diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.js b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.js
index c76b9ca0e..395c3ad5d 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/notifications/notificationsMiddleware.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ const notifyUsersOfMention = async (label, id, idsOfUsers, reason, context) => {
     SET notification.read = FALSE
     SET notification.createdAt = COALESCE(notification.createdAt, toString(datetime()))
     SET notification.updatedAt = toString(datetime())
-    RETURN notification {.*, from: finalResource, to: properties(user)}
+    RETURN { notificationsCount: toString(size(collect(notification))), notifications: collect(notification {.*, from: finalResource, to: properties(user)}) } as noticationsResult
   `
   const session = context.driver.session()
   const writeTxResultPromise = session.writeTransaction(async (transaction) => {
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ const notifyUsersOfMention = async (label, id, idsOfUsers, reason, context) => {
       idsOfUsers,
       reason,
     })
-    return notificationTransactionResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('notification'))
+    return notificationTransactionResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('noticationsResult'))
   })
   try {
-    const notifications = await writeTxResultPromise
+    const [notifications] = await writeTxResultPromise
     return notifications
   } catch (error) {
     throw new Error(error)
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ const notifyUsersOfComment = async (label, commentId, postAuthorId, reason, cont
       SET notification.updatedAt = toString(datetime())
       WITH notification, postAuthor, post,
       comment {.*, __typename: labels(comment)[0], author: properties(commenter), post:  post {.*, author: properties(postAuthor) } } AS finalResource
-      RETURN notification {.*, from: finalResource, to: properties(postAuthor)}
+      RETURN { notificationsCount: toString(size(collect(notification))), notifications: collect(notification {.*, from: finalResource, to: properties(postAuthor)}) } as noticationsResult
     `,
       { commentId, postAuthorId, reason },
     )
-    return notificationTransactionResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('notification'))
+    return notificationTransactionResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('noticationsResult'))
   })
   try {
-    const notifications = await writeTxResultPromise
+    const [notifications] = await writeTxResultPromise
     return notifications
   } finally {
     session.close()
diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.js b/backend/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.js
index c34a0af50..2c8d7ff63 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/permissionsMiddleware.js
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ export default shield(
       mutedUsers: isAuthenticated,
       blockedUsers: isAuthenticated,
       notifications: isAuthenticated,
-      unreadNotificationsCount: isAuthenticated,
       Donations: isAuthenticated,
     },
     Mutation: {
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/notifications.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/notifications.js
index 768fdc60f..45f4ec3ad 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/notifications.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/notifications.js
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ export default {
       subscribe: withFilter(
         () => pubsub.asyncIterator(NOTIFICATION_ADDED),
         (payload, variables) => {
-          return payload.notificationAdded.to.id === variables.userId
+          const { notifications } = payload.notificationAdded
+          const [currentUser] = notifications
+          return currentUser.to.id === variables.userId
         },
       ),
     },
@@ -50,46 +52,24 @@ export default {
           [(resource)-[:COMMENTS]->(post:Post)<-[:WROTE]-(author:User) | post{.*, author: properties(author)} ] AS posts
           WITH resource, user, notification, authors, posts,
           resource {.*, __typename: labels(resource)[0], author: authors[0], post: posts[0]} AS finalResource
-          RETURN notification {.*, from: finalResource, to: properties(user)}
           ${orderByClause}
+          RETURN { notificationsCount: toString(size(collect(notification))), notifications: collect(notification {.*, from: finalResource, to: properties(user)})} as noticationsResult
           ${offset} ${limit}
           `,
           { id: currentUser.id },
         )
         log(notificationsTransactionResponse)
-        return notificationsTransactionResponse.records.map((record) => record.get('notification'))
+        return notificationsTransactionResponse.records.map((record) =>
+          record.get('noticationsResult'),
+        )
       })
       try {
-        const notifications = await readTxResultPromise
+        const [notifications] = await readTxResultPromise
         return notifications
       } finally {
         session.close()
       }
     },
-    unreadNotificationsCount: async (_parent, _args, context, _resolveInfo) => {
-      const { user: currentUser, driver } = context
-      const session = driver.session()
-
-      const readTxResultPromise = session.readTransaction(async (transaction) => {
-        const unreadNotificationsCountTransactionResponse = await transaction.run(
-          `
-            MATCH (resource {deleted: false, disabled: false})-[notification:NOTIFIED {read: false}]->(user:User {id:$id})
-            RETURN count(notification) as unreadNotificationsCount
-          `,
-          { id: currentUser.id },
-        )
-        log(unreadNotificationsCountTransactionResponse)
-        return unreadNotificationsCountTransactionResponse.records.map(
-          (record) => record.get('unreadNotificationsCount').low,
-        )
-      })
-      try {
-        const [unreadNotificationsCount] = await readTxResultPromise
-        return unreadNotificationsCount
-      } finally {
-        session.close()
-      }
-    },
   },
   Mutation: {
     markAsRead: async (parent, args, context, resolveInfo) => {
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/types/type/NOTIFIED.gql b/backend/src/schema/types/type/NOTIFIED.gql
index d1787ee4c..5013194eb 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/types/type/NOTIFIED.gql
+++ b/backend/src/schema/types/type/NOTIFIED.gql
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ type NOTIFIED {
   reason: NotificationReason
 }
 
+type notificationsResult {
+  notificationsCount: Int!
+  notifications: [NOTIFIED]
+}
+
 union NotificationSource = Post | Comment
 
 enum NotificationOrdering {
@@ -24,8 +29,7 @@ enum NotificationReason {
 }
 
 type Query {
-  notifications(read: Boolean, orderBy: NotificationOrdering, first: Int, offset: Int): [NOTIFIED]
-  unreadNotificationsCount: Int!
+  notifications(read: Boolean, orderBy: NotificationOrdering, first: Int, offset: Int): notificationsResult!
 }
   
 type Mutation {
@@ -33,5 +37,5 @@ type Mutation {
 }
 
 type Subscription {
-  notificationAdded(userId: ID!): NOTIFIED
+  notificationAdded(userId: ID!): notificationsResult
 }
diff --git a/webapp/components/NotificationMenu/NotificationMenu.vue b/webapp/components/NotificationMenu/NotificationMenu.vue
index a4cd3ff34..f0ca6612d 100644
--- a/webapp/components/NotificationMenu/NotificationMenu.vue
+++ b/webapp/components/NotificationMenu/NotificationMenu.vue
@@ -1,26 +1,22 @@
 <template>
-  <nuxt-link
-    v-if="!unreadNotificationsCount"
-    class="notifications-menu"
-    :to="{ name: 'notifications' }"
-  >
+  <nuxt-link v-if="!notificationsCount" class="notifications-menu" :to="{ name: 'notifications' }">
     <base-button icon="bell" ghost circle />
   </nuxt-link>
   <dropdown v-else class="notifications-menu" offset="8" :placement="placement">
     <template #default="{ toggleMenu }">
       <base-button @click="toggleMenu" ghost circle>
-        <counter-icon icon="bell" :count="unreadNotificationsCount" danger />
+        <counter-icon icon="bell" :count="notificationsCount" danger />
       </base-button>
     </template>
     <template slot="popover">
       <div class="notifications-menu-popover">
-        <notification-list :notifications="notifications" @markAsRead="markAsRead" />
+        <notification-list :notifications="unreadNotifications" @markAsRead="markAsRead" />
       </div>
       <div class="notifications-link-container">
         <nuxt-link :to="{ name: 'notifications' }">
           {{
-            unreadNotificationsCount > 25
-              ? $t('notifications.manyNotifications', { unreadNotificationsCount })
+            notificationsCount > 25
+              ? $t('notifications.manyNotifications', { notificationsCount })
               : $t('notifications.pageLink')
           }}
         </nuxt-link>
@@ -32,12 +28,7 @@
 <script>
 import { mapGetters } from 'vuex'
 import unionBy from 'lodash/unionBy'
-import {
-  notificationQuery,
-  markAsReadMutation,
-  notificationAdded,
-  unreadNotificationsCountQuery,
-} from '~/graphql/User'
+import { notificationQuery, markAsReadMutation, notificationAdded } from '~/graphql/User'
 import CounterIcon from '~/components/_new/generic/CounterIcon/CounterIcon'
 import Dropdown from '~/components/Dropdown'
 import NotificationList from '../NotificationList/NotificationList'
@@ -51,7 +42,8 @@ export default {
   },
   data() {
     return {
-      notifications: [],
+      unreadNotifications: [],
+      notificationsCount: null,
     }
   },
   props: {
@@ -65,7 +57,7 @@ export default {
           mutation: markAsReadMutation(this.$i18n),
           variables,
           update: () => {
-            this.unreadNotificationsCount--
+            this.notificationsCount--
           },
         })
       } catch (err) {
@@ -90,6 +82,10 @@ export default {
           first: 25,
         }
       },
+      update({ notifications }) {
+        this.unreadNotifications = notifications.notifications
+        this.notificationsCount = notifications.notificationsCount
+      },
       subscribeToMore: {
         document: notificationAdded(),
         variables() {
@@ -102,9 +98,11 @@ export default {
             data: { notificationAdded: newNotification },
           } = subscriptionData
           return {
-            notifications: unionBy(
-              [newNotification],
-              previousResult.notifications,
+            notificationsCount:
+              previousResult.notificationsCount - newNotification.notificationsCount,
+            unreadNotifications: unionBy(
+              [newNotification.notifications],
+              previousResult.notifications.notifications,
               (notification) => notification.id,
             ).sort((a, b) => new Date(b.updatedAt) - new Date(a.updatedAt)),
           }
@@ -114,9 +112,6 @@ export default {
         this.$toast.error(error.message)
       },
     },
-    unreadNotificationsCount: {
-      query: unreadNotificationsCountQuery,
-    },
   },
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/webapp/graphql/User.js b/webapp/graphql/User.js
index 279d072c1..1034734c6 100644
--- a/webapp/graphql/User.js
+++ b/webapp/graphql/User.js
@@ -69,30 +69,32 @@ export const notificationQuery = (i18n) => {
 
     query($read: Boolean, $orderBy: NotificationOrdering, $first: Int, $offset: Int) {
       notifications(read: $read, orderBy: $orderBy, first: $first, offset: $offset) {
-        id
-        read
-        reason
-        createdAt
-        updatedAt
-        from {
-          __typename
-          ... on Post {
-            ...post
-            author {
-              ...user
-            }
-          }
-          ... on Comment {
-            ...comment
-            author {
-              ...user
-            }
-            post {
+        notificationsCount
+        notifications {
+          id
+          read
+          reason
+          createdAt
+          updatedAt
+          from {
+            ... on Post {
               ...post
               author {
                 ...user
               }
             }
+            ... on Comment {
+              ...comment
+              author {
+                ...user
+              }
+              post {
+                ...post
+                author {
+                  ...user
+                }
+              }
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -144,30 +146,33 @@ export const notificationAdded = () => {
 
     subscription notifications($userId: ID!) {
       notificationAdded(userId: $userId) {
-        id
-        read
-        reason
-        createdAt
-        updatedAt
-        from {
-          __typename
-          ... on Post {
-            ...post
-            author {
-              ...user
-            }
-          }
-          ... on Comment {
-            ...comment
-            author {
-              ...user
-            }
-            post {
+        notificationsCount
+        notifications {
+          id
+          read
+          reason
+          createdAt
+          updatedAt
+          from {
+            __typename
+            ... on Post {
               ...post
               author {
                 ...user
               }
             }
+            ... on Comment {
+              ...comment
+              author {
+                ...user
+              }
+              post {
+                ...post
+                author {
+                  ...user
+                }
+              }
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -175,12 +180,6 @@ export const notificationAdded = () => {
   `
 }
 
-export const unreadNotificationsCountQuery = gql`
-  query {
-    unreadNotificationsCount
-  }
-`
-
 export const followUserMutation = (i18n) => {
   return gql`
     ${userFragment}
diff --git a/webapp/locales/en.json b/webapp/locales/en.json
index cfd3fbe01..19810ef01 100644
--- a/webapp/locales/en.json
+++ b/webapp/locales/en.json
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
       "read": "Read",
       "unread": "Unread"
     },
-    "manyNotifications": "See all {unreadNotificationsCount} notifications",
+    "manyNotifications": "See all {notificationsCount} notifications",
     "pageLink": "All notifications",
     "post": "Post",
     "reason": {