diff --git a/src/posts/delete.js b/src/posts/delete.js
index 5a2a615e26..8223435c3d 100644
--- a/src/posts/delete.js
+++ b/src/posts/delete.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const notifications = require('../notifications');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const flags = require('../flags');
 const activitypub = require('../activitypub');
+const utils = require('../utils');
 
 module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	Posts.delete = async function (pid, uid) {
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ module.exports = function (Posts) {
 		});
 		await db.sortedSetRemoveBulk(bulkRemove);
 
-		const incrObjectBulk = [['global', { postCount: -postData.length }]];
+		const localCount = postData.filter(p => utils.isNumber(p.pid)).length;
+		const incrObjectBulk = [['global', { postCount: -localCount }]];
 
 		const postsByCategory = _.groupBy(postData, p => parseInt(p.cid, 10));
 		for (const [cid, posts] of Object.entries(postsByCategory)) {
diff --git a/src/topics/create.js b/src/topics/create.js
index 8a6c8dafe6..ce21dc4063 100644
--- a/src/topics/create.js
+++ b/src/topics/create.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 			db.sortedSetsAdd(countedSortedSetKeys, 0, topicData.tid),
 			user.addTopicIdToUser(topicData.uid, topicData.tid, timestamp),
 			db.incrObjectField(`category:${topicData.cid}`, 'topic_count'),
-			db.incrObjectField('global', 'topicCount'),
+			utils.isNumber(tid) ? db.incrObjectField('global', 'topicCount') : null,
 			Topics.createTags(data.tags, topicData.tid, timestamp),
 			scheduled ? Promise.resolve() : categories.updateRecentTid(topicData.cid, topicData.tid),
 		]);
diff --git a/src/topics/delete.js b/src/topics/delete.js
index 267190b75b..38fe7e0f11 100644
--- a/src/topics/delete.js
+++ b/src/topics/delete.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const categories = require('../categories');
 const flags = require('../flags');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const batch = require('../batch');
-
+const utils = require('../utils');
 
 module.exports = function (Topics) {
 	Topics.delete = async function (tid, uid) {
@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ module.exports = function (Topics) {
 
 	async function reduceCounters(tid) {
 		const incr = -1;
-		await db.incrObjectFieldBy('global', 'topicCount', incr);
+		if (utils.isNumber(tid)) {
+			await db.incrObjectFieldBy('global', 'topicCount', incr);
+		}
 		const topicData = await Topics.getTopicFields(tid, ['cid', 'postcount']);
 		const postCountChange = incr * topicData.postcount;
 		await Promise.all([
diff --git a/src/upgrades/4.0.0/fix_global_user_and_post_counts.js b/src/upgrades/4.0.0/fix_global_user_and_post_counts.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8facf9ae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/upgrades/4.0.0/fix_global_user_and_post_counts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const db = require('../../database');
+const meta = require('../../meta');
+
+module.exports = {
+	name: 'Fix global counts for users and posts due to faulty AP logic',
+	timestamp: Date.UTC(2024, 5, 25),
+	method: async () => {
+		if (!meta.config.activitypubEnabled) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const counts = await db.sortedSetsCard(['users:joindate', 'posts:pid', 'topics:tid']);
+		await db.setObject('global', {
+			userCount: counts[0],
+			postCount: counts[1],
+			topicCount: counts[2],
+		});
+	},
+};
diff --git a/src/user/delete.js b/src/user/delete.js
index 0dc288447c..c42d00294f 100644
--- a/src/user/delete.js
+++ b/src/user/delete.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 
 		await Promise.all([
 			db.sortedSetRemoveBulk(bulkRemove),
-			db.decrObjectField('global', 'userCount'),
+			utils.isNumber(uid) ? db.decrObjectField('global', 'userCount') : null,
 			db.deleteAll(keys),
 			db.setRemove('invitation:uids', uid),
 			deleteUserIps(uid),