?.preserveLists) {
         for (const list of Object.values(cache.lists)) {
-          list?.ids.delete(id);
+          if (list) {
+            list.ids.delete(id);
+            list.state.totalCount--;
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ const dismissEntities = (
     if (list) {
       for (const id of ids) {
         list.ids.delete(id);
+        list.state.totalCount--;
       }
 
       draft[entityType] = cache;
diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/types.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/types.ts
index 0e34b62a5..09e6c0174 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/types.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/types.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ interface EntityListState {
   next: string | undefined
   /** Previous URL for pagination, if any. */
   prev: string | undefined
+  /** Total number of items according to the API. */
+  totalCount: number
   /** Error returned from the API, if any. */
   error: any
   /** Whether data has already been fetched */
diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/utils.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/utils.ts
index 9d56ceb42..0040ae674 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/utils.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/utils.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@ const updateStore = (store: EntityStore, entities: Entity[]): EntityStore => {
 /** Update the list with new entity IDs. */
 const updateList = (list: EntityList, entities: Entity[]): EntityList => {
   const newIds = entities.map(entity => entity.id);
+  const ids = new Set([...Array.from(list.ids), ...newIds]);
+
+  const sizeDiff = ids.size - list.ids.size;
+  list.state.totalCount += sizeDiff;
+
   return {
     ...list,
-    ids: new Set([...Array.from(list.ids), ...newIds]),
+    ids,
   };
 };
 
@@ -33,6 +38,7 @@ const createList = (): EntityList => ({
 const createListState = (): EntityListState => ({
   next: undefined,
   prev: undefined,
+  totalCount: 0,
   error: null,
   fetched: false,
   fetching: false,