diff --git a/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js b/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
index b0873bb1..06af2489 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
+++ b/src/components/follow_request_card/follow_request_card.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const FollowRequestCard = {
     doApprove () {
       this.$store.state.api.backendInteractor.approveUser({ id: this.user.id })
       this.$store.dispatch('removeFollowRequest', this.user)
+      this.$store.dispatch('decrementFollowRequestsCount')
 
       const notifId = this.findFollowRequestNotificationId()
       this.$store.dispatch('markSingleNotificationAsSeen', { id: notifId })
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ const FollowRequestCard = {
       this.$store.state.api.backendInteractor.denyUser({ id: this.user.id })
         .then(() => {
           this.$store.dispatch('dismissNotificationLocal', { id: notifId })
+          this.$store.dispatch('decrementFollowRequestsCount')
           this.$store.dispatch('removeFollowRequest', this.user)
         })
       this.hideDenyConfirmDialog()
diff --git a/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.js b/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.js
index 704a76c6..e5f05643 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.js
+++ b/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.js
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 import FollowRequestCard from '../follow_request_card/follow_request_card.vue'
+import withLoadMore from '../../hocs/with_load_more/with_load_more'
+import List from '../list/list.vue'
+import get from 'lodash/get'
+
+const FollowRequestList = withLoadMore({
+  fetch: (props, $store) => $store.dispatch('fetchFollowRequests'),
+  select: (props, $store) => get($store.state.api, 'followRequests', []).map(req => $store.getters.findUser(req.id)),
+  destroy: (props, $store) => $store.dispatch('clearFollowRequests'),
+  childPropName: 'items',
+  additionalPropNames: ['userId']
+})(List);
+
 
 const FollowRequests = {
   components: {
-    FollowRequestCard
+    FollowRequestCard,
+    FollowRequestList
   },
   computed: {
+    userId () {
+      return this.$store.state.users.currentUser.id
+    },
     requests () {
       return this.$store.state.api.followRequests
     }
diff --git a/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.vue b/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.vue
index 41f19db8..c3098292 100644
--- a/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.vue
+++ b/src/components/follow_requests/follow_requests.vue
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
       </div>
     </div>
     <div class="panel-body">
-      <FollowRequestCard
-        v-for="request in requests"
-        :key="request.id"
-        :user="request"
-        class="list-item"
-      />
+      <FollowRequestList :user-id="userId">
+        <template #item="{item}">
+          <FollowRequestCard :user="item" />
+        </template>
+      </FollowRequestList>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.js b/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.js
index af165d47..0faec5e3 100644
--- a/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.js
+++ b/src/components/nav_panel/nav_panel.js
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ library.add(
 )
 
 const NavPanel = {
-  created () {
-    if (this.currentUser && this.currentUser.locked) {
-      this.$store.dispatch('startFetchingFollowRequests')
-    }
-  },
   components: {
     TimelineMenuContent
   },
@@ -54,11 +49,14 @@ const NavPanel = {
   computed: {
     ...mapState({
       currentUser: state => state.users.currentUser,
-      followRequestCount: state => state.api.followRequests.length,
       privateMode: state => state.instance.private,
       federating: state => state.instance.federating
     }),
-    ...mapGetters(['unreadAnnouncementCount'])
+    ...mapGetters(['unreadAnnouncementCount']),
+    followRequestCount () {
+      console.log({...this.$store.state.users.currentUser});
+      return this.$store.state.users.currentUser.follow_requests_count
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js
index 1cadddda..9ea8c2a7 100644
--- a/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js
+++ b/src/components/user_profile/user_profile.js
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ const UserProfile = {
     TabSwitcher,
     Conversation,
     RichContent,
-    FollowedTagList,
+    FollowedTagList
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/api.js b/src/modules/api.js
index c54aa4fb..8de1449b 100644
--- a/src/modules/api.js
+++ b/src/modules/api.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import backendInteractorService from '../services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js'
 import { WSConnectionStatus } from '../services/api/api.service.js'
+import { map } from 'lodash'
 
 const retryTimeout = (multiplier) => 1000 * multiplier
 
@@ -40,9 +41,6 @@ const api = {
     setSocket (state, socket) {
       state.socket = socket
     },
-    setFollowRequests (state, value) {
-      state.followRequests = value
-    },
     setMastoUserSocketStatus (state, value) {
       state.mastoUserSocketStatus = value
     },
@@ -51,6 +49,15 @@ const api = {
     },
     resetRetryMultiplier (state) {
       state.retryMultiplier = 1
+    },
+    setFollowRequests (state, value) {
+      state.followRequests = [...value]
+    },
+    saveFollowRequests (state, requests) {
+      state.followRequests = [...state.followRequests, ...requests]
+    },
+    saveFollowRequestPagination (state, pagination) {
+      state.followRequestsPagination = pagination
     }
   },
   actions: {
@@ -240,24 +247,22 @@ const api = {
         ...rest
       })
     },
-
-    // Follow requests
-    startFetchingFollowRequests (store) {
-      if (store.state.fetchers['followRequests']) return
-      const fetcher = store.state.backendInteractor.startFetchingFollowRequests({ store })
-
-      store.commit('addFetcher', { fetcherName: 'followRequests', fetcher })
-    },
-    stopFetchingFollowRequests (store) {
-      const fetcher = store.state.fetchers.followRequests
-      if (!fetcher) return
-      store.commit('removeFetcher', { fetcherName: 'followRequests', fetcher })
-    },
     removeFollowRequest (store, request) {
-      let requests = store.state.followRequests.filter((it) => it !== request)
+      let requests = [...store.state.followRequests].filter((it) => it.id !== request.id)
       store.commit('setFollowRequests', requests)
     },
-
+    fetchFollowRequests ({ rootState, commit }) {
+      const pagination = rootState.api.followRequestsPagination
+      return rootState.api.backendInteractor.getFollowRequests({ pagination })
+        .then((requests) => {
+          if (requests.data.length > 0) {
+            commit('addNewUsers', requests.data)
+            commit('saveFollowRequests', requests.data)
+            commit('saveFollowRequestPagination', requests.pagination)
+          }
+          return requests
+        })
+    },
     // Lists
     startFetchingLists (store) {
       if (store.state.fetchers['lists']) return
diff --git a/src/modules/users.js b/src/modules/users.js
index c63b93de..bc1943c8 100644
--- a/src/modules/users.js
+++ b/src/modules/users.js
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ export const mutations = {
   signUpFailure (state, errors) {
     state.signUpPending = false
     state.signUpErrors = errors
+  },
+  decrementFollowRequestsCount (store) {
+    store.currentUser.follow_requests_count--
+  },
+  incrementFollowRequestsCount (store) {
+    store.currentUser.follow_requests_count++
   }
 }
 
@@ -504,6 +510,12 @@ const users = {
         store.commit('setUserForNotification', notification)
       })
     },
+    decrementFollowRequestsCount (store) {
+      store.commit('decrementFollowRequestsCount')
+    },
+    incrementFollowRequestsCount (store) {
+      store.commit('incrementFollowRequestsCount')
+    },
     searchUsers ({ rootState, commit }, { query }) {
       return rootState.api.backendInteractor.searchUsers({ query })
         .then((users) => {
@@ -567,7 +579,6 @@ const users = {
           store.dispatch('stopFetchingTimeline', 'friends')
           store.commit('setBackendInteractor', backendInteractorService(store.getters.getToken()))
           store.dispatch('stopFetchingNotifications')
-          store.dispatch('stopFetchingFollowRequests')
           store.dispatch('stopFetchingConfig')
           store.commit('clearNotifications')
           store.commit('resetStatuses')
diff --git a/src/services/api/api.service.js b/src/services/api/api.service.js
index 0f8b75a4..a2a766d5 100644
--- a/src/services/api/api.service.js
+++ b/src/services/api/api.service.js
@@ -406,14 +406,6 @@ const fetchFollowers = ({ id, maxId, sinceId, limit = 20, credentials }) => {
     .then((data) => data.json())
     .then((data) => data.map(parseUser))
 }
-
-const fetchFollowRequests = ({ credentials }) => {
-  const url = MASTODON_FOLLOW_REQUESTS_URL
-  return fetch(url, { headers: authHeaders(credentials) })
-    .then((data) => data.json())
-    .then((data) => data.map(parseUser))
-}
-
 const fetchLists = ({ credentials }) => {
   const url = MASTODON_LISTS_URL
   return fetch(url, { headers: authHeaders(credentials) })
@@ -1601,6 +1593,26 @@ const getFollowedHashtags = ({ credentials, pagination: savedPagination }) => {
   });
 }
 
+const getFollowRequests = ({ credentials, pagination: savedPagination }) => {
+  const queryParams = new URLSearchParams()
+  if (savedPagination?.maxId) {
+    queryParams.append('max_id', savedPagination.maxId)
+  }
+  const url = `${MASTODON_FOLLOW_REQUESTS_URL}?${queryParams.toString()}`
+  let pagination = {};
+  return fetch(url, {
+    credentials
+  }).then((data) => {
+    pagination = parseLinkHeaderPagination(data.headers.get('Link'), { flakeId: true });
+    return data.json()
+  }).then((data) => {
+    return {
+      pagination,
+      data
+    }
+  });
+}
+
 export const getMastodonSocketURI = ({ credentials, stream, args = {} }) => {
   return Object.entries({
     ...(credentials
@@ -1790,7 +1802,6 @@ const apiService = {
   mfaConfirmOTP,
   addBackup,
   listBackups,
-  fetchFollowRequests,
   fetchLists,
   createList,
   getList,
@@ -1841,6 +1852,7 @@ const apiService = {
   followHashtag,
   unfollowHashtag,
   getFollowedHashtags,
+  getFollowRequests
 }
 
 export default apiService
diff --git a/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js b/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js
index 4d6f80c2..58515387 100644
--- a/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js
+++ b/src/services/backend_interactor_service/backend_interactor_service.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import apiService, { getMastodonSocketURI, ProcessedWS } from '../api/api.service.js'
 import timelineFetcher from '../timeline_fetcher/timeline_fetcher.service.js'
 import notificationsFetcher from '../notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js'
-import followRequestFetcher from '../../services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service'
 import listsFetcher from '../../services/lists_fetcher/lists_fetcher.service.js'
 import announcementsFetcher from '../../services/announcements_fetcher/announcements_fetcher.service.js'
 import configFetcher from '../config_fetcher/config_fetcher.service.js'
@@ -28,10 +27,6 @@ const backendInteractorService = credentials => ({
     return notificationsFetcher.fetchAndUpdate({ ...args, credentials })
   },
 
-  startFetchingFollowRequests ({ store }) {
-    return followRequestFetcher.startFetching({ store, credentials })
-  },
-
   startFetchingLists ({ store }) {
     return listsFetcher.startFetching({ store, credentials })
   },
diff --git a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
index c54ce3e2..e330ca8c 100644
--- a/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
+++ b/src/services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export const parseUser = (data) => {
     output.friends_count = data.following_count
 
     output.bot = data.bot
+    output.follow_requests_count = data.follow_requests_count
     if (data.akkoma) {
       output.instance = data.akkoma.instance
       output.status_ttl_days = data.akkoma.status_ttl_days
diff --git a/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c0ab85e..00000000
--- a/src/services/follow_request_fetcher/follow_request_fetcher.service.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import apiService from '../api/api.service.js'
-import { promiseInterval } from '../promise_interval/promise_interval.js'
-
-const fetchAndUpdate = ({ store, credentials }) => {
-  return apiService.fetchFollowRequests({ credentials })
-    .then((requests) => {
-      store.commit('setFollowRequests', requests)
-      store.commit('addNewUsers', requests)
-    }, () => {})
-    .catch(() => {})
-}
-
-const startFetching = ({ credentials, store }) => {
-  const boundFetchAndUpdate = () => fetchAndUpdate({ credentials, store })
-  boundFetchAndUpdate()
-  return promiseInterval(boundFetchAndUpdate, 240000)
-}
-
-const followRequestFetcher = {
-  startFetching
-}
-
-export default followRequestFetcher