diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/topic-map.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/topic-map.js
index 9ecb167fc23c80..7f21df2aac4bf0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/topic-map.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/topic-map.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ createWidget("topic-participant", {
       }),
     ];
 
-    if (attrs.post_count > 2) {
+    if (attrs.post_count > 1) {
       linkContents.push(h("span.post-count", attrs.post_count.toString()));
     }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/widgets/topic-participant-test.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/widgets/topic-participant-test.js
index 1c81bed4973b25..38ba3462e042a4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/widgets/topic-participant-test.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/widgets/topic-participant-test.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ discourseModule(
         this.set("args", {
           username: "test",
           avatar_template: "/images/avatar.png",
-          post_count: 5,
+          post_count: 2,
           primary_group_name: "devs",
           flair_name: "devs",
           flair_url: "/images/d-logo-sketch-small.png",