diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/reviewable-item.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/reviewable-item.js.es6
index 60a1faa2593..ffce8c88a99 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/reviewable-item.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/reviewable-item.js.es6
@@ -48,9 +48,14 @@ export default Ember.Component.extend({
         }
       )
         .then(result => {
-          this.attrs.remove(
-            result.reviewable_perform_result.remove_reviewable_ids
-          );
+          let performResult = result.reviewable_perform_result;
+
+          // "fast track" to update the current user's reviewable count before the message bus finds out.
+          if (performResult.reviewable_count !== undefined) {
+            this.currentUser.set("reviewable_count", result.reviewable_count);
+          }
+
+          this.attrs.remove(performResult.remove_reviewable_ids);
         })
         .catch(popupAjaxError)
         .finally(() => this.set("updating", false));
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/review-index.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/review-index.js.es6
index 8c4700763ac..f925075d9a1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/review-index.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/routes/review-index.js.es6
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ export default Discourse.Route.extend({
 
   setupController(controller, model) {
     let meta = model.resultSetMeta;
+
+    // "fast track" to update the current user's reviewable count before the message bus finds out.
+    if (meta.reviewable_count !== undefined) {
+      this.currentUser.set("reviewable_count", meta.reviewable_count);
+    }
+
     controller.setProperties({
       reviewables: model,
       type: meta.type,
diff --git a/app/controllers/reviewables_controller.rb b/app/controllers/reviewables_controller.rb
index 04e76230e50..274e4bac74c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/reviewables_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/reviewables_controller.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class ReviewablesController < ApplicationController
         result
       end,
       meta: filters.merge(
-        total_rows_reviewables: total_rows, types: meta_types, reviewable_types: Reviewable.types
+        total_rows_reviewables: total_rows, types: meta_types, reviewable_types: Reviewable.types,
+        reviewable_count: Reviewable.list_for(current_user).count
       )
     }
     if (offset + PER_PAGE) < total_rows
diff --git a/app/serializers/reviewable_perform_result_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/reviewable_perform_result_serializer.rb
index 813bc5f99a1..d48964a40f7 100644
--- a/app/serializers/reviewable_perform_result_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/reviewable_perform_result_serializer.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ class ReviewablePerformResultSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     :created_post_id,
     :created_post_topic_id,
     :remove_reviewable_ids,
-    :version
+    :version,
+    :reviewable_count
   )
 
   def success
@@ -37,4 +38,8 @@ class ReviewablePerformResultSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
   def include_created_post_topic_id?
     object.created_post_topic.present?
   end
+
+  def reviewable_count
+    Reviewable.list_for(scope.user).count
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/reviewables_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/reviewables_controller_spec.rb
index 9362b37549c..bf061003025 100644
--- a/spec/requests/reviewables_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/reviewables_controller_spec.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ describe ReviewablesController do
 
         expect(json['users'].any? { |u| u['id'] == reviewable.created_by_id }).to eq(true)
         expect(json['users'].any? { |u| u['id'] == reviewable.target_created_by_id }).to eq(true)
+
+        expect(json['meta']['reviewable_count']).to eq(1)
+        expect(json['meta']['status']).to eq("pending")
       end
 
       it "supports filtering by score" do
@@ -274,6 +277,7 @@ describe ReviewablesController do
         expect(json['reviewable_perform_result']['transition_to']).to eq('approved')
         expect(json['reviewable_perform_result']['transition_to_id']).to eq(Reviewable.statuses[:approved])
         expect(json['reviewable_perform_result']['remove_reviewable_ids']).to eq([reviewable.id])
+        expect(json['reviewable_perform_result']['reviewable_count']).to eq(1)
 
         expect(reviewable.reload.version).to eq(1)
         expect(other_reviewable.reload.version).to eq(0)