diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 2896b96b..22c9a63f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const createAccountController: AppController = async (c) => {
 const verifyCredentialsController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const pubkey = c.get('pubkey')!;
 
-  const event = await getAuthor(pubkey);
+  const event = await getAuthor(pubkey, { relations: ['author_stats'] });
   if (event) {
     return c.json(await renderAccount(event, { withSource: true }));
   } else {
@@ -138,7 +138,15 @@ const accountStatusesController: AppController = async (c) => {
     return c.json([]);
   }
 
-  const filter: DittoFilter<1> = { authors: [pubkey], kinds: [1], relations: ['author'], since, until, limit };
+  const filter: DittoFilter<1> = {
+    authors: [pubkey],
+    kinds: [1],
+    relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'],
+    since,
+    until,
+    limit,
+  };
+
   if (tagged) {
     filter['#t'] = [tagged];
   }
@@ -257,7 +265,9 @@ const favouritesController: AppController = async (c) => {
     .map((event) => event.tags.find((tag) => tag[0] === 'e')?.[1])
     .filter((id): id is string => !!id);
 
-  const events1 = await mixer.getFilters([{ kinds: [1], ids, relations: ['author'] }], { timeout: Time.seconds(1) });
+  const events1 = await mixer.getFilters([{ kinds: [1], ids, relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'] }], {
+    timeout: Time.seconds(1),
+  });
 
   const statuses = await Promise.all(events1.map((event) => renderStatus(event, c.get('pubkey'))));
   return paginated(c, events1, statuses);
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/search.ts b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
index b0f71cef..e5f1778c 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/search.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function searchEvents({ q, type, limit, account_id }: SearchQuery): Promise<Even
   const filter: DittoFilter = {
     kinds: typeToKinds(type),
     search: q,
-    relations: ['author'],
+    relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'],
     limit,
   };
 
@@ -115,16 +115,20 @@ async function getLookupFilters({ q, type, resolve }: SearchQuery): Promise<Ditt
       const result = nip19.decode(q);
       switch (result.type) {
         case 'npub':
-          if (accounts) filters.push({ kinds: [0], authors: [result.data] });
+          if (accounts) filters.push({ kinds: [0], authors: [result.data], relations: ['author_stats'] });
           break;
         case 'nprofile':
-          if (accounts) filters.push({ kinds: [0], authors: [result.data.pubkey] });
+          if (accounts) filters.push({ kinds: [0], authors: [result.data.pubkey], relations: ['author_stats'] });
           break;
         case 'note':
-          if (statuses) filters.push({ kinds: [1], ids: [result.data] });
+          if (statuses) {
+            filters.push({ kinds: [1], ids: [result.data], relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'] });
+          }
           break;
         case 'nevent':
-          if (statuses) filters.push({ kinds: [1], ids: [result.data.id] });
+          if (statuses) {
+            filters.push({ kinds: [1], ids: [result.data.id], relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'] });
+          }
           break;
       }
     } catch (_e) {
@@ -136,11 +140,11 @@ async function getLookupFilters({ q, type, resolve }: SearchQuery): Promise<Ditt
   } else if (accounts && ACCT_REGEX.test(q)) {
     const pubkey = await lookupNip05Cached(q);
     if (pubkey) {
-      filters.push({ kinds: [0], authors: [pubkey] });
+      filters.push({ kinds: [0], authors: [pubkey], relations: ['author_stats'] });
     }
   }
 
-  return filters.map((filter) => ({ ...filter, relations: ['author'] }));
+  return filters;
 }
 
 export { searchController };
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
index 114923da..cf0446a3 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const createStatusSchema = z.object({
 const statusController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const id = c.req.param('id');
 
-  const event = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author'] });
+  const event = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'] });
   if (event) {
     return c.json(await renderStatus(event, c.get('pubkey')));
   }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const createStatusController: AppController = async (c) => {
 
 const contextController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const id = c.req.param('id');
-  const event = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author'] });
+  const event = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'] });
 
   async function renderStatuses(events: Event<1>[]) {
     const statuses = await Promise.all(events.map((event) => renderStatus(event, c.get('pubkey'))));
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ const contextController: AppController = async (c) => {
 
 const favouriteController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const id = c.req.param('id');
-  const target = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author'] });
+  const target = await getEvent(id, { kind: 1, relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'] });
 
   if (target) {
     await createEvent({
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
index d3ffcdc4..a29cdc89 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const hashtagTimelineController: AppController = (c) => {
 /** Render statuses for timelines. */
 async function renderStatuses(c: AppContext, filters: DittoFilter<1>[]) {
   const events = await mixer.getFilters(
-    filters.map((filter) => ({ ...filter, relations: ['author'] })),
+    filters.map((filter) => ({ ...filter, relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'] })),
     { timeout: Time.seconds(1) },
   );
 
diff --git a/src/queries.ts b/src/queries.ts
index de9bd33e..edd5f4aa 100644
--- a/src/queries.ts
+++ b/src/queries.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ const getEvent = async <K extends number = number>(
 };
 
 /** Get a Nostr `set_medatadata` event for a user's pubkey. */
-const getAuthor = async (pubkey: string, timeout = 1000): Promise<Event<0> | undefined> => {
-  const [event] = await mixer.getFilters([{ authors: [pubkey], kinds: [0], limit: 1 }], { limit: 1, timeout });
+const getAuthor = async (pubkey: string, opts: GetEventOpts<0> = {}): Promise<Event<0> | undefined> => {
+  const { relations, timeout = 1000 } = opts;
+
+  const [event] = await mixer.getFilters(
+    [{ authors: [pubkey], relations, kinds: [0], limit: 1 }],
+    { limit: 1, timeout },
+  );
+
   return event;
 };
 
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ async function getAncestors(event: Event<1>, result = [] as Event<1>[]): Promise
     const inReplyTo = replyTag ? replyTag[1] : undefined;
 
     if (inReplyTo) {
-      const parentEvent = await getEvent(inReplyTo, { kind: 1, relations: ['author'] });
+      const parentEvent = await getEvent(inReplyTo, { kind: 1, relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'] });
 
       if (parentEvent) {
         result.push(parentEvent);
@@ -73,7 +79,10 @@ async function getAncestors(event: Event<1>, result = [] as Event<1>[]): Promise
 }
 
 function getDescendants(eventId: string): Promise<Event<1>[]> {
-  return mixer.getFilters([{ kinds: [1], '#e': [eventId], relations: ['author'] }], { limit: 200, timeout: 2000 });
+  return mixer.getFilters(
+    [{ kinds: [1], '#e': [eventId], relations: ['author', 'event_stats', 'author_stats'] }],
+    { limit: 200, timeout: 2000 },
+  );
 }
 
 /** Returns whether the pubkey is followed by a local user. */
diff --git a/src/views.ts b/src/views.ts
index 30497108..2314a844 100644
--- a/src/views.ts
+++ b/src/views.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ async function renderEventAccounts(c: AppContext, filters: Filter[]) {
   }
 
   const accounts = await Promise.all([...pubkeys].map(async (pubkey) => {
-    const author = await getAuthor(pubkey);
+    const author = await getAuthor(pubkey, { relations: ['author_stats'] });
     if (author) {
       return renderAccount(author);
     }
diff --git a/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts b/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
index 120ba93a..17b16770 100644
--- a/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ async function renderStatus(event: eventsDB.DittoEvent<1>, viewerPubkey?: string
 }
 
 async function toMention(pubkey: string) {
-  const profile = await getAuthor(pubkey);
-  const account = profile ? await renderAccount(profile) : undefined;
+  const author = await getAuthor(pubkey);
+  const account = author ? await renderAccount(author) : undefined;
 
   if (account) {
     return {