diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index 869749f1e..00479fd9a 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
     return if status.tags.include?(hashtag)
 
     status.tags << hashtag
-    TrendingTags.record_use!(hashtag, status.account, status.created_at)
+    TrendingTags.record_use!(hashtag, status.account, status.created_at) if status.public_visibility?
   rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid
     nil
   end
diff --git a/app/services/process_hashtags_service.rb b/app/services/process_hashtags_service.rb
index 0695922b8..cf7471c98 100644
--- a/app/services/process_hashtags_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/process_hashtags_service.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class ProcessHashtagsService < BaseService
     tags.map { |str| str.mb_chars.downcase }.uniq(&:to_s).each do |name|
       tag = Tag.where(name: name).first_or_create(name: name)
       status.tags << tag
-      TrendingTags.record_use!(tag, status.account, status.created_at)
+      TrendingTags.record_use!(tag, status.account, status.created_at) if status.public_visibility?
     end
   end
 end