diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
index 00d4766a23..73cbacc30b 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat.hs
@@ -283,9 +283,7 @@ processChatCommand = \case
     setActive ActiveNone
     atomically . writeTVar u $ Just user
     pure $ CRActiveUser user
-  ListUsers -> do
-    users <- withStore' getUsers
-    pure $ CRUsersList users
+  ListUsers -> CRUsersList <$> withStore' getUsersInfo
   APISetActiveUser userId -> do
     u <- asks currentUser
     user <- withStore $ \db -> getSetActiveUser db userId
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
index 76fe7310e5..65931173da 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Controller.hs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ data ChatCommand
 
 data ChatResponse
   = CRActiveUser {user :: User}
-  | CRUsersList {users :: [User]}
+  | CRUsersList {users :: [UserInfo]}
   | CRChatStarted
   | CRChatRunning
   | CRChatStopped
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store.hs
index 056a2071f6..78de28f5cf 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store.hs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module Simplex.Chat.Store
     chatStoreFile,
     agentStoreFile,
     createUserRecord,
+    getUsersInfo,
     getUsers,
     setActiveUser,
     getSetActiveUser,
@@ -450,6 +451,19 @@ createUserRecord db (AgentUserId auId) Profile {displayName, fullName, image, pr
     DB.execute db "UPDATE users SET contact_id = ? WHERE user_id = ?" (contactId, userId)
     pure $ toUser (userId, auId, contactId, profileId, activeUser, displayName, fullName, image, userPreferences)
 
+getUsersInfo :: DB.Connection -> IO [UserInfo]
+getUsersInfo db = getUsers db >>= mapM getUserInfo
+  where
+    getUserInfo :: User -> IO UserInfo
+    getUserInfo user@User {userId} = do
+      count_ <-
+        maybeFirstRow fromOnly $
+          DB.query
+            db
+            "SELECT COUNT(1) FROM chat_items WHERE user_id = ? AND item_status = ? GROUP BY user_id"
+            (userId, CISRcvNew)
+      pure UserInfo {user, unreadCount = fromMaybe 0 count_}
+
 getUsers :: DB.Connection -> IO [User]
 getUsers db =
   map toUser <$> DB.query_ db userQuery
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
index ef4bda562d..2776ae7f3b 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Types.hs
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ data User = User
 
 instance ToJSON User where toEncoding = J.genericToEncoding J.defaultOptions
 
+data UserInfo = UserInfo
+  { user :: User,
+    unreadCount :: Int
+  }
+  deriving (Show, Generic, FromJSON)
+
+instance ToJSON UserInfo where
+  toJSON = J.genericToJSON J.defaultOptions
+  toEncoding = J.genericToEncoding J.defaultOptions
+
 type UserId = Int64
 
 type ContactId = Int64
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
index 53f5c94d0b..2d1fc9443f 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/View.hs
@@ -267,12 +267,15 @@ responseToView user_ ChatConfig {logLevel, testView} liveItems ts = \case
       | muted chat chatItem = []
       | otherwise = s
 
-viewUsersList :: [User] -> [StyledString]
-viewUsersList =
-  let ldn = T.toLower . (localDisplayName :: User -> ContactName)
-   in map (\user@User {profile = LocalProfile {displayName, fullName}} -> ttyFullName displayName fullName <> active user) . sortOn ldn
+viewUsersList :: [UserInfo] -> [StyledString]
+viewUsersList = map userInfo . sortOn ldn
   where
-    active User {activeUser} = if activeUser then highlight' " (active)" else ""
+    ldn (UserInfo User {localDisplayName = n} _) = T.toLower n
+    userInfo (UserInfo User {localDisplayName = n, profile = LocalProfile {fullName}, activeUser} count) =
+      ttyFullName n fullName <> active <> unread
+      where
+        active = if activeUser then highlight' " (active)" else ""
+        unread = if count /= 0 then plain $ " (unread: " <> show count <> ")" else ""
 
 muted :: ChatInfo c -> ChatItem c d -> Bool
 muted chat ChatItem {chatDir} = case (chat, chatDir) of
diff --git a/tests/ChatTests.hs b/tests/ChatTests.hs
index aba627a458..2716bd90fb 100644
--- a/tests/ChatTests.hs
+++ b/tests/ChatTests.hs
@@ -4425,7 +4425,7 @@ testCreateSecondUser =
       showActiveUser alice "alice (Alice)"
 
       alice ##> "/users"
-      alice <## "alice (Alice) (active)"
+      alice <## "alice (Alice) (active) (unread: 1)"
       alice <## "alisa"
 
       alice <##> bob