diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/categories.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/categories.hbs
index 60297813e7e..600681eab68 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/categories.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/discovery/categories.hbs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
             <td class='category' style={{border-color c.color}}>
               <div>
                 {{category-title-link category=c}}
-                {{category-unread category=c}}
                 {{#if c.logo_url}}
                   {{category-logo-link category=c}}
                 {{/if}}
@@ -31,8 +30,11 @@
                 </div>
               {{/if}}
             </td>
-            <td class='stats' title={{c.statTitle}}>
-              {{{c.stat}}}
+            <td class='stats'>
+              <div title={{c.statTitle}}>
+                {{{c.stat}}}
+              </div>
+              {{category-unread category=c tagName="div" class="unread-new"}}
             </td>
           </tr>
         {{/each}}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
index abf8688951e..14f94c67756 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
@@ -237,6 +237,14 @@
 }
 
 .navigation-categories {
+  .unread-new {
+    a {
+      display: inline-block;
+      margin-top: 5px;
+      background-color: transparent;
+      color: dark-light-choose(scale-color($primary, $lightness: 50%), scale-color($secondary, $lightness: 40%));
+    }
+  }
   .topic-list {
     width: 48%;
     float: left;