diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/icon_with_counter.js b/app/soapbox/components/icon_with_counter.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0daf608da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/icon_with_counter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import Icon from 'soapbox/components/icon';
+import { shortNumberFormat } from 'soapbox/utils/numbers';
+
+const IconWithCounter = ({ icon, count, fixedWidth }) => {
+  return (
+    <div className='icon-with-counter'>
+      <Icon id={icon} fixedWidth={fixedWidth} />
+      {count > 0 && <i className='icon-with-counter__counter'>
+        {shortNumberFormat(count)}
+      </i>}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+IconWithCounter.propTypes = {
+  icon: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  count: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
+  fixedWidth: PropTypes.bool,
+};
+
+export default IconWithCounter;
diff --git a/app/soapbox/features/admin/components/admin_nav.js b/app/soapbox/features/admin/components/admin_nav.js
index 12a53b3fd..47076abf8 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/features/admin/components/admin_nav.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/features/admin/components/admin_nav.js
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
 import Icon from 'soapbox/components/icon';
+import IconWithCounter from 'soapbox/components/icon_with_counter';
 import { NavLink } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state, props) => ({
   instance: state.get('instance'),
+  approvalCount: state.getIn(['admin', 'awaitingApproval']).count(),
+  reportsCount: state.getIn(['admin', 'open_report_count']),
 });
 
 export default @connect(mapStateToProps)
@@ -14,10 +18,12 @@ class AdminNav extends React.PureComponent {
 
   static propTypes = {
     instance: ImmutablePropTypes.map.isRequired,
+    approvalCount: PropTypes.number,
+    reportsCount: PropTypes.number,
   };
 
   render() {
-    const { instance } = this.props;
+    const { instance, approvalCount, reportsCount } = this.props;
 
     return (
       <>
@@ -28,12 +34,12 @@ class AdminNav extends React.PureComponent {
               <FormattedMessage id='admin_nav.dashboard' defaultMessage='Dashboard' />
             </NavLink>
             <a className='promo-panel-item' href='/pleroma/admin/#/reports/index' target='_blank'>
-              <Icon id='gavel' className='promo-panel-item__icon' fixedWidth />
+              <IconWithCounter icon='gavel' count={reportsCount} fixedWidth />
               <FormattedMessage id='admin_nav.reports' defaultMessage='Reports' />
             </a>
             {instance.get('approval_required') && (
               <NavLink className='promo-panel-item' to='/admin/approval'>
-                <Icon id='user' className='promo-panel-item__icon' fixedWidth />
+                <IconWithCounter icon='user' count={approvalCount} fixedWidth />
                 <FormattedMessage id='admin_nav.awaiting_approval' defaultMessage='Awaiting Approval' />
               </NavLink>
             )}
diff --git a/app/styles/components/promo-panel.scss b/app/styles/components/promo-panel.scss
index e2030cee6..78625e338 100644
--- a/app/styles/components/promo-panel.scss
+++ b/app/styles/components/promo-panel.scss
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     }
   }
 
-  &__icon {
+  &__icon,
+  .icon-with-counter {
     margin-right: 12px;
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/styles/ui.scss b/app/styles/ui.scss
index a2ca21a06..0b4fa30d3 100644
--- a/app/styles/ui.scss
+++ b/app/styles/ui.scss
@@ -699,3 +699,29 @@
     text-align: center;
   }
 }
+
+.icon-with-counter {
+  position: relative;
+  display: inline;
+
+  &__counter {
+    @include font-montserrat;
+    @include font-size(14);
+    @include line-height(14);
+    position: absolute;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    left: 8px;
+    top: -12px;
+    min-width: 16px;
+    height: 16px;
+    padding: 1px 3px 0;
+    border-radius: 8px;
+    text-align: center;
+    color: #fff;
+    background: var(--accent-color);
+
+    @media screen and (max-width: 895px) {
+      top: 0;
+    }
+  }
+}