diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 087de5922..76f0710c0 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ end
 num_articles = 25 * SEEDS_MULTIPLIER
 
 seeder.create_if_none(Article, num_articles) do
+  user_ids = User.all.pluck(:id)
+  public_categories = %w[like unicorn]
+
   num_articles.times do |i|
     tags = []
     tags << "discuss" if (i % 3).zero?
@@ -187,12 +190,21 @@ seeder.create_if_none(Article, num_articles) do
       #{Faker::Hipster.paragraph(sentence_count: 2)}
     MARKDOWN
 
-    Article.create!(
+    article = Article.create!(
       body_markdown: markdown,
       featured: true,
       show_comments: true,
       user_id: User.order(Arel.sql("RANDOM()")).first.id,
     )
+
+    Random.random_number(10).times do |t|
+      article.reactions.create(
+        user_id: user_ids.sample,
+        category: public_categories.sample,
+      )
+    end
+
+    article.sync_reactions_count
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/data_update_scripts/20200526181850_update_public_reaction_counts_again.rb b/lib/data_update_scripts/20200526181850_update_public_reaction_counts_again.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bccf2b60..000000000
--- a/lib/data_update_scripts/20200526181850_update_public_reaction_counts_again.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-module DataUpdateScripts
-  class UpdatePublicReactionCountsAgain
-    def run
-      article_count = Article.count
-      comment_count = Comment.count
-      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(
-        "UPDATE articles SET public_reactions_count = positive_reactions_count, previous_public_reactions_count = " \
-        "previous_positive_reactions_count WHERE id <= #{article_count / 2}",
-      )
-      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(
-        "UPDATE articles SET public_reactions_count = positive_reactions_count, previous_public_reactions_count = " \
-        "previous_positive_reactions_count WHERE id > #{article_count / 2}",
-      )
-      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(
-        "UPDATE comments SET public_reactions_count = positive_reactions_count WHERE id <= #{comment_count / 2}",
-      )
-      ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(
-        "UPDATE comments SET public_reactions_count = positive_reactions_count WHERE id > #{comment_count / 2}",
-      )
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/data_update_scripts/20210503202046_remove_unused_data_update_scripts.rb b/lib/data_update_scripts/20210503202046_remove_unused_data_update_scripts.rb
index 8745ee9db..dd6e1eaf1 100644
--- a/lib/data_update_scripts/20210503202046_remove_unused_data_update_scripts.rb
+++ b/lib/data_update_scripts/20210503202046_remove_unused_data_update_scripts.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module DataUpdateScripts
       20200415200651_index_reading_list_reactions
       20200518173504_update_public_reactions_count_from_positive_reactions_count
       20200519142908_re_index_feed_content_and_users_to_elasticsearch
+      20200526181850_update_public_reaction_counts_again
       20200729120730_remove_orphaned_ahoy_events
       20200803142830_reindex_listing_search_column
       20200805171911_clean_up_language_settings