diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/CountBadge.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/CountBadge.js
index c270817b9..24dff7c02 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/CountBadge.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/CountBadge.js
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import styles from './CountBadge.css';
-
-import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
+import { humanizeNumber } from 'coral-framework/helpers/numbers';
 
 const CountBadge = ({ count }) => {
   let number = count;
 
   // shorten large counts to abbreviations
-  if (number / 1e9 > 1) {
-    number = `${(number / 1e9).toFixed(1)}${t('modqueue.billion')}`;
-  } else if (number / 1e6 > 1) {
-    number = `${(number / 1e6).toFixed(1)}${t('modqueue.million')}`;
-  } else if (number / 1e3 > 1) {
-    number = `${(number / 1e3).toFixed(1)}${t('modqueue.thousand')}`;
-  }
+  number = humanizeNumber(number);
 
   return <span className={styles.count}>{number}</span>;
 };
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
index fd609373d..05af20c67 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/UserDetail.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import ActionsMenuItem from 'coral-admin/src/components/ActionsMenuItem';
 import UserInfoTooltip from './UserInfoTooltip';
 import KarmaTooltip from './KarmaTooltip';
 import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
+import { humanizeNumber } from 'coral-framework/helpers/numbers';
 
 class UserDetail extends React.Component {
   changeTab = tab => {
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ class UserDetail extends React.Component {
                       styles[getKarma(user.reliable.commenter)]
                     )}
                   >
-                    {user.reliable.commenterKarma}
+                    {humanizeNumber(user.reliable.commenterKarma)}
                   </span>
                 </div>
                 <KarmaTooltip thresholds={karmaThresholds.comment} />
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/helpers/numbers.js b/client/coral-framework/helpers/numbers.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd7f066da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/coral-framework/helpers/numbers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import t from 'coral-framework/services/i18n';
+
+const DECIMAL_AMOUNT = 1;
+
+export function humanizeNumber(number) {
+  const abs = Math.abs(number);
+
+  if (abs >= 1e9) {
+    number = `${(number / 1e9).toFixed(DECIMAL_AMOUNT)}${t(
+      'modqueue.billion'
+    )}`;
+  } else if (abs >= 1e6) {
+    number = `${(number / 1e6).toFixed(DECIMAL_AMOUNT)}${t(
+      'modqueue.million'
+    )}`;
+  } else if (abs >= 1e3) {
+    number = `${(number / 1e3).toFixed(DECIMAL_AMOUNT)}${t(
+      'modqueue.thousand'
+    )}`;
+  }
+  return number;
+}