diff --git a/components/comment.js b/components/comment.js
index a258e3a4..03819801 100644
--- a/components/comment.js
+++ b/components/comment.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export default function Comment ({
           <div className={`${styles.children}`}>
             {!noReply &&
               <Reply
-                depth={depth + 1} parentId={item.id} replyOpen={replyOpen}
+                depth={depth + 1} item={item} replyOpen={replyOpen}
               />}
             {children}
             <div className={`${styles.comments} ml-sm-1 ml-md-3`}>
diff --git a/components/item-full.js b/components/item-full.js
index 30ce000f..562d9e1a 100644
--- a/components/item-full.js
+++ b/components/item-full.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function BioItem ({ item, handleClick }) {
           >edit bio
           </Button>
         </div>}
-      <Reply parentId={item.id} />
+      <Reply item={item} />
     </>
   )
 }
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function TopLevelItem ({ item, noReply, ...props }) {
       {item.text && <ItemText item={item} />}
       {item.url && <ItemEmbed item={item} />}
       {item.poll && <Poll item={item} />}
-      {!noReply && <Reply parentId={item.id} replyOpen />}
+      {!noReply && <Reply item={item} replyOpen />}
     </ItemComponent>
   )
 }
diff --git a/components/reply.js b/components/reply.js
index 9eee8796..4239e698 100644
--- a/components/reply.js
+++ b/components/reply.js
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ export function ReplyOnAnotherPage ({ parentId }) {
   )
 }
 
-export default function Reply ({ parentId, onSuccess, replyOpen }) {
+export default function Reply ({ item, onSuccess, replyOpen }) {
   const [reply, setReply] = useState(replyOpen)
   const me = useMe()
   const [hasImgLink, setHasImgLink] = useState()
+  const parentId = item.id
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setReply(replyOpen || !!localStorage.getItem('reply-' + parentId + '-' + 'text'))
@@ -52,12 +53,21 @@ export default function Reply ({ parentId, onSuccess, replyOpen }) {
                 fragmentName: 'CommentsRecursive'
               })
               return [newCommentRef, ...existingCommentRefs]
-            },
-            ncomments (existingNComments = 0) {
-              return existingNComments + 1
             }
           }
         })
+
+        // update all ancestors
+        item.path.split('.').forEach(id => {
+          cache.modify({
+            id: `Item:${id}`,
+            fields: {
+              ncomments (existingNComments = 0) {
+                return existingNComments + 1
+              }
+            }
+          })
+        })
       }
     }
   )
diff --git a/components/upvote.js b/components/upvote.js
index 70ecfb2a..f1c44404 100644
--- a/components/upvote.js
+++ b/components/upvote.js
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ export default function UpVote ({ item, className }) {
             }
           }
         })
+
+        // update all ancestors
+        item.path.split('.').forEach(id => {
+          if (Number(id) === Number(item.id)) return
+          cache.modify({
+            id: `Item:${id}`,
+            fields: {
+              commentSats (existingCommentSats = 0) {
+                return existingCommentSats + sats
+              }
+            }
+          })
+        })
       }
     }
   )