diff --git a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
index e6cec16a3..1aeb9a56c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/tags_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #   Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
 #   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
+require File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'models', 'acts_as_taggable_on_tag')
 
 class TagsController < ApplicationController
   skip_before_filter :which_action_and_user
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ class TagsController < ApplicationController
   def show
     params[:name].downcase!
     @aspect = :tag
+    @tag = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.find_by_name(params[:name])
+    @tag_follow_count = @tag.followed_count
 
     if current_user
       @posts = StatusMessage.owned_or_visible_by_user(current_user)
@@ -74,5 +77,4 @@ class TagsController < ApplicationController
    end
    @tag_followed
  end
-
 end
diff --git a/app/models/acts_as_taggable_on_tag.rb b/app/models/acts_as_taggable_on_tag.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8417f772a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/acts_as_taggable_on_tag.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag 
+  def followed_count
+   @followed_count ||= TagFollowing.where(:tag_id => self.id).count
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/featured_users/_user.html.haml b/app/views/featured_users/_user.html.haml
index f2cc5ff44..32ed238f9 100644
--- a/app/views/featured_users/_user.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/featured_users/_user.html.haml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   .tags
     - person.profile.tags.each do |tag|
-      = link_to "##{tag}", tag_path(tag)
+      = link_to "##{tag}", tag_path(:name => tag.name)
 
   .add_user_to_aspect
     = render :partial => 'people/relationship_action',
diff --git a/app/views/tags/show.haml b/app/views/tags/show.haml
index c9590762c..3db8e4c54 100644
--- a/app/views/tags/show.haml
+++ b/app/views/tags/show.haml
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
             = button_to t('.following', :tag => params[:name]), tag_tag_followings_path(:name => params[:name]), :method => :delete,   :class => 'button red_on_hover tag_following in_aspects take_action'
       %h2
         = "##{params[:name]}"
+        %small
+          = t('.followed_by')
+          = t('people', :count => @tag_follow_count)
 
     - if current_user
       = render 'shared/publisher', :selected_aspects => all_aspects.map{|a| a.id}, :aspect_ids => all_aspects.map{|a| a.id}, :for_all_aspects => true, :aspect => all_aspects.first
diff --git a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
index 5665e1cea..4f27b2637 100644
--- a/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/diaspora/en.yml
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ en:
       follow: "Follow #%{tag}"
       following: "Following #%{tag}"
       stop_following: "Stop Following #%{tag}"
-
+      followed_by: 'followed by'
   tag_followings:
     create:
       success: "Successfully following: #%{name}"
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 8fc08f19e..185dd14b9 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ h1, h2, h3, h4
   :margin
     :bottom 5px
 
+  small
+    :font-size small
+    :color #999
+
 h1
   :color #111