diff --git a/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/loadMore.graphql b/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/loadMore.graphql
index 6b15117da..d4ee818a1 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/loadMore.graphql
+++ b/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/loadMore.graphql
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 query LoadMoreComments($limit: Int = 5, $cursor: Date, $parent_id: ID, $asset_id: ID, $sort: SORT_ORDER, $notIgnoredBy: String) {
   new_top_level_comments: comments(query: {limit: $limit, cursor: $cursor, parent_id: $parent_id, asset_id: $asset_id, sort: $sort, notIgnoredBy: $notIgnoredBy}) {
     ...commentView
-    replyCount
+    replyCount(notIgnoredBy: $notIgnoredBy)
     replies(limit: 3) {
         ...commentView
     }
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql b/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql
index a5e3982c6..9b95a9c2b 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql
+++ b/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ query AssetQuery($asset_id: ID, $asset_url: String, $comment_id: ID!, $has_comme
     # which is in turn pulled from the host page url
     comment(id: $comment_id) @include(if: $has_comment) {
       ...commentView
-      replyCount
+      replyCount(notIgnoredBy: $notIgnoredBy)
       replies {
         ...commentView
       }
       parent {
         ...commentView
-        replyCount
+        replyCount(notIgnoredBy: $notIgnoredBy)
         replies {
           ...commentView
         }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ query AssetQuery($asset_id: ID, $asset_url: String, $comment_id: ID!, $has_comme
         totalCommentCount
         comments(limit: 10, notIgnoredBy: $notIgnoredBy) {
             ...commentView
-            replyCount
+            replyCount(notIgnoredBy: $notIgnoredBy)
             replies(limit: 3, notIgnoredBy: $notIgnoredBy) {
                 ...commentView
             }
diff --git a/graph/loaders/comments.js b/graph/loaders/comments.js
index 684821345..13aa47fb4 100644
--- a/graph/loaders/comments.js
+++ b/graph/loaders/comments.js
@@ -105,6 +105,36 @@ const getCountsByParentID = (context, parent_ids) => {
   .then((results) => results.map((result) => result ? result.count : 0));
 };
 
+/**
+ * Returns the count of comments for the provided parent_id, also filtering by personalization options.
+ *
+ * @param {Array<String>} id The ID of the parent comment
+ * @param {Array<String>} notIgnoredBy Exclude comments ignored by this User ID
+ */
+const getCountByParentIDPersonalized = async (context, {id, notIgnoredBy}) => {
+  const query = {
+    parent_id: {
+      $in: [id]
+    },
+    status: {
+      $in: ['NONE', 'ACCEPTED']
+    }
+  };
+  if (notIgnoredBy) {
+    const user = context.user;
+    if (user.id !== notIgnoredBy) {
+      throw new Error(`You are not authorized to query for comments counts notIgnoredBy ${notIgnoredBy}`);
+    }
+
+    // load afresh, as `user` may be from cache and not have recent ignores
+    const freshUser = await UsersService.findById(user.id);
+    const ignoredUsers = freshUser.ignoresUsers;
+    query.author_id = {$nin: ignoredUsers};
+  }
+  const count = await CommentModel.where(query).count();
+  return count;
+};
+
 /**
  * Retrieves the count of comments based on the passed in query.
  * @param  {Object} context   graph context
@@ -360,6 +390,7 @@ module.exports = (context) => ({
     countByAssetID: new SharedCounterDataLoader('Comments.totalCommentCount', 3600, (ids) => getCountsByAssetID(context, ids)),
     parentCountByAssetID: new SharedCounterDataLoader('Comments.countByAssetID', 3600, (ids) => getParentCountsByAssetID(context, ids)),
     countByParentID: new SharedCounterDataLoader('Comments.countByParentID', 3600, (ids) => getCountsByParentID(context, ids)),
+    countByParentIDPersonalized: (query) => getCountByParentIDPersonalized(context, query),
     genRecentReplies: new DataLoader((ids) => genRecentReplies(context, ids)),
     genRecentComments: new DataLoader((ids) => genRecentComments(context, ids))
   }
diff --git a/graph/resolvers/comment.js b/graph/resolvers/comment.js
index b99aeeee5..1f57cb939 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/comment.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/comment.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const Comment = {
     return Comments.genRecentReplies.load(id);
   },
   replies({id, asset_id}, {sort, limit, notIgnoredBy}, {loaders: {Comments}}) {
-    console.log('replies notIgnoredBy', notIgnoredBy);
     return Comments.getByQuery({
       asset_id,
       parent_id: id,
@@ -22,8 +21,11 @@ const Comment = {
       notIgnoredBy,
     });
   },
-  replyCount({id}, _, {loaders: {Comments}}) {
-    return Comments.countByParentID.load(id);
+  replyCount({id}, {notIgnoredBy}, {loaders: {Comments}}) {
+    if ( ! notIgnoredBy) {
+      return Comments.countByParentID.load(id);      
+    }
+    return Comments.countByParentIDPersonalized({id, notIgnoredBy});
   },
   actions({id}, _, {user, loaders: {Actions}}) {
 
diff --git a/graph/typeDefs.graphql b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
index 6bc68c599..1980a3bbc 100644
--- a/graph/typeDefs.graphql
+++ b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ type Comment {
   replies(sort: SORT_ORDER = CHRONOLOGICAL, limit: Int = 3, notIgnoredBy: String): [Comment]
 
   # The count of replies on a comment.
-  replyCount: Int
+  replyCount(notIgnoredBy: String): Int
 
   # Actions completed on the parent. Requires the `ADMIN` role.
   actions: [Action]