diff --git a/ui/component/fileViewCountInline/index.js b/ui/component/fileViewCountInline/index.js
index 7bd072e79..4481f9eed 100644
--- a/ui/component/fileViewCountInline/index.js
+++ b/ui/component/fileViewCountInline/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { makeSelectClaimForUri } from 'lbry-redux';
 import { makeSelectViewCountForUri } from 'lbryinc';
+import { selectLanguage } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
 import FileViewCountInline from './view';
 
 const select = (state, props) => {
   return {
     claim: makeSelectClaimForUri(props.uri)(state),
     viewCount: makeSelectViewCountForUri(props.uri)(state),
+    lang: selectLanguage(state),
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/ui/component/fileViewCountInline/view.jsx b/ui/component/fileViewCountInline/view.jsx
index 78b49334f..809fd7985 100644
--- a/ui/component/fileViewCountInline/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/fileViewCountInline/view.jsx
@@ -7,17 +7,28 @@ type Props = {
   // --- select ---
   claim: ?StreamClaim,
   viewCount: string,
+  lang: ?string,
 };
 
 export default function FileViewCountInline(props: Props) {
-  const { isLivestream, claim, viewCount } = props;
-  const formattedViewCount = Number(viewCount).toLocaleString();
+  const { isLivestream, claim, viewCount, lang } = props;
+  let formattedViewCount;
+
+  try {
+    formattedViewCount = Number(viewCount).toLocaleString(lang || 'en', {
+      compactDisplay: 'short',
+      notation: 'compact',
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    // No soup for you!
+    formattedViewCount = Number(viewCount).toLocaleString();
+  }
 
   if (!viewCount || (claim && claim.repost_url) || isLivestream) {
     // (1) Currently, makeSelectViewCountForUri doesn't differentiate between
-    // unfetched view-count vs zero view-count. But since it's probably not
+    // un-fetched view-count vs zero view-count. But since it's probably not
     // ideal to highlight that a view has 0 count, let's just not show anything.
-    // (2) No idea how to get the repost src's claim ID from the repost claim,
+    // (2) No idea how to get the repost source's claim ID from the repost claim,
     // so hiding it for now.
     return null;
   }