diff --git a/src/controllers/accounts/posts.js b/src/controllers/accounts/posts.js
index dabfd8ece8..1a81e1bcef 100644
--- a/src/controllers/accounts/posts.js
+++ b/src/controllers/accounts/posts.js
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ const templateToData = {
 			const postObjs = await posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, req.uid, { stripTags: false });
 			return { posts: postObjs, nextStart: stop + 1 };
 		},
+		getItemCount: async (sets) => {
+			const counts = await Promise.all(sets.map(set => db.sortedSetCount(set, 1, '+inf')));
+			return counts.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0);
+		},
 	},
 	'account/controversial': {
 		type: 'posts',
@@ -74,6 +78,10 @@ const templateToData = {
 			const postObjs = await posts.getPostSummaryByPids(pids, req.uid, { stripTags: false });
 			return { posts: postObjs, nextStart: stop + 1 };
 		},
+		getItemCount: async (sets) => {
+			const counts = await Promise.all(sets.map(set => db.sortedSetCount(set, '-inf', -1)));
+			return counts.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0);
+		},
 	},
 	'account/watched': {
 		type: 'topics',
@@ -194,7 +202,7 @@ async function getPostsFromUserSet(template, req, res, next) {
 		});
 	} else {
 		result = await utils.promiseParallel({
-			itemCount: settings.usePagination ? db.sortedSetsCardSum(sets) : 0,
+			itemCount: getItemCount(sets, data, settings),
 			itemData: getItemData(sets, data, req, start, stop),
 		});
 	}
@@ -231,3 +239,13 @@ async function getItemData(sets, data, req, start, stop) {
 	const method = data.type === 'topics' ? topics.getTopicsFromSet : posts.getPostSummariesFromSet;
 	return await method(sets, req.uid, start, stop);
 }
+
+async function getItemCount(sets, data, settings) {
+	if (!settings.usePagination) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (data.getItemCount) {
+		return await data.getItemCount(sets);
+	}
+	return await db.sortedSetsCardSum(sets);
+}