diff --git a/app/controllers/directories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/directories_controller.rb
index f198ad5ba..f28c5b2af 100644
--- a/app/controllers/directories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/directories_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ class DirectoriesController < ApplicationController
   before_action :authenticate_user!, if: :whitelist_mode?
   before_action :require_enabled!
   before_action :set_instance_presenter
-  before_action :set_tag, only: :show
   before_action :set_accounts
 
   skip_before_action :require_functional!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
@@ -15,23 +14,14 @@ class DirectoriesController < ApplicationController
     render :index
   end
 
-  def show
-    render :index
-  end
-
   private
 
   def require_enabled!
     return not_found unless Setting.profile_directory
   end
 
-  def set_tag
-    @tag = Tag.discoverable.find_normalized!(params[:id])
-  end
-
   def set_accounts
     @accounts = Account.local.discoverable.by_recent_status.page(params[:page]).per(20).tap do |query|
-      query.merge!(Account.tagged_with(@tag.id)) if @tag
       query.merge!(Account.not_excluded_by_account(current_account)) if current_account
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb
index a1081522e..9f778ffb9 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/announce.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Announce < ActivityPub::Activity
         visibility: visibility_from_audience
       )
 
+      original_status.tags.each do |tag|
+        tag.use!(@account)
+      end
+
       distribute(@status)
     end
 
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index c7a655d9d..e46361c14 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
   def attach_tags(status)
     @tags.each do |tag|
       status.tags << tag
-      TrendingTags.record_use!(tag, status.account, status.created_at) if status.public_visibility?
+      tag.use!(@account, status: status, at_time: status.created_at) if status.public_visibility?
     end
 
     @mentions.each do |mention|
diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index a573365de..994459338 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
   scope :searchable, -> { without_suspended.where(moved_to_account_id: nil) }
   scope :discoverable, -> { searchable.without_silenced.where(discoverable: true).left_outer_joins(:account_stat) }
   scope :followable_by, ->(account) { joins(arel_table.join(Follow.arel_table, Arel::Nodes::OuterJoin).on(arel_table[:id].eq(Follow.arel_table[:target_account_id]).and(Follow.arel_table[:account_id].eq(account.id))).join_sources).where(Follow.arel_table[:id].eq(nil)).joins(arel_table.join(FollowRequest.arel_table, Arel::Nodes::OuterJoin).on(arel_table[:id].eq(FollowRequest.arel_table[:target_account_id]).and(FollowRequest.arel_table[:account_id].eq(account.id))).join_sources).where(FollowRequest.arel_table[:id].eq(nil)) }
-  scope :tagged_with, ->(tag) { joins(:accounts_tags).where(accounts_tags: { tag_id: tag }) }
   scope :by_recent_status, -> { order(Arel.sql('(case when account_stats.last_status_at is null then 1 else 0 end) asc, account_stats.last_status_at desc, accounts.id desc')) }
   scope :by_recent_sign_in, -> { order(Arel.sql('(case when users.current_sign_in_at is null then 1 else 0 end) asc, users.current_sign_in_at desc, accounts.id desc')) }
   scope :popular, -> { order('account_stats.followers_count desc') }
@@ -279,19 +278,13 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
       if hashtags_map.key?(tag.name)
         hashtags_map.delete(tag.name)
       else
-        transaction do
-          tags.delete(tag)
-          tag.decrement_count!(:accounts_count)
-        end
+        tags.delete(tag)
       end
     end
 
     # Add hashtags that were so far missing
     hashtags_map.each_value do |tag|
-      transaction do
-        tags << tag
-        tag.increment_count!(:accounts_count)
-      end
+      tags << tag
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/account_tag_stat.rb b/app/models/account_tag_stat.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c36c155a..000000000
--- a/app/models/account_tag_stat.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-# == Schema Information
-#
-# Table name: account_tag_stats
-#
-#  id             :bigint(8)        not null, primary key
-#  tag_id         :bigint(8)        not null
-#  accounts_count :bigint(8)        default(0), not null
-#  hidden         :boolean          default(FALSE), not null
-#  created_at     :datetime         not null
-#  updated_at     :datetime         not null
-#
-
-class AccountTagStat < ApplicationRecord
-  belongs_to :tag, inverse_of: :account_tag_stat
-
-  def increment_count!(key)
-    update(key => public_send(key) + 1)
-  end
-
-  def decrement_count!(key)
-    update(key => [public_send(key) - 1, 0].max)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index efffc7eee..735c30608 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@
 class Tag < ApplicationRecord
   has_and_belongs_to_many :statuses
   has_and_belongs_to_many :accounts
-  has_and_belongs_to_many :sample_accounts, -> { local.discoverable.popular.limit(3) }, class_name: 'Account'
 
   has_many :featured_tags, dependent: :destroy, inverse_of: :tag
-  has_one :account_tag_stat, dependent: :destroy
 
   HASHTAG_SEPARATORS = "_\u00B7\u200c"
   HASHTAG_NAME_RE    = "([[:word:]_][[:word:]#{HASHTAG_SEPARATORS}]*[[:alpha:]#{HASHTAG_SEPARATORS}][[:word:]#{HASHTAG_SEPARATORS}]*[[:word:]_])|([[:word:]_]*[[:alpha:]][[:word:]_]*)"
@@ -38,29 +36,11 @@ class Tag < ApplicationRecord
   scope :usable, -> { where(usable: [true, nil]) }
   scope :listable, -> { where(listable: [true, nil]) }
   scope :trendable, -> { Setting.trendable_by_default ? where(trendable: [true, nil]) : where(trendable: true) }
-  scope :discoverable, -> { listable.joins(:account_tag_stat).where(AccountTagStat.arel_table[:accounts_count].gt(0)).order(Arel.sql('account_tag_stats.accounts_count desc')) }
   scope :recently_used, ->(account) { joins(:statuses).where(statuses: { id: account.statuses.select(:id).limit(1000) }).group(:id).order(Arel.sql('count(*) desc')) }
-  # Search with case-sensitive to use B-tree index.
-  scope :matches_name, ->(term) { where(arel_table[:name].lower.matches(arel_table.lower("#{sanitize_sql_like(Tag.normalize(term))}%"), nil, true)) }
-
-  delegate :accounts_count,
-           :accounts_count=,
-           :increment_count!,
-           :decrement_count!,
-           to: :account_tag_stat
-
-  after_save :save_account_tag_stat
+  scope :matches_name, ->(term) { where(arel_table[:name].lower.matches(arel_table.lower("#{sanitize_sql_like(Tag.normalize(term))}%"), nil, true)) } # Search with case-sensitive to use B-tree index
 
   update_index('tags#tag', :self)
 
-  def account_tag_stat
-    super || build_account_tag_stat
-  end
-
-  def cached_sample_accounts
-    Rails.cache.fetch("#{cache_key}/sample_accounts", expires_in: 12.hours) { sample_accounts }
-  end
-
   def to_param
     name
   end
@@ -95,6 +75,10 @@ class Tag < ApplicationRecord
     requested_review_at.present?
   end
 
+  def use!(account, status: nil, at_time: Time.now.utc)
+    TrendingTags.record_use!(self, account, status: status, at_time: at_time)
+  end
+
   def trending?
     TrendingTags.trending?(self)
   end
@@ -127,9 +111,10 @@ class Tag < ApplicationRecord
     end
 
     def search_for(term, limit = 5, offset = 0, options = {})
-      striped_term = term.strip
-      query = Tag.listable.matches_name(striped_term)
-      query = query.merge(matching_name(striped_term).or(where.not(reviewed_at: nil))) if options[:exclude_unreviewed]
+      stripped_term = term.strip
+
+      query = Tag.listable.matches_name(stripped_term)
+      query = query.merge(matching_name(stripped_term).or(where.not(reviewed_at: nil))) if options[:exclude_unreviewed]
 
       query.order(Arel.sql('length(name) ASC, name ASC'))
            .limit(limit)
@@ -161,11 +146,6 @@ class Tag < ApplicationRecord
 
   private
 
-  def save_account_tag_stat
-    return unless account_tag_stat&.changed?
-    account_tag_stat.save
-  end
-
   def validate_name_change
     errors.add(:name, I18n.t('tags.does_not_match_previous_name')) unless name_was.mb_chars.casecmp(name.mb_chars).zero?
   end
diff --git a/app/models/tag_filter.rb b/app/models/tag_filter.rb
index a9ff5b703..85bfcbea5 100644
--- a/app/models/tag_filter.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag_filter.rb
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ class TagFilter
 
   def scope_for(key, value)
     case key.to_s
-    when 'directory'
-      Tag.discoverable
     when 'reviewed'
       Tag.reviewed.order(reviewed_at: :desc)
     when 'unreviewed'
diff --git a/app/models/trending_tags.rb b/app/models/trending_tags.rb
index 9c2aa0ee8..31890b082 100644
--- a/app/models/trending_tags.rb
+++ b/app/models/trending_tags.rb
@@ -13,19 +13,23 @@ class TrendingTags
   class << self
     include Redisable
 
-    def record_use!(tag, account, at_time = Time.now.utc)
-      return if account.silenced? || account.bot? || !tag.usable? || !(tag.trendable? || tag.requires_review?)
+    def record_use!(tag, account, status: nil, at_time: Time.now.utc)
+      return unless tag.usable? && !account.silenced?
 
+      # Even if a tag is not allowed to trend, we still need to
+      # record the stats since they can be displayed in other places
       increment_historical_use!(tag.id, at_time)
       increment_unique_use!(tag.id, account.id, at_time)
       increment_use!(tag.id, at_time)
 
-      tag.update(last_status_at: Time.now.utc) if tag.last_status_at.nil? || tag.last_status_at < 12.hours.ago
+      # Only update when the tag was last used once every 12 hours
+      # and only if a status is given (lets use ignore reblogs)
+      tag.update(last_status_at: at_time) if status.present? && (tag.last_status_at.nil? || (tag.last_status_at < at_time && tag.last_status_at < 12.hours.ago))
     end
 
     def update!(at_time = Time.now.utc)
       tag_ids = redis.smembers("#{KEY}:used:#{at_time.beginning_of_day.to_i}") + redis.zrange(KEY, 0, -1)
-      tags    = Tag.where(id: tag_ids.uniq)
+      tags    = Tag.trendable.where(id: tag_ids.uniq)
 
       # First pass to calculate scores and update the set
 
diff --git a/app/services/process_hashtags_service.rb b/app/services/process_hashtags_service.rb
index e8e139b05..c42b79db8 100644
--- a/app/services/process_hashtags_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/process_hashtags_service.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ class ProcessHashtagsService < BaseService
     Tag.find_or_create_by_names(tags) do |tag|
       status.tags << tag
       records << tag
-
-      TrendingTags.record_use!(tag, status.account, status.created_at) if status.public_visibility?
+      tag.use!(status.account, status: status, at_time: status.created_at) if status.public_visibility?
     end
 
     return unless status.distributable?
diff --git a/app/services/reblog_service.rb b/app/services/reblog_service.rb
index 5032397b3..744bdf567 100644
--- a/app/services/reblog_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/reblog_service.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class ReblogService < BaseService
 
     create_notification(reblog)
     bump_potential_friendship(account, reblog)
+    record_use(account, reblog)
 
     reblog
   end
@@ -59,6 +60,16 @@ class ReblogService < BaseService
     PotentialFriendshipTracker.record(account.id, reblog.reblog.account_id, :reblog)
   end
 
+  def record_use(account, reblog)
+    return unless reblog.public_visibility?
+
+    original_status = reblog.reblog
+
+    original_status.tags.each do |tag|
+      tag.use!(account)
+    end
+  end
+
   def build_json(reblog)
     Oj.dump(serialize_payload(ActivityPub::ActivityPresenter.from_status(reblog), ActivityPub::ActivitySerializer, signer: reblog.account))
   end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/tags/_tag.html.haml b/app/views/admin/tags/_tag.html.haml
index 287d28e53..adf4ca7b2 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/tags/_tag.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/tags/_tag.html.haml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
         = tag.name
 
         %small
-          = t('admin.tags.in_directory', count: tag.accounts_count)
-          &bull;
           = t('admin.tags.unique_uses_today', count: tag.history.first[:accounts])
 
           - if tag.trending?
diff --git a/app/views/admin/tags/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/tags/index.html.haml
index d7719d45d..d78f3c6d1 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/tags/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/tags/index.html.haml
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
   = javascript_pack_tag 'admin', async: true, crossorigin: 'anonymous'
 
 .filters
-  .filter-subset
-    %strong= t('admin.tags.context')
-    %ul
-      %li= filter_link_to t('generic.all'), directory: nil
-      %li= filter_link_to t('admin.tags.directory'), directory: '1'
-
   .filter-subset
     %strong= t('admin.tags.review')
     %ul
@@ -23,8 +17,9 @@
     %strong= t('generic.order_by')
     %ul
       %li= filter_link_to t('admin.tags.most_recent'), popular: nil, active: nil
-      %li= filter_link_to t('admin.tags.most_popular'), popular: '1', active: nil
       %li= filter_link_to t('admin.tags.last_active'), active: '1', popular: nil
+      %li= filter_link_to t('admin.tags.most_popular'), popular: '1', active: nil
+
 
 = form_tag admin_tags_url, method: 'GET', class: 'simple_form' do
   .fields-group
diff --git a/app/views/admin/tags/show.html.haml b/app/views/admin/tags/show.html.haml
index c9a147587..c4caffda1 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/tags/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/tags/show.html.haml
@@ -10,15 +10,6 @@
     %div
       .dashboard__counters__num= number_with_delimiter @accounts_week
       .dashboard__counters__label= t 'admin.tags.accounts_week'
-  %div
-    - if @tag.accounts_count > 0
-      = link_to explore_hashtag_path(@tag) do
-        .dashboard__counters__num= number_with_delimiter @tag.accounts_count
-        .dashboard__counters__label= t 'admin.tags.directory'
-    - else
-      %div
-        .dashboard__counters__num= number_with_delimiter @tag.accounts_count
-        .dashboard__counters__label= t 'admin.tags.directory'
 
 %hr.spacer/
 
@@ -30,8 +21,8 @@
 
   .fields-group
     = f.input :usable, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
-    = f.input :trendable, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label, disabled: !Setting.trends
-    = f.input :listable, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label, disabled: !Setting.profile_directory
+    = f.input :trendable, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
+    = f.input :listable, as: :boolean, wrapper: :with_label
 
   .actions
     = f.button :button, t('generic.save_changes'), type: :submit
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index bfa489817..d8ad5bd84 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -698,12 +698,9 @@ en:
       accounts_today: Unique uses today
       accounts_week: Unique uses this week
       breakdown: Breakdown of today's usage by source
-      context: Context
-      directory: In directory
-      in_directory: "%{count} in directory"
-      last_active: Last active
+      last_active: Recently used
       most_popular: Most popular
-      most_recent: Most recent
+      most_recent: Recently created
       name: Hashtag
       review: Review status
       reviewed: Reviewed
diff --git a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
index 8ff880ebc..c4388ffc5 100644
--- a/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/simple_form.en.yml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ en:
       rule:
         text: Rule
       tag:
-        listable: Allow this hashtag to appear in searches and on the profile directory
+        listable: Allow this hashtag to appear in searches and suggestions
         name: Hashtag
         trendable: Allow this hashtag to appear under trends
         usable: Allow posts to use this hashtag
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 8ca7fccdd..2373d8a51 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   post '/interact/:id', to: 'remote_interaction#create'
 
   get '/explore', to: 'directories#index', as: :explore
-  get '/explore/:id', to: 'directories#show', as: :explore_hashtag
-
   get '/settings', to: redirect('/settings/profile')
 
   namespace :settings do
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20210502233513_drop_account_tag_stats.rb b/db/post_migrate/20210502233513_drop_account_tag_stats.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80adadcab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20210502233513_drop_account_tag_stats.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class DropAccountTagStats < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def up
+    drop_table :account_tag_stats
+  end
+
+  def down
+    raise ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 88e906079..19b1afe00 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -115,15 +115,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_05_05_174616) do
     t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_account_stats_on_account_id", unique: true
   end
 
-  create_table "account_tag_stats", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.bigint "tag_id", null: false
-    t.bigint "accounts_count", default: 0, null: false
-    t.boolean "hidden", default: false, null: false
-    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
-    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
-    t.index ["tag_id"], name: "index_account_tag_stats_on_tag_id", unique: true
-  end
-
   create_table "account_warning_presets", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.text "text", default: "", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
@@ -985,7 +976,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_05_05_174616) do
   add_foreign_key "account_pins", "accounts", column: "target_account_id", on_delete: :cascade
   add_foreign_key "account_pins", "accounts", on_delete: :cascade
   add_foreign_key "account_stats", "accounts", on_delete: :cascade
-  add_foreign_key "account_tag_stats", "tags", on_delete: :cascade
   add_foreign_key "account_warnings", "accounts", column: "target_account_id", on_delete: :cascade
   add_foreign_key "account_warnings", "accounts", on_delete: :nullify
   add_foreign_key "accounts", "accounts", column: "moved_to_account_id", on_delete: :nullify
diff --git a/spec/models/account_tag_stat_spec.rb b/spec/models/account_tag_stat_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d3057f35..000000000
--- a/spec/models/account_tag_stat_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'rails_helper'
-
-RSpec.describe AccountTagStat, type: :model do
-  key = 'accounts_count'
-  let(:account_tag_stat) { Fabricate(:tag).account_tag_stat }
-
-  describe '#increment_count!' do
-    it 'calls #update' do
-      args = { key => account_tag_stat.public_send(key) + 1 }
-      expect(account_tag_stat).to receive(:update).with(args)
-      account_tag_stat.increment_count!(key)
-    end
-
-    it 'increments value by 1' do
-      expect do
-        account_tag_stat.increment_count!(key)
-      end.to change { account_tag_stat.accounts_count }.by(1)
-    end
-  end
-
-  describe '#decrement_count!' do
-    it 'calls #update' do
-      args = { key => [account_tag_stat.public_send(key) - 1, 0].max }
-      expect(account_tag_stat).to receive(:update).with(args)
-      account_tag_stat.decrement_count!(key)
-    end
-
-    it 'decrements value by 1' do
-      account_tag_stat.update(key => 1)
-
-      expect do
-        account_tag_stat.decrement_count!(key)
-      end.to change { account_tag_stat.accounts_count }.by(-1)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/models/trending_tags_spec.rb b/spec/models/trending_tags_spec.rb
index b6122c994..dfbc7d6f8 100644
--- a/spec/models/trending_tags_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/trending_tags_spec.rb
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ RSpec.describe TrendingTags do
 
   describe '.update!' do
     let!(:at_time) { Time.now.utc }
-    let!(:tag1) { Fabricate(:tag, name: 'Catstodon') }
-    let!(:tag2) { Fabricate(:tag, name: 'DogsOfMastodon') }
-    let!(:tag3) { Fabricate(:tag, name: 'OCs') }
+    let!(:tag1) { Fabricate(:tag, name: 'Catstodon', trendable: true) }
+    let!(:tag2) { Fabricate(:tag, name: 'DogsOfMastodon', trendable: true) }
+    let!(:tag3) { Fabricate(:tag, name: 'OCs', trendable: true) }
 
     before do
       allow(Redis.current).to receive(:pfcount) do |key|