diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index a7bda15d3..b27fc748f 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -513,7 +513,8 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
         <<-SQL.squish
           SELECT
             accounts.*,
-            (count(f.id) + 1) * #{BOOST} * ts_rank_cd(#{TEXTSEARCH}, to_tsquery('simple', :tsquery), 32) AS rank
+            #{BOOST} * ts_rank_cd(#{TEXTSEARCH}, to_tsquery('simple', :tsquery), 32) AS rank,
+            count(f.id) AS followed
           FROM accounts
           LEFT OUTER JOIN follows AS f ON (accounts.id = f.account_id AND f.target_account_id = :id) OR (accounts.id = f.target_account_id AND f.account_id = :id)
           LEFT JOIN users ON accounts.id = users.account_id
@@ -523,7 +524,7 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
             AND accounts.moved_to_account_id IS NULL
             AND (accounts.domain IS NOT NULL OR (users.approved = TRUE AND users.confirmed_at IS NOT NULL))
           GROUP BY accounts.id, s.id
-          ORDER BY rank DESC
+          ORDER BY followed DESC, rank DESC
           LIMIT :limit OFFSET :offset
         SQL
       end