diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserSetupDialog.Follow.vue b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserSetupDialog.Follow.vue
index 1524ea0ec..3e451519e 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserSetupDialog.Follow.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/components/MkUserSetupDialog.Follow.vue
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const popularUsers: Paging = {
 	params: {
 		state: 'alive',
 		origin: 'local',
-		sort: '+follower',
+		sort: '+pv',
 	},
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/pages/explore.users.vue b/packages/frontend/src/pages/explore.users.vue
index e9608ae94..398cb2c3f 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/pages/explore.users.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/pages/explore.users.vue
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const pinnedUsers = { endpoint: 'pinned-users', noPaging: true };
 const popularUsers = { endpoint: 'users', limit: 10, noPaging: true, params: {
 	state: 'alive',
 	origin: 'local',
-	sort: '+follower',
+	sort: '+pv',
 } };
 const recentlyUpdatedUsers = { endpoint: 'users', limit: 10, noPaging: true, params: {
 	origin: 'local',