diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 0047b3f0..12e55de6 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -6,4 +6,11 @@ def line_break_filename(filename)
       ''
     end
   end
+  def human_readable_views_count(count)
+    if count < 1000 
+      "#{count}"
+    else
+      "#{(count / 1000.0).round(1)}k"
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/frontend/events/show.html.haml b/app/views/frontend/events/show.html.haml
index b71ccbf2..4d5ef305 100644
--- a/app/views/frontend/events/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/frontend/events/show.html.haml
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@
           %span.icon.icon-upload{title: 'release date'}
           = @event.release_date.to_date
       %li
-        %span.icon.icon-eye
-        = @event.view_count
+        %span.icon.icon-eye{title: "view count: #{@event.view_count}"}
+        = human_readable_views_count(@event.view_count)
       - if @event.link.present?
         %li
           %span.icon.icon-external-link
diff --git a/test/helpers/application_helper_test.rb b/test/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fbc04dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# test/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class ApplicationHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
+  test 'returns "0" for 0 views' do
+    assert_equal '0', human_readable_views_count(0)
+  end
+
+  test 'returns "1" for 1 view' do
+    assert_equal '1', human_readable_views_count(1)
+  end
+
+  test 'returns "500" for 500 views' do
+    assert_equal '500', human_readable_views_count(500)
+  end
+
+  test 'returns "999" for 999 views' do
+    assert_equal '999', human_readable_views_count(999)
+  end
+
+  test 'returns "1.0k" for 1000 views' do
+    assert_equal '1.0k', human_readable_views_count(1000)
+  end
+
+  test 'returns "10.0k" for 10000 views' do
+    assert_equal '10.0k', human_readable_views_count(10000)
+  end
+
+  test 'returns "100.0k" for 100000 views' do
+    assert_equal '100.0k', human_readable_views_count(100000)
+  end
+end