diff --git a/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift b/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
index 26d22aa01..05310ab86 100644
--- a/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
+++ b/iOS/Article/ArticleViewController.swift
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ class ArticleViewController: UIViewController, MainControllerIdentifiable {
 		return keyboardManager.keyCommands
 	}
 	
+	var currentUnreadCount: Int = 0 {
+		didSet {
+			updateUnreadCountIndicator()
+		}
+	}
+	
 	override func viewDidLoad() {
 		super.viewDidLoad()
 		
@@ -105,6 +111,8 @@ class ArticleViewController: UIViewController, MainControllerIdentifiable {
 			parentNavController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer?.delegate = poppableDelegate
 		}
 		
+		navigationItem.leftItemsSupplementBackButton = true
+		
 		pageViewController = UIPageViewController(transitionStyle: .scroll, navigationOrientation: .horizontal, options: [:])
 		pageViewController.delegate = self
 		pageViewController.dataSource = self
@@ -286,6 +294,20 @@ class ArticleViewController: UIViewController, MainControllerIdentifiable {
 		configureAppearanceMenu()
 	}
 	
+	public func updateUnreadCountIndicator() {
+		if UIDevice.current.userInterfaceIdiom == .phone {
+			if currentUnreadCount > 0 {
+				let unreadCountView = MasterTimelineUnreadCountView(frame: .zero)
+				unreadCountView.unreadCount = currentUnreadCount
+				unreadCountView.setFrameIfNotEqual(CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: unreadCountView.intrinsicContentSize.width, height: unreadCountView.intrinsicContentSize.height))
+				navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: unreadCountView)
+			} else {
+				navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
 	
 	// MARK: Notifications
 	
diff --git a/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift b/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift
index 73d9c58b6..d884975d7 100644
--- a/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift
+++ b/iOS/SceneCoordinator.swift
@@ -822,7 +822,6 @@ class SceneCoordinator: NSObject, UndoableCommandRunner {
 		
 		// Mark article as read before navigating to it, so the read status does not flash unread/read on display
 		markArticles(Set([article!]), statusKey: .read, flag: true)
-
 		masterTimelineViewController?.updateArticleSelection(animations: animations)
 		articleViewController?.article = article
 		if let isShowingExtractedArticle = isShowingExtractedArticle, let articleWindowScrollY = articleWindowScrollY {
@@ -1404,6 +1403,7 @@ private extension SceneCoordinator {
 			}
 		}
 		timelineUnreadCount = count
+		articleViewController?.currentUnreadCount = timelineUnreadCount
 	}
 	
 	func rebuildArticleDictionaries() {