diff --git a/Shared/Widget/WidgetDataEncoder.swift b/Shared/Widget/WidgetDataEncoder.swift
index 6a177cc1d..171afbf28 100644
--- a/Shared/Widget/WidgetDataEncoder.swift
+++ b/Shared/Widget/WidgetDataEncoder.swift
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct WidgetDataEncoder {
 			}
 			
 			// Today Articles
-			let todayArticles = try SmartFeedsController.shared.todayFeed.fetchArticles().sorted(by: { $0.datePublished ?? .distantPast > $1.datePublished  ?? .distantPast  })
+			let todayArticles = try SmartFeedsController.shared.todayFeed.fetchArticles().sorted(by: { $0.datePublished ?? .distantPast > $1.datePublished  ?? .distantPast  }).filter({ $0.status.read == false })
 			var today = [LatestArticle]()
 			for article in todayArticles {
 				let latestArticle = LatestArticle(id: article.sortableArticleID,
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct WidgetDataEncoder {
 			}
 			
 			let latestData = WidgetData(currentUnreadCount: SmartFeedsController.shared.unreadFeed.unreadCount,
-										currentTodayCount: try! SmartFeedsController.shared.todayFeed.fetchArticles().count,
+										currentTodayCount: try! SmartFeedsController.shared.todayFeed.fetchArticles().filter({ $0.status.read == false }).count,
 										currentStarredCount: try! SmartFeedsController.shared.starredFeed.fetchArticles().count,
 										unreadArticles: unread,
 										starredArticles: starred,
diff --git a/Widget/Localizable.stringsdict b/Widget/Localizable.stringsdict
index da0030943..367e1afb7 100644
--- a/Widget/Localizable.stringsdict
+++ b/Widget/Localizable.stringsdict
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
 			<key>zero</key>
 			<string>No more recent articles</string>
 			<key>one</key>
-			<string>+ 1 more recent article</string>
+			<string>+ 1 more recent unread article</string>
 			<key>other</key>
-			<string>+ %u more recent articles</string>
+			<string>+ %u more recent unread articles</string>
 		</dict>
 	</dict>
 </dict>
diff --git a/Widget/WidgetBundle.swift b/Widget/WidgetBundle.swift
index 95cce7236..3ea531f53 100644
--- a/Widget/WidgetBundle.swift
+++ b/Widget/WidgetBundle.swift
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct TodayWidget: Widget {
 			
 		})
 		.configurationDisplayName("Your Today Articles")
-		.description("A sneak peak at recently published articles.")
+		.description("A sneak peak at unread recently published articles.")
 		.supportedFamilies([.systemMedium, .systemLarge])
 		
 	}