diff --git a/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/chat/routes/channel-info.gjs b/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/chat/routes/channel-info.gjs
index 14dc516a594..d7eae9937e7 100644
--- a/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/chat/routes/channel-info.gjs
+++ b/plugins/chat/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/chat/routes/channel-info.gjs
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ export default class ChatRoutesChannelInfo extends Component {
                   @replace={{true}}
                 >
                   {{this.membersLabel}}
+                  {{#if @channel.isCategoryChannel}}
+                    <span
+                      class="c-channel-info__member-count"
+                    >({{@channel.membershipsCount}})</span>
+                  {{/if}}
                 </LinkTo>
               </li>
             </ul>
diff --git a/plugins/chat/assets/stylesheets/common/chat-channel-info.scss b/plugins/chat/assets/stylesheets/common/chat-channel-info.scss
index 93dbca239d2..daf059c1d33 100644
--- a/plugins/chat/assets/stylesheets/common/chat-channel-info.scss
+++ b/plugins/chat/assets/stylesheets/common/chat-channel-info.scss
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
       padding-bottom: 1rem;
     }
   }
+
+  &__member-count {
+    margin-left: 0.25em;
+  }
 }
 
 .c-channel-members__add-members {