diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/avatar.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/avatar.tsx
index 8f866a3c65..8b16296c2c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/avatar.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/avatar.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ interface Props {
   style?: React.CSSProperties;
   inline?: boolean;
   animate?: boolean;
+  counter?: number | string;
+  counterBorderColor?: string;
 }
 
 export const Avatar: React.FC<Props> = ({
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ export const Avatar: React.FC<Props> = ({
   size = 20,
   inline = false,
   style: styleFromParent,
+  counter,
+  counterBorderColor,
 }) => {
   const { hovering, handleMouseEnter, handleMouseLeave } = useHovering(animate);
 
@@ -43,6 +47,14 @@ export const Avatar: React.FC<Props> = ({
       style={style}
     >
       {src && <img src={src} alt='' />}
+      {counter && (
+        <div
+          className='account__avatar__counter'
+          style={{ borderColor: counterBorderColor }}
+        >
+          {counter}
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification_request.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification_request.jsx
index 3a77ef4e2e..fc96bd2ee7 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification_request.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications/components/notification_request.jsx
@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@ export const NotificationRequest = ({ id, accountId, notificationsCount }) => {
   return (
     <div className='notification-request'>
       <Link to={`/notifications/requests/${id}`} className='notification-request__link'>
-        <Avatar account={account} size={36} />
+        <Avatar account={account} size={40} counter={toCappedNumber(notificationsCount)} />
 
         <div className='notification-request__name'>
           <div className='notification-request__name__display-name'>
             <bdi><strong dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: account?.get('display_name_html') }} /></bdi>
-            <span className='filtered-notifications-banner__badge'>{toCappedNumber(notificationsCount)}</span>
           </div>
 
           <span>@{account?.get('acct')}</span>
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/_mixins.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/_mixins.scss
index d7f8586dd2..899b494e54 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/_mixins.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/_mixins.scss
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-@mixin avatar-radius {
-  border-radius: 4px;
-  background: transparent no-repeat;
-  background-position: 50%;
-  background-clip: padding-box;
-}
-
-@mixin avatar-size($size: 48px) {
-  width: $size;
-  height: $size;
-  background-size: $size $size;
-}
-
 @mixin search-input {
   outline: 0;
   box-sizing: border-box;
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index cba6a5aa38..3c1ec28163 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -1980,17 +1980,15 @@ body > [data-popper-placement] {
 }
 
 .account__avatar {
-  @include avatar-radius;
-
   display: block;
   position: relative;
-  overflow: hidden;
 
   img {
     display: block;
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     object-fit: cover;
+    border-radius: 4px;
   }
 
   &-inline {
@@ -2027,6 +2025,29 @@ body > [data-popper-placement] {
       font-size: 15px;
     }
   }
+
+  &__counter {
+    $height: 16px;
+    $h-padding: 5px;
+
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: -3px;
+    inset-inline-end: -3px;
+    padding-left: $h-padding;
+    padding-right: $h-padding;
+    height: $height;
+    border-radius: $height;
+    min-width: $height - 2 * $h-padding; // to ensure that it is never narrower than a circle
+    line-height: $height + 1px; // to visually center the numbers
+    background-color: $ui-button-background-color;
+    color: $white;
+    border-width: 1px;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-color: var(--background-color);
+    font-size: 11px;
+    font-weight: 500;
+    text-align: center;
+  }
 }
 
 a .account__avatar {