diff --git a/Mac/MainWindow/MainWindowController.swift b/Mac/MainWindow/MainWindowController.swift
index de5bdfa30..18a965024 100644
--- a/Mac/MainWindow/MainWindowController.swift
+++ b/Mac/MainWindow/MainWindowController.swift
@@ -387,6 +387,16 @@ extension MainWindowController: SidebarDelegate {
 		updateWindowTitle()
 		NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .InspectableObjectsDidChange, object: nil)
 	}
+
+	func unreadCount(for representedObject: AnyObject) -> Int {
+		guard let timelineViewController = regularTimelineViewController else {
+			return 0
+		}
+		guard timelineViewController.representsThisObjectOnly(representedObject) else {
+			return 0
+		}
+		return timelineViewController.unreadCount
+	}
 }
 
 // MARK: - TimelineContainerViewControllerDelegate
@@ -545,6 +555,10 @@ private extension MainWindowController {
 		return timelineContainerViewController?.currentTimelineViewController
 	}
 
+	var regularTimelineViewController: TimelineViewController? {
+		return timelineContainerViewController?.regularTimelineViewController
+	}
+
 	var sidebarSplitViewItem: NSSplitViewItem? {
 		return splitViewController?.splitViewItems[0]
 	}
diff --git a/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift b/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift
index 2e50721f0..8426e1dc1 100644
--- a/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift
+++ b/Mac/MainWindow/Sidebar/SidebarViewController.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import RSCore
 
 protocol SidebarDelegate: class {
 	func sidebarSelectionDidChange(_: SidebarViewController, selectedObjects: [AnyObject]?)
+	func unreadCount(for: AnyObject) -> Int
 }
 
 @objc class SidebarViewController: NSViewController, NSOutlineViewDelegate, NSOutlineViewDataSource, NSMenuDelegate, UndoableCommandRunner {
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@ protocol SidebarDelegate: class {
 		NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(feedSettingDidChange(_:)), name: .FeedSettingDidChange, object: nil)
 		NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(displayNameDidChange(_:)), name: .DisplayNameDidChange, object: nil)
 		NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(userDidRequestSidebarSelection(_:)), name: .UserDidRequestSidebarSelection, object: nil)
-		NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(calendarDayChanged(_:)), name: .NSCalendarDayChanged, object: nil)
 
 		outlineView.reloadData()
 
@@ -139,12 +139,6 @@ protocol SidebarDelegate: class {
 		revealAndSelectRepresentedObject(feed as AnyObject)
 	}
 	
-	@objc func calendarDayChanged(_ note: Notification) {
-		DispatchQueue.main.async {
-			SmartFeedsController.shared.todayFeed.fetchUnreadCounts()
-		}
-	}
-	
 	// MARK: - Actions
 
 	@IBAction func delete(_ sender: AnyObject?) {
@@ -503,6 +497,14 @@ private extension SidebarViewController {
 	}
 
 	func unreadCountFor(_ node: Node) -> Int {
+		// If this node is the one and only selection,
+		// then the unread count comes from the timeline.
+		// This ensures that any transients in the timeline
+		// are accounted for in the unread count.
+		if selectedNodes.count == 1 && node === selectedNodes.first! {
+			return delegate?.unreadCount(for: node.representedObject) ?? 0
+		}
+
 		if let unreadCountProvider = node.representedObject as? UnreadCountProvider {
 			return unreadCountProvider.unreadCount
 		}
diff --git a/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineContainerViewController.swift b/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineContainerViewController.swift
index 12f6d62d2..a8fa3bb84 100644
--- a/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineContainerViewController.swift
+++ b/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineContainerViewController.swift
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ final class TimelineContainerViewController: NSViewController {
 
 	weak var delegate: TimelineContainerViewControllerDelegate?
 
-	private lazy var regularTimelineViewController = {
+	lazy var regularTimelineViewController = {
 		return TimelineViewController(delegate: self)
 	}()
 	private lazy var searchTimelineViewController: TimelineViewController = {
diff --git a/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index 7249da5bb..26750287d 100644
--- a/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Mac/MainWindow/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ protocol TimelineDelegate: class  {
 	func timelineSelectionDidChange(_: TimelineViewController, selectedArticles: [Article]?)
 }
 
-final class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
+final class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner, UnreadCountProvider {
 
 	@IBOutlet var tableView: TimelineTableView!
 
 	var representedObjects: [AnyObject]? {
 		didSet {
 			if !representedObjectArraysAreEqual(oldValue, representedObjects) {
-
+				unreadCount = 0
 				if let representedObjects = representedObjects {
 					if representedObjects.count == 1 && representedObjects.first is Feed {
 						showFeedNames = false
@@ -76,11 +76,21 @@ final class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
 				// Just reload visible cells in this case: don’t call reloadData.
 				articleRowMap = [String: Int]()
 				reloadVisibleCells()
+				updateUnreadCount()
 				return
 			}
 			updateShowAvatars()
 			articleRowMap = [String: Int]()
 			tableView.reloadData()
+			updateUnreadCount()
+		}
+	}
+
+	var unreadCount: Int = 0 {
+		didSet {
+			if unreadCount != oldValue {
+				postUnreadCountDidChangeNotification()
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -221,6 +231,16 @@ final class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
 		return selectedArticles.canMarkAllAsRead()
 	}
 
+	func representsThisObjectOnly(_ object: AnyObject) -> Bool {
+		guard let representedObjects = representedObjects else {
+			return false
+		}
+		if representedObjects.count != 1 {
+			return false
+		}
+		return representedObjects.first! === object
+	}
+
 	// MARK: - Actions
 
 	@objc func openArticleInBrowser(_ sender: Any?) {
@@ -448,6 +468,7 @@ final class TimelineViewController: NSViewController, UndoableCommandRunner {
 			return
 		}
 		reloadVisibleCells(for: articles)
+		updateUnreadCount()
 	}
 
 	@objc func feedIconDidBecomeAvailable(_ note: Notification) {
@@ -810,6 +831,16 @@ private extension TimelineViewController {
 		}
 	}
 
+	func updateUnreadCount() {
+		var count = 0
+		for article in articles {
+			if !article.status.read {
+				count += 1
+			}
+		}
+		unreadCount = count
+	}
+
 	func queueReloadAvailableCells() {
 
 		CoalescingQueue.standard.add(self, #selector(reloadAvailableCells))