diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.js b/src/components/settings/settings.js
index de12894b8d..088e19d3b9 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.js
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const settings = {
       hideAttachmentsLocal: this.$store.state.config.hideAttachments,
       hideAttachmentsInConvLocal: this.$store.state.config.hideAttachmentsInConv,
       hideNsfwLocal: this.$store.state.config.hideNsfw,
+      hideUserStatsLocal: this.$store.state.config.hideUserStats,
       notificationVisibilityLocal: this.$store.state.config.notificationVisibility,
       replyVisibilityLocal: this.$store.state.config.replyVisibility,
       loopVideoLocal: this.$store.state.config.loopVideo,
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ const settings = {
     hideAttachmentsInConvLocal (value) {
       this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'hideAttachmentsInConv', value })
     },
+    hideUserStatsLocal (value) {
+      this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'hideUserStats', value })
+    },
     hideNsfwLocal (value) {
       this.$store.dispatch('setOption', { name: 'hideNsfw', value })
     },
diff --git a/src/components/settings/settings.vue b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
index c106b79cfe..2cf6220047 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/settings.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings/settings.vue
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@
               <i class="icon-down-open"/>
             </label>
           </div>
+          <div>
+            <input type="checkbox" id="hideUserStats" v-model="hideUserStatsLocal">
+            <label for="hideUserStats">{{$t('settings.hide_user_stats')}}</label>
+          </div>
         </div>
         <div class="setting-item">
           <p>{{$t('settings.filtering_explanation')}}</p>
diff --git a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js
index 76a5577ee5..eefa65f366 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js
+++ b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import { hex2rgb } from '../../services/color_convert/color_convert.js'
 
 export default {
   props: [ 'user', 'switcher', 'selected', 'hideBio' ],
+  data () {
+    return {
+      hideUserStatsLocal: this.$store.state.config.hideUserStats
+    }
+  },
   computed: {
     headingStyle () {
       const color = this.$store.state.config.colors.bg
diff --git a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
index 5935804057..65fd26eb80 100644
--- a/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
+++ b/src/components/user_card_content/user_card_content.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
           <div :title="user.name" class='user-name' v-else>{{user.name}}</div>
           <router-link class='user-screen-name':to="{ name: 'user-profile', params: { id: user.id } }">
             <span>@{{user.screen_name}}</span><span v-if="user.locked"><i class="icon icon-lock"></i></span>
-            <span class="dailyAvg">{{dailyAvg}} {{ $t('user_card.per_day') }}</span>
+            <span v-if="!hideUserStatsLocal" class="dailyAvg">{{dailyAvg}} {{ $t('user_card.per_day') }}</span>
           </router-link>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -90,19 +90,19 @@
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
-    <div class="panel-body profile-panel-body">
+    <div v-if="!hideUserStatsLocal || switcher" class="panel-body profile-panel-body">
       <div class="user-counts" :class="{clickable: switcher}">
         <div class="user-count" v-on:click.prevent="setProfileView('statuses')" :class="{selected: selected === 'statuses'}">
           <h5>{{ $t('user_card.statuses') }}</h5>
-          <span>{{user.statuses_count}} <br></span>
+          <span v-if="!hideUserStatsLocal">{{user.statuses_count}} <br></span>
         </div>
         <div class="user-count" v-on:click.prevent="setProfileView('friends')" :class="{selected: selected === 'friends'}">
           <h5>{{ $t('user_card.followees') }}</h5>
-          <span>{{user.friends_count}}</span>
+          <span v-if="!hideUserStatsLocal">{{user.friends_count}}</span>
         </div>
         <div class="user-count" v-on:click.prevent="setProfileView('followers')" :class="{selected: selected === 'followers'}">
           <h5>{{ $t('user_card.followers') }}</h5>
-          <span>{{user.followers_count}}</span>
+          <span v-if="!hideUserStatsLocal">{{user.followers_count}}</span>
         </div>
       </div>
       <p v-if="!hideBio && user.description_html" class="profile-bio" v-html="user.description_html"></p>
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages.js b/src/i18n/messages.js
index 42e7e9d4cd..42b1dd40e6 100644
--- a/src/i18n/messages.js
+++ b/src/i18n/messages.js
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ const en = {
     loop_video_silent_only: 'Loop only videos without sound (i.e. Mastodon\'s "gifs")',
     reply_link_preview: 'Enable reply-link preview on mouse hover',
     replies_in_timeline: 'Replies in timeline',
+    hide_user_stats: 'Hide user statistics (e.g. status and follower counts)',
     reply_visibility_all: 'Show all replies',
     reply_visibility_following: 'Only show replies directed at me or users I\'m following',
     reply_visibility_self: 'Only show replies directed at me',
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index debd87038e..d05ecba894 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const persistedStateOptions = {
     'config.collapseMessageWithSubject',
     'config.hideAttachments',
     'config.hideAttachmentsInConv',
+    'config.hideUserStats',
     'config.hideNsfw',
     'config.replyVisibility',
     'config.notificationVisibility',
diff --git a/src/modules/config.js b/src/modules/config.js
index 60a34bc156..24665e9508 100644
--- a/src/modules/config.js
+++ b/src/modules/config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const defaultState = {
   collapseMessageWithSubject: false,
   hideAttachments: false,
   hideAttachmentsInConv: false,
+  hideUserStats: false,
   hideNsfw: true,
   loopVideo: true,
   loopVideoSilentOnly: true,