diff --git a/public/language/en_GB/global.json b/public/language/en_GB/global.json
index 3cdef1742c..2796b08ed0 100644
--- a/public/language/en_GB/global.json
+++ b/public/language/en_GB/global.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	"header.admin": "Admin",
 	"header.recent": "Recent",
 	"header.unread": "Unread",
+	"header.popular": "Popular",
 	"header.users": "Users",
 	"header.chats": "Chats",
 	"header.notifications": "Notifications",
@@ -47,5 +48,8 @@
 	"alert.banned.message": "You are banned you will be logged out!",
 
 	"alert.unfollow": "You are no longer following %1!",
-	"alert.follow": "You are now following %1!"
+	"alert.follow": "You are now following %1!",
+
+	"posts": "Posts",
+	"views": "Views"
 }
diff --git a/public/src/forum/popular.js b/public/src/forum/popular.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f85e38ccb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/src/forum/popular.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+define(['forum/recent'], function(recent) {
+	var Popular = {},
+		loadingMoreTopics = false,
+		active = '';
+
+	Popular.init = function() {
+		app.enterRoom('recent_posts');
+
+		$('#new-topics-alert').on('click', function() {
+			$(this).addClass('hide');
+		});
+
+		recent.watchForNewPosts();
+
+		active = recent.selectActivePill();
+
+		app.enableInfiniteLoading(function() {
+			if(!loadingMoreTopics) {
+				loadMoreTopics();
+			}
+		});
+
+		function loadMoreTopics() {
+			loadingMoreTopics = true;
+			socket.emit('topics.loadMoreFromSet', {
+				set: 'topics:' + $('.nav-pills .active a').html().toLowerCase(),
+				after: $('#topics-container').attr('data-nextstart')
+			}, function(err, data) {
+				if(err) {
+					return app.alertError(err.message);
+				}
+
+				if (data.topics && data.topics.length) {
+					recent.onTopicsLoaded('popular', data.topics);
+					$('#topics-container').attr('data-nextstart', data.nextStart);
+				} else {
+					$('#load-more-btn').hide();
+				}
+
+				loadingMoreTopics = false;
+			});
+		}
+	};
+
+	return Popular;
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/src/forum/recent.js b/public/src/forum/recent.js
index 17d4602403..15e1d63ceb 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/recent.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/recent.js
@@ -7,27 +7,21 @@ define(function() {
 
 	var active = '';
 
+	function getActiveSection() {
+		var url = window.location.href,
+		parts = url.split('/'),
+		active = parts[parts.length - 1];
+		return active;
+	}
+
 	Recent.init = function() {
 		app.enterRoom('recent_posts');
 
 		Recent.watchForNewPosts();
 
-		function getActiveSection() {
-			var url = window.location.href,
-			parts = url.split('/'),
-			active = parts[parts.length - 1];
-			return active;
-		}
 
-		active = getActiveSection();
+		active = Recent.selectActivePill();
 
-		jQuery('.nav-pills li').removeClass('active');
-		jQuery('.nav-pills li a').each(function() {
-			if (this.getAttribute('href').match(active)) {
-				jQuery(this.parentNode).addClass('active');
-				return false;
-			}
-		});
 
 		$('#new-topics-alert').on('click', function() {
 			$(this).addClass('hide');
@@ -41,6 +35,20 @@ define(function() {
 		});
 	};
 
+	Recent.selectActivePill = function() {
+		var active = getActiveSection();
+
+		jQuery('.nav-pills li').removeClass('active');
+		jQuery('.nav-pills li a').each(function() {
+			if (this.getAttribute('href').match(active)) {
+				jQuery(this.parentNode).addClass('active');
+				return false;
+			}
+		});
+
+		return active;
+	}
+
 	Recent.watchForNewPosts = function () {
 
 		newPostCount = 0;
diff --git a/public/templates/header.tpl b/public/templates/header.tpl
index 1de45045aa..f7cd8f1ebc 100644
--- a/public/templates/header.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/header.tpl
@@ -57,11 +57,14 @@
 
 			<div class="navbar-collapse collapse navbar-ex1-collapse">
 				<ul id="main-nav" class="nav navbar-nav">
+					<li class="nodebb-loggedin">
+						<a href="{relative_path}/unread"><i id="unread-count" class="fa fa-fw fa-inbox" data-content="0" title="[[global:header.unread]]"></i><span class="visible-xs-inline"> [[global:header.unread]]</span></a>
+					</li>
 					<li>
 						<a href="{relative_path}/recent"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-clock-o" title="[[global:header.recent]]"></i><span class="visible-xs-inline"> [[global:header.recent]]</span></a>
 					</li>
-					<li class="nodebb-loggedin">
-						<a href="{relative_path}/unread"><i id="unread-count" class="fa fa-fw fa-inbox" data-content="0" title="[[global:header.unread]]"></i><span class="visible-xs-inline"> [[global:header.unread]]</span></a>
+					<li>
+						<a href="{relative_path}/popular"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-fire" title="[[global:header.popular]]"></i><span class="visible-xs-inline"> [[global:header.popular]]</span></a>
 					</li>
 					<li>
 						<a href="{relative_path}/users"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-users" title="[[global:header.users]]"></i><span class="visible-xs-inline"> [[global:header.users]]</span></a>
diff --git a/public/templates/popular.tpl b/public/templates/popular.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d26975466e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/templates/popular.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<ol class="breadcrumb">
+	<li><a href="{relative_path}/">Home</a></li>
+	<li class="active">[[global:header.popular]] <a href="{relative_path}/popular.rss"><i class="fa fa-rss-square"></i></a></li>
+</ol>
+
+<ul class="nav nav-pills">
+	<li class=''><a href='{relative_path}/popular/posts'>[[global:posts]]</a></li>
+	<li class=''><a href='{relative_path}/popular/views'>[[global:views]]</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<br />
+
+<a href="{relative_path}/popular">
+	<div class="alert alert-warning hide" id="new-topics-alert"></div>
+</a>
+
+<!-- IF !topics.length -->
+<div class="alert alert-warning" id="category-no-topics">
+	<strong>There are no popular topics.</strong>
+</div>
+<!-- ENDIF !topics.length -->
+
+<div class="category row">
+	<div class="col-md-12">
+		<ul id="topics-container" data-nextstart="{nextStart}">
+		<!-- BEGIN topics -->
+		<li class="category-item {topics.deleted-class}">
+			<div class="col-md-12 col-xs-12 panel panel-default topic-row">
+				<a href="{relative_path}/user/{topics.userslug}" class="pull-left">
+					<img class="img-rounded user-img" src="{topics.picture}" title="{topics.username}" />
+				</a>
+
+				<h3>
+					<a href="{relative_path}/topic/{topics.slug}">
+						<span class="topic-title">
+							<strong>
+								<i class="fa {topics.pin-icon}"></i>
+								<i class="fa {topics.lock-icon}"></i>
+							</strong>
+							 {topics.title}
+						</span>
+					</a>
+				</h3>
+
+				<small>
+					<span class="topic-stats">
+						posts
+						<strong class="human-readable-number" title="{topics.postcount}">{topics.postcount}</strong>
+					</span>
+					|
+					<span class="topic-stats">
+						views
+						<strong class="human-readable-number" title="{topics.viewcount}">{topics.viewcount}</strong>
+					</span>
+					|
+					<span>
+						posted in
+						<a href="{relative_path}/category/{topics.categorySlug}">
+							<i class="fa {topics.categoryIcon}"></i> {topics.categoryName}
+						</a>
+						<span class="timeago" title="{topics.relativeTime}"></span>
+						</span>
+					</span>
+
+					<span class="pull-right">
+						<!-- IF topics.unreplied -->
+						No one has replied
+						<!-- ELSE -->
+						<a href="{relative_path}/user/{topics.teaser_userslug}">
+							<img class="teaser-pic" src="{topics.teaser_userpicture}" title="{topics.teaser_username}"/>
+						</a>
+						<a href="{relative_path}/topic/{topics.slug}#{topics.teaser_pid}">
+							replied
+						</a>
+						<span class="timeago" title="{topics.teaser_timestamp}"></span>
+						<!-- ENDIF topics.unreplied -->
+					</span>
+				</small>
+			</div>
+		</li>
+		<!-- END topics -->
+		</ul>
+	</div>
+</div>
diff --git a/public/templates/recent.tpl b/public/templates/recent.tpl
index 27fbf7ad94..000cbe64e1 100644
--- a/public/templates/recent.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/recent.tpl
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 	<div class="alert alert-warning hide" id="new-topics-alert"></div>
 </a>
 
-<div class="alert alert-warning hide {no_topics_message}" id="category-no-topics">
+<!-- IF !topics.length -->
+<div class="alert alert-warning" id="category-no-topics">
 	<strong>There are no recent topics.</strong>
 </div>
+<!-- ENDIF !topics.length -->
 
 <div class="category row">
 	<div class="col-md-12">
diff --git a/src/routes/api.js b/src/routes/api.js
index 18e1cfc21b..cbc09b983b 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.js
+++ b/src/routes/api.js
@@ -258,6 +258,20 @@ var path = require('path'),
 				});
 			});
 
+			app.get('/popular/:set?', function (req, res, next) {
+				var uid = (req.user) ? req.user.uid : 0;
+				var set = 'topics:' + req.params.set;
+				if(!req.params.set) {
+					set = 'topics:posts';
+				}
+				topics.getTopicsFromSet(uid, set, 0, 19, function(err, data) {
+					if(err) {
+						return next(err);
+					}
+					res.json(data);
+				});
+			});
+
 			app.get('/unread', function (req, res, next) {
 				var uid = (req.user) ? req.user.uid : 0;
 				topics.getUnreadTopics(uid, 0, 19, function (err, data) {
diff --git a/src/socket.io/topics.js b/src/socket.io/topics.js
index c420b133ec..381cbc13ea 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/topics.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/topics.js
@@ -273,8 +273,20 @@ SocketTopics.loadMoreUnreadTopics = function(socket, data, callback) {
 	topics.getUnreadTopics(socket.uid, start, end, callback);
 };
 
+SocketTopics.loadMoreFromSet = function(socket, data, callback) {
+	if(!data || !data.after || !data.set) {
+		return callback(new Error('invalid data'));
+	}
+
+	var start = parseInt(data.after, 10),
+		end = start + 9;
+
+	topics.getTopicsFromSet(socket.uid, data.set, start, end, callback);
+};
+
+
 SocketTopics.getPageCount = function(socket, tid, callback) {
 	topics.getPageCount(tid, callback);
-}
+};
 
 module.exports = SocketTopics;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index b56b742f0b..147447adf9 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -415,6 +415,42 @@ var async = require('async'),
 		});
 	}
 
+	function getTopics(set, uid, tids, callback) {
+		var latestTopics = {
+			'topics': []
+		};
+
+		if (!tids || !tids.length) {
+			return callback(null, latestTopics);
+		}
+
+		async.filter(tids, function(tid, next) {
+			threadTools.privileges(tid, uid, function(err, privileges) {
+				next(!err && privileges.read);
+			});
+		}, function(tids) {
+			Topics.getTopicsByTids(tids, 0, uid, function(err, topicData) {
+				if(err) {
+					return callback(err);
+				}
+
+				if(!topicData || !topicData.length) {
+					return callback(null, latestTopics);
+				}
+
+				db.sortedSetRevRank(set, topicData[topicData.length - 1].tid, function(err, rank) {
+					if(err) {
+						return calllback(err);
+					}
+
+					latestTopics.nextStart = parseInt(rank, 10) + 1;
+					latestTopics.topics = topicData;
+					callback(null, latestTopics);
+				});
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
 	Topics.getLatestTopics = function(current_user, start, end, term, callback) {
 
 		var timestamp = Date.now();
@@ -436,38 +472,17 @@ var async = require('async'),
 				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			var latestTopics = {
-				'no_topics_message': 'hidden',
-				'topics': []
-			};
+			getTopics('topics:recent', current_user, tids, callback);
+		});
+	}
 
-			if (!tids || !tids.length) {
-				latestTopics.no_topics_message = 'show';
-				return callback(null, latestTopics);
+	Topics.getTopicsFromSet = function(uid, set, start, end, callback) {
+		db.getSortedSetRevRange(set, start, end, function(err, tids) {
+			if(err) {
+				return callback(err);
 			}
 
-			async.filter(tids, function(tid, next) {
-				threadTools.privileges(tid, current_user, function(err, privileges) {
-					next(!err && privileges.read);
-				});
-			}, function(tids) {
-				Topics.getTopicsByTids(tids, 0, current_user, function(err, topicData) {
-					if(err) {
-						return callback(err);
-					}
-
-					if(!topicData || !topicData.length) {
-						latestTopics.no_topics_message = 'show';
-						return callback(null, latestTopics);
-					}
-
-					db.sortedSetRevRank('topics:recent', topicData[topicData.length - 1].tid, function(err, rank) {
-						latestTopics.nextStart = parseInt(rank,10) + 1;
-						latestTopics.topics = topicData;
-						callback(null, latestTopics);
-					});
-				});
-			});
+			getTopics(set, uid, tids, callback);
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -1075,15 +1090,30 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	}
 
 	Topics.increasePostCount = function(tid, callback) {
-		db.incrObjectField('topic:' + tid, 'postcount', callback);
+		db.incrObjectField('topic:' + tid, 'postcount', function(err, value) {
+			if(err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+			db.sortedSetAdd('topics:posts', value, tid, callback);
+		});
 	}
 
 	Topics.decreasePostCount = function(tid, callback) {
-		db.decrObjectField('topic:' + tid, 'postcount', callback);
+		db.decrObjectField('topic:' + tid, 'postcount', function(err, value) {
+			if(err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+			db.sortedSetAdd('topics:posts', value, tid, callback);
+		});
 	}
 
 	Topics.increaseViewCount = function(tid, callback) {
-		db.incrObjectField('topic:' + tid, 'viewcount', callback);
+		db.incrObjectField('topic:' + tid, 'viewcount', function(err, value) {
+			if(err) {
+				return callback(err);
+			}
+			db.sortedSetAdd('topics:views', value, tid, callback);
+		});
 	}
 
 	Topics.isLocked = function(tid, callback) {
@@ -1143,6 +1173,8 @@ var async = require('async'),
 	Topics.delete = function(tid) {
 		Topics.setTopicField(tid, 'deleted', 1);
 		db.sortedSetRemove('topics:recent', tid);
+		db.sortedSetRemove('topics:posts', tid);
+		db.sortedSetRemove('topics:views', tid);
 
 		Topics.getTopicField(tid, 'cid', function(err, cid) {
 			feed.updateCategory(cid);
@@ -1152,8 +1184,10 @@ var async = require('async'),
 
 	Topics.restore = function(tid) {
 		Topics.setTopicField(tid, 'deleted', 0);
-		Topics.getTopicField(tid, 'lastposttime', function(err, lastposttime) {
-			db.sortedSetAdd('topics:recent', lastposttime, tid);
+		Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['lastposttime', 'postcount', 'viewcount'], function(err, topicData) {
+			db.sortedSetAdd('topics:recent', topicData.lastposttime, tid);
+			db.sortedSetAdd('topics:posts', topicData.postcount, tid);
+			db.sortedSetAdd('topics:views', topicData.viewcount, tid);
 		});
 
 		Topics.getTopicField(tid, 'cid', function(err, cid) {
diff --git a/src/upgrade.js b/src/upgrade.js
index 1581ea1589..c3205b0579 100644
--- a/src/upgrade.js
+++ b/src/upgrade.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 
 Upgrade.check = function(callback) {
 	// IMPORTANT: REMEMBER TO UPDATE VALUE OF latestSchema
-	var	latestSchema = new Date(2014, 0, 30, 15, 0).getTime();
+	var	latestSchema = new Date(2014, 0, 30, 16, 0).getTime();
 
 	db.get('schemaDate', function(err, value) {
 		if (parseInt(value, 10) >= latestSchema) {
@@ -429,6 +429,53 @@ Upgrade.upgrade = function(callback) {
 				winston.info('[2014/1/30] Fixing language settings -- skipped');
 				next();
 			}
+		},
+		function(next) {
+			function updateTopic(tid, next) {
+				Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['postcount', 'viewcount'], function(err, topicData) {
+					if(err) {
+						next(err);
+					}
+
+					if(topicData) {
+						if(!topicData.postcount) {
+							topicData.postcount = 0;
+						}
+
+						if(!topicData.viewcount) {
+							topicData.viewcount = 0;
+						}
+
+						db.sortedSetAdd('topics:posts', topicData.postcount, tid);
+						db.sortedSetAdd('topics:views', topicData.viewcount, tid);
+					}
+
+					next();
+				});
+			}
+
+			thisSchemaDate = new Date(2014, 0, 30, 16, 0).getTime();
+			if (schemaDate < thisSchemaDate) {
+				updatesMade = true;
+
+
+
+				winston.info('[2014/1/30] Adding new topic sets');
+				db.getSortedSetRange('topics:recent', 0, -1, function(err, tids) {
+					if(err) {
+						return next(err);
+					}
+
+					async.each(tids, updateTopic, function(err) {
+						next(err);
+					});
+				});
+
+
+			} else {
+				winston.info('[2014/1/30] Adding new topic sets -- skipped');
+				next();
+			}
 		}
 		// Add new schema updates here
 		// IMPORTANT: REMEMBER TO UPDATE VALUE OF latestSchema IN LINE 17!!!
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 743512e4f2..5c3a5874dc 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ module.exports.server = server;
 
 		// Basic Routes (entirely client-side parsed, goal is to move the rest of the crap in this file into this one section)
 		(function () {
-			var routes = ['login', 'register', 'account', 'recent', '403', '404', '500'],
+			var routes = ['login', 'register', 'account', 'recent', 'popular', '403', '404', '500'],
 				loginRequired = ['unread', 'notifications'];
 
 			async.each(routes.concat(loginRequired), function(route, next) {
@@ -868,6 +868,16 @@ module.exports.server = server;
 
 		});
 
+		app.get('/popular/:term?', function (req, res) {
+			app.build_header({
+				req: req,
+				res: res
+			}, function (err, header) {
+				res.send(header + app.create_route('popular/' + req.params.term, null, 'popular') + templates.footer);
+			});
+
+		});
+
 		app.get('/outgoing', function (req, res) {
 			if (!req.query.url) {
 				return res.redirect('/404');