diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index c86969c89..c6fcc25b0 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Tag < ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag
     self.hotness_score = Article.tagged_with(name).
       where("articles.featured_number > ?", 7.days.ago.to_i).
       map do |article|
-        (article.comments_count * 14) + (article.reactions_count * 4) + rand(6) + ((taggings_count + 1) / 2)
+        (article.comments_count * 14) + article.score + rand(6) + ((taggings_count + 1) / 2)
       end.
       sum
   end
diff --git a/lib/data_update_scripts/20200324133751_update_tag_hotness_scores.rb b/lib/data_update_scripts/20200324133751_update_tag_hotness_scores.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4ce5bdcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/data_update_scripts/20200324133751_update_tag_hotness_scores.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module DataUpdateScripts
+  class UpdateTagHotnessScores
+    def run
+      # Saving a tag will trigger calculate_hotness_score
+      Tag.find_each(&:save)
+    end
+  end
+end