diff --git a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
index 4f2dfdeb..8572f8ff 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notifications_controller.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ class NotificationsController < ApplicationController
     @notifications = cursored_notifications_for(type: @type, last_id: params[:last_id])
     @notifications_last_id = @notifications.map(&:id).min
     @more_data_available = !cursored_notifications_for(type: @type, last_id: @notifications_last_id, size: 1).count.zero?
+    @counters = Notification.where(recipient: current_user, new: true)
+                            .group(:target_type)
+                            .count(:target_type)
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
diff --git a/app/views/tabs/_notifications.html.haml b/app/views/tabs/_notifications.html.haml
index ad4d7a63..98ba302a 100644
--- a/app/views/tabs/_notifications.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/tabs/_notifications.html.haml
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
   .list-group
     = list_group_item t('.answer'),
       notifications_path('answer'),
-      badge: Notification.for(current_user).where(target_type: 'Answer', new: true).count
+      badge: @counters['Answer']
     = list_group_item t('.smile'),
       notifications_path('smile'),
-      badge: Notification.for(current_user).where(target_type: 'Smile', new: true).count
+      badge: @counters['Smile']
     = list_group_item t('.comment'),
       notifications_path('comment'),
-      badge: Notification.for(current_user).where(target_type: 'Comment', new: true).count
+      badge: @counters['Comment']
     = list_group_item t('.commentsmile'),
       notifications_path('commentsmile'),
-      badge: Notification.for(current_user).where(target_type: 'CommentSmile', new: true).count
+      badge: @counters['CommentSmile']
     = list_group_item t('.relationship'),
       notifications_path('relationship'),
-      badge: Notification.for(current_user).where(target_type: 'Relationship', new: true).count
+      badge: @counters['Relationship']
 
 .d-none.d-sm-block= render 'shared/links'