diff --git a/src/components/ui/emoji-selector.tsx b/src/components/ui/emoji-selector.tsx
index 6d4b716e0..8760c6eaf 100644
--- a/src/components/ui/emoji-selector.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ui/emoji-selector.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import { closeModal, openModal } from 'soapbox/actions/modals.ts';
 import EmojiComponent from 'soapbox/components/ui/emoji.tsx';
 import HStack from 'soapbox/components/ui/hstack.tsx';
 import IconButton from 'soapbox/components/ui/icon-button.tsx';
-import EmojiPickerDropdown, { getFrequentlyUsedEmojis } from 'soapbox/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx';
+import EmojiPickerDropdown from 'soapbox/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx';
 import emojiData from 'soapbox/features/emoji/data.ts';
 import { useAppDispatch } from 'soapbox/hooks/useAppDispatch.ts';
-import { useAppSelector } from 'soapbox/hooks/useAppSelector.ts';
 import { useClickOutside } from 'soapbox/hooks/useClickOutside.ts';
 import { useFeatures } from 'soapbox/hooks/useFeatures.ts';
+import { useFrequentlyUsedEmojis } from 'soapbox/hooks/useFrequentlyUsedEmojis.ts';
 import { useSoapboxConfig } from 'soapbox/hooks/useSoapboxConfig.ts';
 import { userTouching } from 'soapbox/is-mobile.ts';
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const EmojiSelector: React.FC<IEmojiSelector> = ({
 }): JSX.Element => {
   const { allowedEmoji } = useSoapboxConfig();
   const { customEmojiReacts } = useFeatures();
-  const shortcodes = useAppSelector((state) => getFrequentlyUsedEmojis(state));
+  const frequentlyUsedEmojis = useFrequentlyUsedEmojis();
 
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState(false);
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ const EmojiSelector: React.FC<IEmojiSelector> = ({
     onClose?.();
   });
 
-  const recentEmojis = shortcodes.reduce<string[]>((results, shortcode) => {
+  /** Frequently used emojis converted from shortcodes to native. */
+  const frequentNative = frequentlyUsedEmojis.reduce<string[]>((results, shortcode) => {
     const emoji = emojiData.emojis[shortcode]?.skins[0]?.native;
     if (emoji) {
       results.push(emoji);
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ const EmojiSelector: React.FC<IEmojiSelector> = ({
     return results;
   }, []);
 
-  const emojis = new Set([...recentEmojis, ...allowedEmoji]);
+  /** Set of native emojis to display in the selector. */
+  const emojis = new Set([...frequentNative, ...allowedEmoji]);
 
   return (
     <div
diff --git a/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx b/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx
index 2eb1131ef..9c8104b47 100644
--- a/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/src/features/emoji/components/emoji-picker-dropdown.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
 import { useEffect, useState, useLayoutEffect, Suspense } from 'react';
 import { defineMessages, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
-import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
 import { chooseEmoji } from 'soapbox/actions/emojis.ts';
 import { changeSetting } from 'soapbox/actions/settings.ts';
@@ -9,9 +7,8 @@ import { useCustomEmojis } from 'soapbox/api/hooks/useCustomEmojis.ts';
 import { buildCustomEmojis } from 'soapbox/features/emoji/index.ts';
 import { EmojiPicker } from 'soapbox/features/ui/util/async-components.ts';
 import { useAppDispatch } from 'soapbox/hooks/useAppDispatch.ts';
-import { useAppSelector } from 'soapbox/hooks/useAppSelector.ts';
+import { useFrequentlyUsedEmojis } from 'soapbox/hooks/useFrequentlyUsedEmojis.ts';
 import { useTheme } from 'soapbox/hooks/useTheme.ts';
-import { RootState } from 'soapbox/store.ts';
 
 import type { Emoji, CustomEmoji, NativeEmoji } from 'soapbox/features/emoji/index.ts';
 import type { CustomEmoji as MastodonCustomEmoji } from 'soapbox/schemas/custom-emoji.ts';
@@ -52,20 +49,6 @@ export interface IEmojiPickerDropdown {
   update?: (() => any) | null;
 }
 
-const perLine = 8;
-const lines   = 2;
-
-export const getFrequentlyUsedEmojis = createSelector([
-  (state: RootState) => state.settings.get('frequentlyUsedEmojis', ImmutableMap()),
-], (emojiCounters: ImmutableMap<string, number>) => {
-  return emojiCounters
-    .keySeq()
-    .sort((a, b) => emojiCounters.get(a)! - emojiCounters.get(b)!)
-    .reverse()
-    .slice(0, perLine * lines)
-    .toArray();
-});
-
 /** Filter custom emojis to only ones visible in the picker, and sort them alphabetically. */
 function filterCustomEmojis(customEmojis: MastodonCustomEmoji[]) {
   return customEmojis.filter(e => e.visible_in_picker).sort((a, b) => {
@@ -115,7 +98,7 @@ const EmojiPickerDropdown: React.FC<IEmojiPickerDropdown> = ({
   const theme = useTheme();
 
   const { customEmojis } = useCustomEmojis();
-  const frequentlyUsedEmojis = useAppSelector((state) => getFrequentlyUsedEmojis(state));
+  const frequentlyUsedEmojis = useFrequentlyUsedEmojis();
 
   const handlePick = (emoji: any) => {
     setVisible?.(false);
@@ -206,7 +189,7 @@ const EmojiPickerDropdown: React.FC<IEmojiPickerDropdown> = ({
           custom={withCustom ? [{ emojis: buildCustomEmojis(filterCustomEmojis(customEmojis)) }] : undefined}
           title={title}
           onEmojiSelect={handlePick}
-          recent={frequentlyUsedEmojis}
+          recent={frequentlyUsedEmojis.slice(0, 16)}
           perLine={8}
           skin={handleSkinTone}
           emojiSize={22}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useFrequentlyUsedEmojis.ts b/src/hooks/useFrequentlyUsedEmojis.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8bd8a7bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useFrequentlyUsedEmojis.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { useSettings } from 'soapbox/hooks/useSettings.ts';
+
+/** Return a sorted list of most used emoji **shortcodes** from settings. */
+export function useFrequentlyUsedEmojis(): string[] {
+  const { frequentlyUsedEmojis } = useSettings();
+
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    return Object.entries(frequentlyUsedEmojis)
+      .sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
+      .map(([emoji]) => emoji);
+
+  }, [frequentlyUsedEmojis]);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/schemas/soapbox/settings.ts b/src/schemas/soapbox/settings.ts
index 9f70c2c21..9fdbb6f01 100644
--- a/src/schemas/soapbox/settings.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/soapbox/settings.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ const settingsSchema = z.object({
   }),
   /** Settings notifications that have been dismissed. See `useSettingsNotifications` hook. */
   dismissedSettingsNotifications: z.array(z.string()).catch([]),
+  frequentlyUsedEmojis: z.record(
+    z.string(),
+    z.number().int().nonnegative(),
+  ).catch({}),
 });
 
 type Settings = z.infer<typeof settingsSchema>;