From 82fea6da7d57b62105211742ac67598a41db4653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spence Pope <spencerfpope@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:34:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [APP-1846] Remove trending post counts until we can improve
 accuracy (#9867)

---
 .../Search/modules/ExploreTrendingTopics.tsx       | 14 ++------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/screens/Search/modules/ExploreTrendingTopics.tsx b/src/screens/Search/modules/ExploreTrendingTopics.tsx
index 693c4710c3..9eaa493b00 100644
--- a/src/screens/Search/modules/ExploreTrendingTopics.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Search/modules/ExploreTrendingTopics.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {useMemo} from 'react'
 import {Pressable, View} from 'react-native'
 import {type AppBskyUnspeccedDefs, moderateProfile} from '@atproto/api'
-import {msg, plural, Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
+import {msg, Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 
 import {useModerationOpts} from '#/state/preferences/moderation-opts'
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {useTrendingSettings} from '#/state/preferences/trending'
 import {useGetTrendsQuery} from '#/state/queries/trending/useGetTrendsQuery'
 import {useTrendingConfig} from '#/state/service-config'
 import {LoadingPlaceholder} from '#/view/com/util/LoadingPlaceholder'
-import {formatCount} from '#/view/com/util/numeric/format'
 import {atoms as a, useGutters, useTheme, type ViewStyleProp, web} from '#/alf'
 import {AvatarStack} from '#/components/AvatarStack'
 import {type Props as SVGIconProps} from '#/components/icons/common'
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ export function TrendRow({
   onPress?: () => void
 }) {
   const t = useTheme()
-  const {_, i18n} = useLingui()
+  const {_} = useLingui()
   const gutters = useGutters([0, 'base'])
 
   const category = useCategoryDisplayName(trend?.category || 'other')
@@ -74,13 +73,6 @@ export function TrendRow({
       (1000 * 60 * 60),
   )
   const badgeType = trend.status === 'hot' ? 'hot' : age < 2 ? 'new' : age
-  const postCount = trend.postCount
-    ? _(
-        plural(trend.postCount, {
-          other: `${formatCount(i18n, trend.postCount)} posts`,
-        }),
-      )
-    : null
 
   const actors = useModerateTrendingActors(trend.actors)
 
@@ -132,8 +124,6 @@ export function TrendRow({
                     web(a.leading_snug),
                   ]}
                   numberOfLines={1}>
-                  {postCount}
-                  {postCount && category && <> &middot; </>}
                   {category}
                 </Text>
               </View>