diff --git a/app/lib/constants/settings/user_experience.rb b/app/lib/constants/settings/user_experience.rb
index a093406c2..160e89176 100644
--- a/app/lib/constants/settings/user_experience.rb
+++ b/app/lib/constants/settings/user_experience.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ module Constants
             description: I18n.t("lib.constants.settings.user_experience.index_minimum_score.description"),
             placeholder: "0"
           },
+          index_minimum_date: {
+            description: I18n.t("lib.constants.settings.user_experience.index_minimum_date.description"),
+            placeholder: "1500000000"
+          },
           primary_brand_color_hex: {
             description: I18n.t("lib.constants.settings.user_experience.primary_hex.description"),
             placeholder: "#0a0a0a"
diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index af55f08a8..5007eb4d1 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ class Article < ApplicationRecord
       (score < Settings::UserExperience.index_minimum_score &&
        user.comments_count < 1 &&
        !featured) ||
-      published_at.to_i < 1_500_000_000 ||
+      published_at.to_i < Settings::UserExperience.index_minimum_date.to_i ||
       score < -1
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/settings/user_experience.rb b/app/models/settings/user_experience.rb
index 334d5817d..35ec8c9cf 100644
--- a/app/models/settings/user_experience.rb
+++ b/app/models/settings/user_experience.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module Settings
     }
     setting :home_feed_minimum_score, type: :integer, default: 0
     setting :index_minimum_score, type: :integer, default: 0
+    setting :index_minimum_date, type: :integer, default: 1_500_000_000
     setting :primary_brand_color_hex, type: :string, default: "#3b49df", validates: {
       format: {
         with: HEX_COLOR_REGEX,
diff --git a/app/views/admin/settings/forms/_user_experience.html.erb b/app/views/admin/settings/forms/_user_experience.html.erb
index 68e19920b..8708a0617 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/settings/forms/_user_experience.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/settings/forms/_user_experience.html.erb
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@
                              value: Settings::UserExperience.index_minimum_score,
                              placeholder: Constants::Settings::UserExperience.details[:index_minimum_score][:placeholder] %>
         </div>
+       <div class="crayons-field">
+          <%= admin_config_label :index_minimum_date, model: Settings::UserExperience %>
+          <%= admin_config_description Constants::Settings::UserExperience.details[:index_minimum_date][:description] %>
+          <%= f.number_field :index_minimum_date,
+                             class: "crayons-textfield",
+                             value: Settings::UserExperience.index_minimum_date,
+                             placeholder: Constants::Settings::UserExperience.details[:index_minimum_date][:placeholder] %>
+        </div>
         <div class="crayons-field">
           <%= admin_config_label :default_font, model: Settings::UserExperience %>
           <%= admin_config_description Constants::Settings::UserExperience.details[:default_font][:description] %>
diff --git a/config/locales/lib/en.yml b/config/locales/lib/en.yml
index 4909bbb29..b9feecfa3 100644
--- a/config/locales/lib/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/lib/en.yml
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ en:
             placeholder: basic, rich, or compact
           home_feed:
             description: Minimum score needed for a post to show up on the unauthenticated home page.
+          index_minimum_date:
+            description: Minimum date needed for a post to be indexed by search engines (Unix Timestamp).
           index_minimum_score:
             description: Minimum score needed for a post to be indexed by search engines.
           primary_hex:
diff --git a/config/locales/lib/fr.yml b/config/locales/lib/fr.yml
index 3b5bf13c6..d65b8876f 100644
--- a/config/locales/lib/fr.yml
+++ b/config/locales/lib/fr.yml
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ fr:
             placeholder: basic, rich, or compact
           home_feed:
             description: Minimum score needed for a post to show up on the unauthenticated home page.
+          index_minimum_date:
+            description: Minimum date needed for a post to be indexed by search engines (Unix Timestamp).
           index_minimum_score:
             description: Minimum score needed for a post to be indexed by search engines.
           primary_hex: