diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1487311..af96871 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 ## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+* Nodeinfo will only count users from database up to once per day, using a cached count for subsequent requests within 24 hours.
+This can help limit query targeting warnings from mongo
+
+### Ops
 * Add [nock fetch work around](https://github.com/nock/nock/issues/2397) to fix tests in node 18.
 * Adjust workflow to run tests using node 18 and 16. Don't run tests against 14.
 
diff --git a/pub/nodeinfo.js b/pub/nodeinfo.js
index c659301..229f01b 100644
--- a/pub/nodeinfo.js
+++ b/pub/nodeinfo.js
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
 'use strict'
+
+const USER_COUNT_FREQ = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000
+let lastUserCountTime = 0
+let lastUserCount = Promise.resolve(0)
+
+function getUserCountWithCache (store) {
+  const now = Date.now()
+  if (lastUserCountTime + USER_COUNT_FREQ < now) {
+    lastUserCountTime = now
+    lastUserCount = store.getUserCount()
+  }
+  return lastUserCount
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   async generateNodeInfo (version) {
     return {
@@ -10,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = {
       protocols: ['activitypub'],
       services: { inbound: [], outbound: [] },
       openRegistrations: !!this.settings.openRegistrations,
-      usage: { users: { total: await this.store.getUserCount() } },
+      usage: { users: { total: await getUserCountWithCache(this.store) } },
       metadata: this.settings.nodeInfoMetadata || {}
     }
   }
diff --git a/spec/functional/nodeinfo.spec.js b/spec/functional/nodeinfo.spec.js
index f42bc54..ff7cc97 100644
--- a/spec/functional/nodeinfo.spec.js
+++ b/spec/functional/nodeinfo.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* global describe, beforeAll, beforeEach, it */
+/* global jasmine, describe, beforeAll, beforeEach, afterEach, it, spyOn, expect */
 const request = require('supertest')
 
 describe('nodeinfo', function () {
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ describe('nodeinfo', function () {
     })
   })
   describe('document get', function () {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+      jasmine.clock().install()
+    })
+    afterEach(function () {
+      jasmine.clock().uninstall()
+    })
     it('returns nodeinfo document', function (done) {
       request(app)
         .get('/nodeinfo/2.1')
@@ -57,6 +63,21 @@ describe('nodeinfo', function () {
           }
         }, err => global.failOrDone(err, done))
     })
+    it('caches response for 1 day', async function () {
+      jasmine.clock().mockDate(new Date())
+      const count = (await apex.generateNodeInfo('2.0')).usage.users.total
+      const user = await apex.createActor('newuser', 'New user')
+      await apex.store.saveObject(user)
+      const querySpy = spyOn(apex.store, 'getUserCount').and.callThrough()
+      expect((await apex.generateNodeInfo('2.0')).usage.users.total).toBe(count)
+      expect(querySpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
+      jasmine.clock().mockDate(new Date(Date.now() + 23 * 60 * 60 * 1000))
+      expect((await apex.generateNodeInfo('2.0')).usage.users.total).toBe(count)
+      expect(querySpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
+      jasmine.clock().mockDate(new Date(Date.now() + 1 * 60 * 60 * 1000 + 1))
+      expect((await apex.generateNodeInfo('2.0')).usage.users.total).toBe(count + 1)
+      expect(querySpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
     it('404s on 1.x nodeinfo requests', function (done) {
       request(app)
         .get('/nodeinfo/1.0')