diff --git a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
index a297cf223..f883bee25 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
       return
     end
 
+    @num_published_articles = if @tag_model.requires_approval?
+                                Article.published.cached_tagged_by_approval_with(@tag).size
+                              else
+                                Article.published.cached_tagged_with(@tag).size
+                              end
+
     @stories = Articles::Feed.new(number_of_articles: 8, tag: @tag).published_articles_by_tag
 
     @stories = @stories.where(approved: true) if @tag_model&.requires_approval
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index e579251b6..ff3f2a935 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
 
   scope :cached_tagged_with, ->(tag) { where("cached_tag_list ~* ?", "^#{tag},| #{tag},|, #{tag}$|^#{tag}$") }
 
+  scope :cached_tagged_by_approval_with, ->(tag) { cached_tagged_with(tag).where(approved: true) }
+
   scope :active_help, lambda {
                         published.
                           cached_tagged_with("help").
diff --git a/app/views/articles/tags/_sidebar.html.erb b/app/views/articles/tags/_sidebar.html.erb
index ff617cf09..f19eff703 100644
--- a/app/views/articles/tags/_sidebar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/articles/tags/_sidebar.html.erb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       <% end %>
       <div class="sidebar-data">
         <div>
-          <%= pluralize Article.published.cached_tagged_with(@tag).size, "Post" %> Published
+          <%= pluralize @num_published_articles, "Post" %> Published <%=  %>
         </div>
         <% if user_signed_in? %>
           <span style="display:none;" id="tag-edit-button" data-tag="<%= @tag_model.name %>">