diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/topics-section.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/topics-section.js
index d96b7229763..6a3de9ddc94 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/topics-section.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/topics-section.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { customSectionLinks } from "discourse/lib/sidebar/custom-topics-section-
 import EverythingSectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/topics-section/everything-section-link";
 import TrackedSectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/topics-section/tracked-section-link";
 import BookmarkedSectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/topics-section/bookmarked-section-link";
+import MyPostsSectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/topics-section/my-posts-section-link";
 
 import { action } from "@ember/object";
 import { next } from "@ember/runloop";
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SECTION_LINKS = [
   EverythingSectionLink,
   TrackedSectionLink,
   BookmarkedSectionLink,
+  MyPostsSectionLink,
 ];
 
 export default class SidebarTopicsSection extends GlimmerComponent {
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ export default class SidebarTopicsSection extends GlimmerComponent {
     return new sectionLinkClass({
       topicTrackingState: this.topicTrackingState,
       currentUser: this.currentUser,
+      appEvents: this.appEvents,
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/subscribe-user-changes.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/subscribe-user-changes.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bc25dc22035..00000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/subscribe-user-changes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-export default {
-  name: "subscribe-user-changes",
-  after: "message-bus",
-
-  initialize(container) {
-    const user = container.lookup("current-user:main");
-
-    if (user) {
-      const bus = container.lookup("message-bus:main");
-      bus.subscribe("/user", (data) => {
-        user.setProperties(data);
-      });
-    }
-  },
-};
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/subscribe-user-notifications.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/subscribe-user-notifications.js
index 9170ab69a9c..bf4235ba858 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/subscribe-user-notifications.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/subscribe-user-notifications.js
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ export default {
         user.notification_channel_position
       );
 
+      bus.subscribe(`/user-drafts/${user.id}`, (data) => {
+        user.updateDraftProperties(data);
+      });
+
       bus.subscribe(`/do-not-disturb/${user.get("id")}`, (data) => {
         user.updateDoNotDisturbStatus(data.ends_at);
       });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/topics-section/base-section-link.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/topics-section/base-section-link.js
index d62ab343518..fa217833ef9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/topics-section/base-section-link.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/topics-section/base-section-link.js
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
  * Base class representing a sidebar topics section link interface.
  */
 export default class BaseSectionLink {
-  constructor({ topicTrackingState, currentUser } = {}) {
+  constructor({ topicTrackingState, currentUser, appEvents } = {}) {
     this.topicTrackingState = topicTrackingState;
     this.currentUser = currentUser;
+    this.appEvents = appEvents;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/topics-section/my-posts-section-link.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/topics-section/my-posts-section-link.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..703bce8cf5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/sidebar/topics-section/my-posts-section-link.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import I18n from "I18n";
+import { tracked } from "@glimmer/tracking";
+
+import BaseSectionLink from "discourse/lib/sidebar/topics-section/base-section-link";
+
+const USER_DRAFTS_CHANGED_EVENT = "user-drafts:changed";
+
+export default class MyPostsSectionLink extends BaseSectionLink {
+  @tracked draftCount = this.currentUser.draft_count;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super(...arguments);
+    this.appEvents.on(USER_DRAFTS_CHANGED_EVENT, this, this._updateDraftCount);
+  }
+
+  teardown() {
+    this.appEvents.off(USER_DRAFTS_CHANGED_EVENT, this, this._updateDraftCount);
+  }
+
+  _updateDraftCount() {
+    this.draftCount = this.currentUser.draft_count;
+  }
+
+  get name() {
+    return "my-posts";
+  }
+
+  get route() {
+    if (this._hasDraft) {
+      return "userActivity.drafts";
+    } else {
+      return "userActivity.index";
+    }
+  }
+
+  get currentWhen() {
+    if (this._hasDraft) {
+      return "userActivity.index userActivity.drafts";
+    }
+  }
+
+  get model() {
+    return this.currentUser;
+  }
+
+  get title() {
+    return I18n.t("sidebar.sections.topics.links.my_posts.title");
+  }
+
+  get text() {
+    return I18n.t("sidebar.sections.topics.links.my_posts.content");
+  }
+
+  get badgeText() {
+    if (this._hasDraft) {
+      return I18n.t("sidebar.sections.topics.links.my_posts.draft_count", {
+        count: this.draftCount,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  get _hasDraft() {
+    return this.draftCount > 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/models/user.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/models/user.js
index 6cc4116b2ea..fe3cb65b65b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/models/user.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/models/user.js
@@ -1002,6 +1002,11 @@ const User = RestModel.extend({
     this.appEvents.trigger("do-not-disturb:changed", this.do_not_disturb_until);
   },
 
+  updateDraftProperties(properties) {
+    this.setProperties(properties);
+    this.appEvents.trigger("user-drafts:changed");
+  },
+
   isInDoNotDisturb() {
     return (
       this.do_not_disturb_until &&
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/sidebar-topics-section-test.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/sidebar-topics-section-test.js
index 49770538f96..898faa49bcb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/sidebar-topics-section-test.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/sidebar-topics-section-test.js
@@ -203,6 +203,79 @@ acceptance("Sidebar - Topics Section", function (needs) {
     }
   );
 
+  conditionalTest(
+    "clicking on my posts link",
+    !isLegacyEmber(),
+    async function (assert) {
+      await visit("/t/280");
+      await click(".sidebar-section-topics .sidebar-section-link-my-posts");
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        currentURL(),
+        `/u/${loggedInUser().username}/activity`,
+        "it should transistion to the user's activity url"
+      );
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        queryAll(".sidebar-section-topics .sidebar-section-link.active").length,
+        1,
+        "only one link is marked as active"
+      );
+
+      assert.ok(
+        exists(".sidebar-section-topics .sidebar-section-link-my-posts.active"),
+        "the my posts link is marked as active"
+      );
+
+      await visit(`/u/${loggedInUser().username}/activity/drafts`);
+
+      assert.notOk(
+        exists(".sidebar-section-topics .sidebar-section-link-my-posts.active"),
+        "the my posts link is not marked as active when user has no drafts and visiting the user activity drafts URL"
+      );
+    }
+  );
+
+  conditionalTest(
+    "clicking on my posts link when user has a draft",
+    !isLegacyEmber(),
+    async function (assert) {
+      await visit("/t/280");
+
+      publishToMessageBus(`/user-drafts/${loggedInUser().id}`, {
+        draft_count: 1,
+      });
+
+      await settled();
+
+      await click(".sidebar-section-topics .sidebar-section-link-my-posts");
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        currentURL(),
+        `/u/${loggedInUser().username}/activity/drafts`,
+        "it transistions to the user's activity drafts url"
+      );
+
+      assert.strictEqual(
+        queryAll(".sidebar-section-topics .sidebar-section-link.active").length,
+        1,
+        "only one link is marked as active"
+      );
+
+      assert.ok(
+        exists(".sidebar-section-topics .sidebar-section-link-my-posts.active"),
+        "the my posts link is marked as active"
+      );
+
+      await visit(`/u/${loggedInUser().username}/activity`);
+
+      assert.ok(
+        exists(".sidebar-section-topics .sidebar-section-link-my-posts.active"),
+        "the my posts link is marked as active"
+      );
+    }
+  );
+
   conditionalTest(
     "visiting top route",
     !isLegacyEmber(),
diff --git a/app/models/user_stat.rb b/app/models/user_stat.rb
index 7d0093eeadc..e7d41994d1a 100644
--- a/app/models/user_stat.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_stat.rb
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class UserStat < ActiveRecord::Base
       SQL
 
       MessageBus.publish(
-        '/user',
+        "/user-drafts/#{user_id}",
         {
           draft_count: draft_count,
           has_topic_draft: !!has_topic_draft
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 86a01bc6279..5f1cd46e365 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -4058,6 +4058,12 @@ en:
             bookmarked:
               content: "Bookmarked"
               title: "All bookmarked topics"
+            my_posts:
+              content: "My Posts"
+              title: "My posts"
+              draft_count:
+                one: "%{count} draft"
+                other: "%{count} drafts"
 
   # This section is exported to the javascript for i18n in the admin section
   admin_js:
diff --git a/spec/lib/post_creator_spec.rb b/spec/lib/post_creator_spec.rb
index de5533e5317..1c929c26095 100644
--- a/spec/lib/post_creator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/post_creator_spec.rb
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ describe PostCreator do
             "/latest",
             "/topic/#{created_post.topic_id}",
             "/topic/#{created_post.topic_id}",
-            "/user",
-            "/user",
-            "/user"
+            "/user-drafts/#{admin.id}",
+            "/user-drafts/#{admin.id}",
+            "/user-drafts/#{admin.id}",
           ].sort
         )
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ describe PostCreator do
         user_action = messages.find { |m| m.channel == "/u/#{p.user.username}" }
         expect(user_action).not_to eq(nil)
 
-        draft_count = messages.find { |m| m.channel == "/user" }
+        draft_count = messages.find { |m| m.channel == "/user-drafts/#{p.user_id}" }
         expect(draft_count).not_to eq(nil)
 
         expect(messages.filter { |m| m.channel != "/distributed_hash" }.length).to eq(7)
diff --git a/spec/models/draft_spec.rb b/spec/models/draft_spec.rb
index 1c26e1765c8..9c63d306ae3 100644
--- a/spec/models/draft_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/draft_spec.rb
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ describe Draft do
   it 'updates draft count when a draft is created or destroyed' do
     Draft.set(Fabricate(:user), Draft::NEW_TOPIC, 0, "data")
 
-    messages = MessageBus.track_publish("/user") do
+    messages = MessageBus.track_publish("/user-drafts/#{user.id}") do
       Draft.set(user, Draft::NEW_TOPIC, 0, "data")
     end
 
     expect(messages.first.data[:draft_count]).to eq(1)
     expect(messages.first.data[:has_topic_draft]).to eq(true)
 
-    messages = MessageBus.track_publish("/user") do
+    messages = MessageBus.track_publish("/user-drafts/#{user.id}") do
       Draft.where(user: user).destroy_all
     end