diff --git a/src/components/ProgressGuide/FollowDialog.tsx b/src/components/ProgressGuide/FollowDialog.tsx
index 0d9a962a33..a8c64935ad 100644
--- a/src/components/ProgressGuide/FollowDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProgressGuide/FollowDialog.tsx
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ function DialogInner({guide}: {guide: Follow10ProgressGuide}) {
     error: suggestionsError,
   } = useGetSuggestedUsersQuery({
     category: selectedInterest,
+    limit: 50,
   })
   const {
     data: searchResults,
diff --git a/src/state/queries/trending/useGetSuggestedUsersQuery.ts b/src/state/queries/trending/useGetSuggestedUsersQuery.ts
index 695e53f52e..8bc5887e82 100644
--- a/src/state/queries/trending/useGetSuggestedUsersQuery.ts
+++ b/src/state/queries/trending/useGetSuggestedUsersQuery.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ import {STALE} from '#/state/queries'
 import {usePreferencesQuery} from '#/state/queries/preferences'
 import {useAgent} from '#/state/session'
 
-export type QueryProps = {category?: string | null; enabled?: boolean}
+export type QueryProps = {category?: string | null; limit?: number, enabled?: boolean}
 
 export const getSuggestedUsersQueryKeyRoot = 'unspecced-suggested-users'
 export const createGetSuggestedUsersQueryKey = (props: QueryProps) => [
   getSuggestedUsersQueryKeyRoot,
   props.category,
+  props.limit,
 ]
 
 export function useGetSuggestedUsersQuery(props: QueryProps) {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export function useGetSuggestedUsersQuery(props: QueryProps) {
   const {data: preferences} = usePreferencesQuery()
 
   return useQuery({
-    enabled: !!preferences && props.enabled,
+    enabled: !!preferences && props.enabled !== false,
     staleTime: STALE.MINUTES.THREE,
     queryKey: createGetSuggestedUsersQueryKey(props),
     queryFn: async () => {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export function useGetSuggestedUsersQuery(props: QueryProps) {
       const {data} = await agent.app.bsky.unspecced.getSuggestedUsers(
         {
           category: props.category ?? undefined,
-          limit: 10,
+          limit: props.limit || 10,
         },
         {
           headers: {