diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/CommentCount.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/CommentCount.js
index 14cf8ecfc..0517caf0f 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/CommentCount.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/CommentCount.js
@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 import React, {PropTypes} from 'react';
 import styles from './CommentCount.css';
+import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
+import translations from 'coral-admin/src/translations.json';
+const lang = new I18n(translations);
 
-const CommentCount = props => (
-  <span className={styles.count}>{props.count}</span>
-);
+const CommentCount = ({count}) => {
+  let number = count;
+
+  // shorten large counts to abbreviations
+  if (number / 1e9 > 1) {
+    number = `${(number / 1e9).toFixed(1)}${lang.t('modqueue.billion')}`;
+  } else if (number / 1e6 > 1) {
+    number = `${(number / 1e6).toFixed(1)}${lang.t('modqueue.million')}`;
+  } else if (number / 1e3 > 1) {
+    number = `${(number / 1e3).toFixed(1)}${lang.t('modqueue.thousand')}`;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <span className={styles.count}>{number}</span>
+  );
+};
 
 CommentCount.propTypes = {
   count: PropTypes.number.isRequired
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
index 6401f4990..3f9392656 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/translations.json
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@
       "impersonating": "Impersonating",
       "offensive": "Offensive",
       "spam/ads": "Spam/Ads",
-      "other": "Other"
+      "other": "Other",
+      "thousand": "k",
+      "million": "M",
+      "billion": "B"
     },
     "comment": {
       "flagged": "flagged",
@@ -248,7 +251,10 @@
       "impersonating": "Suplantación",
       "offensive": "Ofensivo",
       "spam/ads": "Spam/Propaganda",
-      "other": "Otros"
+      "other": "Otros",
+      "thousand": "m",
+      "million": "M",
+      "billion": "B"
     },
     "comment": {
       "flagged": "marcado",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 250c0549f..bfca21643 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "talk",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.6.0",
   "description": "A better commenting experience from Mozilla, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. https://coralproject.net",
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {