diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/CommentsMainFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/CommentsMainFragment.kt
index e7353844d..1ec1c4e25 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/CommentsMainFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/fragments/CommentsMainFragment.kt
@@ -108,11 +108,16 @@ class CommentsMainFragment : Fragment() {
                 launch {
                     viewModel.commentsFlow.collect {
                         commentPagingAdapter.submitData(it)
+                    }
+                }
+
+                launch {
+                    viewModel.commentCountLiveData.observe(viewLifecycleOwner) { commentCount ->
+                        if (commentCount == null) return@observe
 
-                        val commentCount = commentPagingAdapter.itemCount.toLong().formatShort()
                         commentsSheet?.updateFragmentInfo(
                             false,
-                            getString(R.string.comments_count, commentCount)
+                            getString(R.string.comments_count, commentCount.formatShort())
                         )
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/models/CommentsViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/models/CommentsViewModel.kt
index 839a4ab8a..b317ef8c6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/models/CommentsViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/models/CommentsViewModel.kt
@@ -8,18 +8,22 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
 import androidx.paging.Pager
 import androidx.paging.PagingConfig
 import androidx.paging.cachedIn
+import com.github.libretube.extensions.updateIfChanged
 import com.github.libretube.ui.models.sources.CommentPagingSource
 import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flatMapLatest
 
 class CommentsViewModel : ViewModel() {
     val videoIdLiveData = MutableLiveData<String>()
+    val commentCountLiveData = MutableLiveData<Long>()
 
     @OptIn(ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class)
     val commentsFlow = videoIdLiveData.asFlow()
         .flatMapLatest {
             Pager(PagingConfig(pageSize = 20, enablePlaceholders = false)) {
-                CommentPagingSource(it)
+                CommentPagingSource(it) {
+                    commentCountLiveData.updateIfChanged(it)
+                }
             }.flow
         }
         .cachedIn(viewModelScope)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/models/sources/CommentPagingSource.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/models/sources/CommentPagingSource.kt
index d571fd4d7..efbf339c2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/models/sources/CommentPagingSource.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/ui/models/sources/CommentPagingSource.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import androidx.paging.PagingState
 import com.github.libretube.api.RetrofitInstance
 import com.github.libretube.api.obj.Comment
 
-class CommentPagingSource(private val videoId: String) : PagingSource<String, Comment>() {
+class CommentPagingSource(
+    private val videoId: String,
+    private val onCommentCount: (Long) -> Unit
+) : PagingSource<String, Comment>() {
     override fun getRefreshKey(state: PagingState<String, Comment>) = null
 
     override suspend fun load(params: LoadParams<String>): LoadResult<String, Comment> {
@@ -13,6 +16,9 @@ class CommentPagingSource(private val videoId: String) : PagingSource<String, Co
             val result = params.key?.let {
                 RetrofitInstance.api.getCommentsNextPage(videoId, it)
             } ?: RetrofitInstance.api.getComments(videoId)
+
+            if (result.commentCount > 0) onCommentCount(result.commentCount)
+
             LoadResult.Page(result.comments, null, result.nextpage)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             LoadResult.Error(e)