diff --git a/web/templates/left_sidebar.hbs b/web/templates/left_sidebar.hbs
index 4b41b4a653..85f7438b99 100644
--- a/web/templates/left_sidebar.hbs
+++ b/web/templates/left_sidebar.hbs
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
                     </span>
                 </div>
                 <div class="heading-markers-and-unreads">
-                    <span class="unread_count"></span>
+                    <span class="unread_count quiet-count"></span>
                     <span class="masked_unread_count">
                         <i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-masked-unread"></i>
                     </span>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div id="topics_header">
-                <a class="show-all-streams" tabindex="0">{{t 'Back to channels' }}</a> <span class="unread_count"></span>
+                <a class="show-all-streams" tabindex="0">{{t 'Back to channels' }}</a> <span class="unread_count quiet-count"></span>
             </div>
             <div id="stream-filters-container">
                 <ul id="stream_filters" class="filters"></ul>