diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index f2da13773..c69a19341 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # 0.7.16.0
 
 ## Refactor
+* Cache local posts/comments count for statistics [#8241](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/8241)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/app/presenters/node_info_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/node_info_presenter.rb
index 343981422..8eeda65d3 100644
--- a/app/presenters/node_info_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/node_info_presenter.rb
@@ -114,8 +114,10 @@ class NodeInfoPresenter
   end
 
   def local_comments
-    @local_comments ||= Comment.joins(:author)
-                               .where.not(people: {owner_id: nil})
-                               .count
+    Rails.cache.fetch("NodeInfoPresenter/local_comments", expires_in: 1.hour) do
+      @local_comments ||= Comment.joins(:author)
+                                 .where.not(people: {owner_id: nil})
+                                 .count
+    end
   end
 end