diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/about-page.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/about-page.gjs
index f95b35c5674..31a836a733c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/about-page.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/about-page.gjs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export default class AboutPage extends Component {
       },
     ];
 
-    if (this.siteSettings.display_eu_visitor_stats) {
+    if (this.displayVisitorStats) {
       list.splice(2, 0, {
         icon: "user-secret",
         class: "visitors",
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ export default class AboutPage extends Component {
     return list.concat(this.siteActivitiesFromPlugins());
   }
 
+  get displayVisitorStats() {
+    return (
+      this.siteSettings.display_eu_visitor_stats &&
+      typeof this.args.model.stats.eu_visitors_7_days === "number" &&
+      typeof this.args.model.stats.visitors_7_days === "number"
+    );
+  }
+
   get contactInfo() {
     const url = escape(this.args.model.contact_url || "");
     const email = escape(this.args.model.contact_email || "");
@@ -292,7 +300,7 @@ export default class AboutPage extends Component {
             </div>
           {{/each}}
         </div>
-        {{#if this.siteSettings.display_eu_visitor_stats}}
+        {{#if this.displayVisitorStats}}
           <p class="about traffic-info-footer"><small
             >{{this.trafficInfoFooter}}</small></p>
         {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/about.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/about.js
index 55206f821aa..7249274f878 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/about.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/about.js
@@ -54,4 +54,17 @@ export default class AboutController extends Controller {
     }
     return Array.from(set);
   }
+
+  @discourseComputed(
+    "model.stats.visitors_7_days",
+    "model.stats.eu_visitors_7_days",
+    "siteSettings.display_eu_visitor_stats"
+  )
+  displayVisitorStats(visitors, euVisitors, displayEuVisitorStats) {
+    return (
+      displayEuVisitorStats &&
+      typeof euVisitors === "number" &&
+      typeof visitors === "number"
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/about.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/about.hbs
index 5b6fd6dba64..ac7b68c4661 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/about.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/about.hbs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
                   <td>{{number this.model.stats.active_users_30_days}}</td>
                   <td>&mdash;</td>
                 </tr>
-                {{#if this.siteSettings.display_eu_visitor_stats}}
+                {{#if this.displayVisitorStats}}
                   <tr class="about-visitor-count">
                     <td>{{i18n "about.visitor_count"}}</td>
                     <td>{{number this.model.stats.visitors_last_day}}</td>
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
                 {{/each}}
               </tbody>
             </table>
-            {{#if this.siteSettings.display_eu_visitor_stats}}
+            {{#if this.displayVisitorStats}}
               <p class="about stats-table-footer"><small
                 >{{this.statsTableFooter}}</small></p>
             {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/components/about-page-test.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/components/about-page-test.gjs
index df7854af670..3eee0b41a99 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/components/about-page-test.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/components/about-page-test.gjs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { module, test } from "qunit";
 import AboutPage from "discourse/components/about-page";
 import { withPluginApi } from "discourse/lib/plugin-api";
 import { setupRenderingTest } from "discourse/tests/helpers/component-test";
+import I18n from "discourse-i18n";
 
 function createModelObject({
   title = "My Forums",
@@ -61,4 +62,40 @@ module("Integration | Component | about-page", function (hooks) {
       )
       .hasText("in the last 3 weeks");
   });
+
+  test("visitor stats are not rendered if they're not available in the model", async function (assert) {
+    this.siteSettings.display_eu_visitor_stats = true;
+    let model = createModelObject({
+      stats: {},
+    });
+
+    await render(<template><AboutPage @model={{model}} /></template>);
+    assert
+      .dom(".about__activities-item.visitors")
+      .doesNotExist("visitors stats item is not rendered");
+
+    model = createModelObject({
+      stats: {
+        eu_visitors_7_days: 13,
+        eu_visitors_30_days: 30,
+        visitors_7_days: 33,
+        visitors_30_days: 103,
+      },
+    });
+
+    await render(<template><AboutPage @model={{model}} /></template>);
+    assert
+      .dom(".about__activities-item.visitors")
+      .exists("visitors stats item is rendered");
+    assert
+      .dom(".about__activities-item.visitors .about__activities-item-count")
+      .hasText(
+        I18n.messageFormat("about.activities.visitors_MF", {
+          total_count: 33,
+          eu_count: 13,
+          total_formatted_number: "33",
+          eu_formatted_number: "13",
+        })
+      );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/config/locales/server.en.yml b/config/locales/server.en.yml
index 4d883b97abe..317fb70adf0 100644
--- a/config/locales/server.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/server.en.yml
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ en:
     tos_url: "If you have a Terms of Service document hosted elsewhere that you want to use, provide the full URL here."
     privacy_policy_url: "If you have a Privacy Policy document hosted elsewhere that you want to use, provide the full URL here."
     log_anonymizer_details: "Whether to keep a user's details in the log after being anonymized."
-    display_eu_visitor_stats: "Show number of global and EU visitors on the /about page."
+    display_eu_visitor_stats: "Show number of global and EU visitors on the /about page. It may take a few minutes for the stats to appear after turning on this setting."
 
     newuser_spam_host_threshold: "How many times a new user can post a link to the same host within their `newuser_spam_host_threshold` posts before being considered spam."