diff --git a/app/serializers/homepage/article_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/homepage/article_serializer.rb
index 9f148be91..5c9d27777 100644
--- a/app/serializers/homepage/article_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/homepage/article_serializer.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 module Homepage
   class ArticleSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+    # @param relation [ActiveRecord::Relation<Article>]
+    #
+    # @return [Hash]
+    def self.serialized_collection_from(relation:)
+      # Unfortunately the FlareTag class sends one SQL query per each article,
+      # as we want to optimize by loading them in one query, we're using a different class
+      tag_flares = Homepage::FetchTagFlares.call(relation)
+
+      # including user and organization as the last step as they are not needed
+      # by the query that fetches tag flares, they are only needed by the serializer
+      relation = relation.includes(:user, :organization)
+
+      new(relation, params: { tag_flares: tag_flares }, is_collection: true)
+        .serializable_hash[:data]
+        .pluck(:attributes)
+    end
+
     attributes(
       :class_name,
       :cloudinary_video_url,
diff --git a/app/services/homepage/fetch_articles.rb b/app/services/homepage/fetch_articles.rb
index cd5fe7cf1..f122b3f11 100644
--- a/app/services/homepage/fetch_articles.rb
+++ b/app/services/homepage/fetch_articles.rb
@@ -31,19 +31,7 @@ module Homepage
         per_page: per_page,
       )
 
-      # Unfortunately the FlareTag class sends one SQL query per each article,
-      # as we want to optimize by loading them in one query, we're using a different class
-      tag_flares = Homepage::FetchTagFlares.call(articles)
-
-      # including user and organization as the last step as they are not needed
-      # by the query that fetches tag flares, they are only needed by the serializer
-      # NOTE: wish there was a way to specify which columns to fetch for `User` and `Organization`...
-      articles = articles.includes(:user, :organization)
-
-      Homepage::ArticleSerializer
-        .new(articles, params: { tag_flares: tag_flares }, is_collection: true)
-        .serializable_hash[:data]
-        .pluck(:attributes)
+      Homepage::ArticleSerializer.serialized_collection_from(relation: articles)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/search/article.rb b/app/services/search/article.rb
index 25e13a7ef..c32a6bbbb 100644
--- a/app/services/search/article.rb
+++ b/app/services/search/article.rb
@@ -16,13 +16,7 @@ module Search
 
       relation = sort(relation, term, sort_by, sort_direction)
 
-      tag_flares = Homepage::FetchTagFlares.call(relation)
-
-      # including user and organization as the last step as they are not needed
-      # by the query that fetches tag flares, they are only needed by the serializer
-      relation = relation.includes(:user, :organization)
-
-      serialize(relation, tag_flares)
+      Homepage::ArticleSerializer.serialized_collection_from(relation: relation)
     end
 
     def self.sort(relation, term, sort_by, sort_direction)
@@ -34,13 +28,5 @@ module Search
       relation.reorder(DEFAULT_SORT_BY)
     end
     private_class_method :sort
-
-    def self.serialize(articles, tag_flares)
-      Homepage::ArticleSerializer
-        .new(articles, params: { tag_flares: tag_flares }, is_collection: true)
-        .serializable_hash[:data]
-        .pluck(:attributes)
-    end
-    private_class_method :serialize
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/serializers/homepage/article_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/homepage/article_serializer_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2100e933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/serializers/homepage/article_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe Homepage::ArticleSerializer, type: :serializer do
+  describe "#serialized_collection_from" do
+    let(:user) { create(:user, name: "\"Rowdy\" Roddy Piper \\:/") }
+    let(:organization) { create(:organization) }
+    let(:tag) { create(:tag, name: "ama", bg_color_hex: "#f3f3f3", text_color_hex: "#cccccc") }
+    let(:article) { create(:article, user: user, organization: organization, tags: tag.name) }
+
+    before do
+      article
+      stub_const("FlareTag::FLARE_TAG_IDS_HASH", { "ama" => tag.id })
+    end
+
+    it "is parseable as JSON (once converted to_json)" do
+      response = described_class.serialized_collection_from(relation: Article.all)
+      expect(JSON.parse(response.to_json)[0].dig("user", "name")).to eq(user.name)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/homepage/fetch_articles_spec.rb b/spec/services/homepage/fetch_articles_spec.rb
index acaf83fd5..aadff3e68 100644
--- a/spec/services/homepage/fetch_articles_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/homepage/fetch_articles_spec.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ RSpec.describe Homepage::FetchArticles, type: :service do
   describe ".call" do
     # rubocop:disable RSpec/ExampleLength
     it "returns results in the correct format", :aggregate_failures do
-      article = create(
-        :article, video_thumbnail_url: "https://example.com", tags: Constants::Tags::FLARE_TAG_NAMES.first
-      )
-      create(:comment, commentable: article)
+      tag = create(:tag, name: "ama", bg_color_hex: "#f3f3f3", text_color_hex: "#cccccc")
+      article = create(:article, video_thumbnail_url: "https://example.com", tags: tag.name)
+
+      stub_const("FlareTag::FLARE_TAG_IDS_HASH", { "ama" => tag.id })
 
       result = described_class.call.first