diff --git a/src/lib/constants.ts b/src/lib/constants.ts
index e0b89980..0efaed44 100644
--- a/src/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/src/lib/constants.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ export const EMBED_SERVICE = 'https://embed.bsky.app'
 export const EMBED_SCRIPT = `${EMBED_SERVICE}/static/embed.js`
 export const BSKY_DOWNLOAD_URL = 'https://bsky.app/download'
 
+// HACK
+// Yes, this is exactly what it looks like. It's a hard-coded constant
+// reflecting the number of new users in the last week. We don't have
+// time to add a route to the servers for this so we're just going to hard
+// code and update this number with each release until we can get the
+// server route done.
+// -prf
+export const JOINED_THIS_WEEK = 37115 // as of June24 2024
+
 const BASE_FEEDBACK_FORM_URL = `${HELP_DESK_URL}/requests/new`
 export function FEEDBACK_FORM_URL({
   email,
diff --git a/src/screens/StarterPack/StarterPackLandingScreen.tsx b/src/screens/StarterPack/StarterPackLandingScreen.tsx
index 1c9587a7..cd4ca151 100644
--- a/src/screens/StarterPack/StarterPackLandingScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/StarterPack/StarterPackLandingScreen.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {FontAwesomeIcon} from '@fortawesome/react-native-fontawesome'
 import {msg, Trans} from '@lingui/macro'
 import {useLingui} from '@lingui/react'
 
+import {JOINED_THIS_WEEK} from '#/lib/constants'
 import {isAndroidWeb} from 'lib/browser'
 import {useWebMediaQueries} from 'lib/hooks/useWebMediaQueries'
 import {createStarterPackGooglePlayUri} from 'lib/strings/starter-pack'
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   useActiveStarterPack,
   useSetActiveStarterPack,
 } from 'state/shell/starter-pack'
+import {formatCount} from '#/view/com/util/numeric/format'
 import {LoggedOutScreenState} from 'view/com/auth/LoggedOut'
 import {CenteredView} from 'view/com/util/Views'
 import {Logo} from 'view/icons/Logo'
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ function LandingScreenLoaded({
   setScreenState: (state: LoggedOutScreenState) => void
   moderationOpts: ModerationOpts
 }) {
-  const {record, creator, listItemsSample, feeds, joinedWeekCount} = starterPack
+  const {record, creator, listItemsSample, feeds} = starterPack
   const {_} = useLingui()
   const t = useTheme()
   const activeStarterPack = useActiveStarterPack()
@@ -200,24 +202,22 @@ function LandingScreenLoaded({
                 <Trans>Join Bluesky</Trans>
               </ButtonText>
             </Button>
-            {joinedWeekCount && joinedWeekCount >= 25 ? (
-              <View style={[a.flex_row, a.align_center, a.gap_sm]}>
-                <FontAwesomeIcon
-                  icon="arrow-trend-up"
-                  size={12}
-                  color={t.atoms.text_contrast_medium.color}
-                />
-                <Text
-                  style={[
-                    a.font_semibold,
-                    a.text_sm,
-                    t.atoms.text_contrast_medium,
-                  ]}
-                  numberOfLines={1}>
-                  123,659 joined this week
-                </Text>
-              </View>
-            ) : null}
+            <View style={[a.flex_row, a.align_center, a.gap_sm]}>
+              <FontAwesomeIcon
+                icon="arrow-trend-up"
+                size={12}
+                color={t.atoms.text_contrast_medium.color}
+              />
+              <Text
+                style={[
+                  a.font_semibold,
+                  a.text_sm,
+                  t.atoms.text_contrast_medium,
+                ]}
+                numberOfLines={1}>
+                <Trans>{formatCount(JOINED_THIS_WEEK)} joined this week</Trans>
+              </Text>
+            </View>
           </View>
           <View style={[a.gap_3xl]}>
             {Boolean(listItemsSample?.length) && (