diff --git a/components/cowboy-hat.js b/components/cowboy-hat.js
index d368f821..fda60d27 100644
--- a/components/cowboy-hat.js
+++ b/components/cowboy-hat.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Badge from 'react-bootstrap/Badge'
 import OverlayTrigger from 'react-bootstrap/OverlayTrigger'
 import Tooltip from 'react-bootstrap/Tooltip'
 import CowboyHatIcon from '../svgs/cowboy.svg'
+import { numWithUnits } from '../lib/format'
 
 export default function CowboyHat ({ user, badge, className = 'ms-1', height = 16, width = 16 }) {
   if (user?.streak === null || user.hideCowboyHat) {
@@ -10,7 +11,10 @@ export default function CowboyHat ({ user, badge, className = 'ms-1', height = 1
 
   const streak = user.streak
   return (
-    <HatTooltip overlayText={streak ? `${streak} days` : 'new'}>
+    <HatTooltip overlayText={streak
+      ? `${numWithUnits(streak, { abbreviate: false, unitSingular: 'day', unitPlural: 'days' })}`
+      : 'new'}
+    >
       {badge
         ? (
           <Badge bg='grey-medium' className='ms-2 d-inline-flex align-items-center'>
diff --git a/components/item-info.js b/components/item-info.js
index 8dfe7516..b0f19283 100644
--- a/components/item-info.js
+++ b/components/item-info.js
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import BookmarkDropdownItem from './bookmark'
 import SubscribeDropdownItem from './subscribe'
 import { CopyLinkDropdownItem } from './share'
 
-export default function ItemInfo ({ item, pendingSats, full, commentsText, commentTextSingular, className, embellishUser, extraInfo, onEdit, editText }) {
+export default function ItemInfo ({
+  item, pendingSats, full, commentsText = 'comments',
+  commentTextSingular = 'comment', className, embellishUser, extraInfo, onEdit, editText
+}) {
   const editThreshold = new Date(item.createdAt).getTime() + 10 * 60000
   const me = useMe()
   const router = useRouter()
@@ -34,7 +37,11 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({ item, pendingSats, full, commentsText, comme
     <div className={className || `${styles.other}`}>
       {!item.position &&
         <>
-          <span title={`from ${item.upvotes} stackers ${item.mine
+          <span title={`from ${numWithUnits(item.upvotes, {
+              abbreviate: false,
+              unitSingular: 'stacker',
+              unitPlural: 'stackers'
+            })} ${item.mine
             ? `\\ ${numWithUnits(item.meSats, { abbreviate: false })} to post`
             : `(${numWithUnits(item.meSats + pendingSats, { abbreviate: false })} from me)`} `}
           >
@@ -58,7 +65,11 @@ export default function ItemInfo ({ item, pendingSats, full, commentsText, comme
           }
         }} title={numWithUnits(item.commentSats)} className='text-reset position-relative'
       >
-        {item.ncomments} {item.ncomments === 1 ? commentTextSingular || 'comment' : commentsText || 'comments'}
+        {numWithUnits(item.ncomments, {
+          abbreviate: false,
+          unitPlural: commentsText,
+          unitSingular: commentTextSingular
+        })}
         {hasNewComments &&
           <span className={styles.notification}>
             <span className='invisible'>{' '}</span>
diff --git a/components/notifications.js b/components/notifications.js
index 593a570a..103c87ce 100644
--- a/components/notifications.js
+++ b/components/notifications.js
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ function Streak ({ n }) {
     ]
 
     if (n.days) {
-      return `After ${n.days} days, ` + LOST_BLURBS[index]
+      return `After ${numWithUnits(n.days, {
+        abbreviate: false,
+        unitSingular: 'day',
+         unitPlural: 'days'
+      })}, ` + LOST_BLURBS[index]
     }
 
     return FOUND_BLURBS[index]
@@ -177,7 +181,12 @@ function Invitification ({ n }) {
   return (
     <>
       <small className='fw-bold text-secondary ms-2'>
-        your invite has been redeemed by {n.invite.invitees.length} stackers
+        your invite has been redeemed by
+        {numWithUnits(n.invite.invitees.length, {
+          abbreviate: false,
+          unitSingular: 'stacker',
+          unitPlural: 'stackers'
+        })}
       </small>
       <div className='ms-4 me-2 mt-1'>
         <Invite
@@ -198,7 +207,7 @@ function NostrZap ({ n }) {
   return (
     <>
       <div className='fw-bold text-nostr ms-2 py-1'>
-        <NostrIcon width={24} height={24} className='fill-nostr me-1' />{n.earnedSats} sats zap from
+        <NostrIcon width={24} height={24} className='fill-nostr me-1' />{numWithUnits(n.earnedSats)} zap from
         <Link className='mx-1 text-reset text-underline' target='_blank' href={`https://snort.social/p/${npub}`} rel='noreferrer'>
           {npub.slice(0, 10)}...
         </Link>
diff --git a/components/poll.js b/components/poll.js
index 4add69cf..696720d0 100644
--- a/components/poll.js
+++ b/components/poll.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { gql, useMutation } from '@apollo/client'
 import Button from 'react-bootstrap/Button'
-import { fixedDecimal } from '../lib/format'
+import { fixedDecimal, numWithUnits } from '../lib/format'
 import { timeLeft } from '../lib/time'
 import { useMe } from './me'
 import styles from './poll.module.css'
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export default function Poll ({ item }) {
               key={v.id} v={v}
               progress={item.poll.count ? fixedDecimal(v.count * 100 / item.poll.count, 1) : 0}
             />)}
-      <div className='text-muted mt-1'>{item.poll.count} votes \ {expiresIn ? `${expiresIn} left` : 'poll ended'}</div>
+      <div className='text-muted mt-1'>{numWithUnits(item.poll.count, { unitSingular: 'vote', unitPlural: 'votes' })} \ {expiresIn ? `${expiresIn} left` : 'poll ended'}</div>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/components/seo.js b/components/seo.js
index 839da65c..df46f794 100644
--- a/components/seo.js
+++ b/components/seo.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export default function Seo ({ sub, item, user }) {
       desc = `@${item.user.name} stacked ${numWithUnits(item.sats)} ${item.url ? `posting ${item.url}` : 'with this discussion'}`
     }
     if (item.ncomments) {
-      desc += ` [${item.ncomments} comments`
+      desc += ` [${numWithUnits(item.ncomments, { unitSingular: 'comment', unitPlural: 'comments' })}`
       if (item.boost) {
         desc += `, ${item.boost} boost`
       }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default function Seo ({ sub, item, user }) {
     }
   }
   if (user) {
-    desc = `@${user.name} has [${user.stacked} stacked, ${user.nposts} posts, ${user.ncomments} comments]`
+    desc = `@${user.name} has [${user.stacked} stacked, ${numWithUnits(user.nitems, { unitSingular: 'item', unitPlural: 'items' })}]`
   }
 
   return (
diff --git a/components/user-header.js b/components/user-header.js
index 98d80510..a53f4df2 100644
--- a/components/user-header.js
+++ b/components/user-header.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import Avatar from './avatar'
 import CowboyHat from './cowboy-hat'
 import { userSchema } from '../lib/validate'
 import { useShowModal } from './modal'
+import { numWithUnits } from '../lib/format'
 
 export default function UserHeader ({ user }) {
   const router = useRouter()
@@ -35,7 +36,13 @@ export default function UserHeader ({ user }) {
         </Nav.Item>
         <Nav.Item>
           <Link href={'/' + user.name + '/all'} passHref legacyBehavior>
-            <Nav.Link eventKey>{user.nitems} items</Nav.Link>
+            <Nav.Link eventKey>
+              {numWithUnits(user.nitems, {
+                abbreviate: false,
+                unitSingular: 'item',
+                unitPlural: 'items'
+              })}
+            </Nav.Link>
           </Link>
         </Nav.Item>
       </Nav>