diff --git a/packages/components/src/api/ApiConfig.ts b/packages/components/src/api/ApiConfig.ts
index ba6b99b566..fc2703cc89 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/api/ApiConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/api/ApiConfig.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ class ApiConfig {
     return `${this.getScheme()}://${this.getNewApiHost()}/tts/list`;
   }
 
+  getPendingTtsJobCount(): string {
+    return `${this.getScheme()}://${this.getNewApiHost()}/tts/queue_length`;
+  }
+
   viewTtsModel(modelSlug: string): string {
     return `${this.getScheme()}://${this.getNewApiHost()}/tts/model/${modelSlug}`;
   }
diff --git a/packages/components/src/api/tts/GetPendingTtsJobCount.ts b/packages/components/src/api/tts/GetPendingTtsJobCount.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c786adbe49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/src/api/tts/GetPendingTtsJobCount.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { ApiConfig } from "../ApiConfig";
+
+export interface GetPendingTtsJobCountSuccessResponse {
+  success: boolean,
+  pending_job_count: number,
+  cache_time: Date,
+}
+
+export interface GetPendingTtsJobCountErrorResponse {
+}
+
+export type GetPendingTtsJobCountResponse = GetPendingTtsJobCountSuccessResponse | GetPendingTtsJobCountErrorResponse;
+
+export function GetPendingTtsJobCountIsOk(response: GetPendingTtsJobCountResponse): response is GetPendingTtsJobCountSuccessResponse {
+  return response.hasOwnProperty('pending_job_count');
+}
+
+export function GetPendingTtsJobCountIsErr(response: GetPendingTtsJobCountResponse): response is GetPendingTtsJobCountErrorResponse {
+  return !response.hasOwnProperty('pending_job_count');
+}
+
+export async function GetPendingTtsJobCount() : Promise<GetPendingTtsJobCountResponse> {
+  const endpoint = new ApiConfig().getPendingTtsJobCount();
+
+  return fetch(endpoint, {
+    method: 'GET',
+    credentials: 'include',
+    headers: {
+      'Accept': 'application/json',
+    },
+  })
+  .then(res => res.json())
+  .then(res => {
+    if (res && 'success' in res && res['success']) {
+      // NB: Timestamps aren't converted to Date objects on their own!
+      res['cache_time'] = new Date(res['cache_time']);
+      return res;
+    } else {
+      return { success : false };
+    }
+  })
+  .catch(e => {
+    return { success : false };
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/fakeyou/src/v2/view/NewTopNavFc.tsx b/packages/fakeyou/src/v2/view/NewTopNavFc.tsx
index 202ff68fdd..7e21c293ba 100644
--- a/packages/fakeyou/src/v2/view/NewTopNavFc.tsx
+++ b/packages/fakeyou/src/v2/view/NewTopNavFc.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState } from "react";
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { SessionWrapper } from "@storyteller/components/src/session/SessionWrapper";
 import { Link, useHistory } from "react-router-dom";
 import { MigrationTopNavSession } from "../../migration/MigrationTopNav_Session";
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { t } from "i18next";
 import { USE_REFRESH } from "../../Refresh";
 import { Logout } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/session/Logout";
 import { Gravatar } from "@storyteller/components/src/elements/Gravatar";
+import { GetPendingTtsJobCount, GetPendingTtsJobCountIsOk, GetPendingTtsJobCountSuccessResponse } from "@storyteller/components/src/api/tts/GetPendingTtsJobCount";
 
 interface Props {
   sessionWrapper: SessionWrapper;
@@ -40,6 +41,29 @@ function NewTopNavFc(props: Props) {
     myDataLink = `/profile/${username}`;
   }
 
+  // NB: The responses from the "job count" endpoint are cached in a distributed manner.
+  // We use the timestamp as a vector clock to know when to update our view.
+  const [pendingTtsJobs, setPendingTtsJobs] = useState<GetPendingTtsJobCountSuccessResponse>({ 
+    success: true,
+    pending_job_count: 0,
+    cache_time: new Date(0), // NB: Epoch
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const fetch = async () => {
+      const response = await GetPendingTtsJobCount();
+      if (GetPendingTtsJobCountIsOk(response)) {
+        console.log(response);
+        if (response.cache_time.getTime() > pendingTtsJobs.cache_time.getTime()) {
+          setPendingTtsJobs(response);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    const interval = setInterval(async () => fetch(), 15000);
+    fetch();
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+  }, [pendingTtsJobs]);
+
   const [mobileHamburgerIsActive, setMobileHamburgerIsActive] =
     useState<boolean>(false);
 
@@ -326,7 +350,7 @@ function NewTopNavFc(props: Props) {
               Online Users: <span className="fw-bold text-red">1,204</span>
             </p> */}
             <p className="top-bar-text">
-              TTS Queued: <span className="fw-bold text-red">48</span>
+              TTS Queued: <span className="fw-bold text-red">{pendingTtsJobs.pending_job_count}</span>
             </p>
           </div>
         </div>