diff --git a/src/mappings/content/channel.ts b/src/mappings/content/channel.ts
index 41be48cb5..a5626def4 100644
--- a/src/mappings/content/channel.ts
+++ b/src/mappings/content/channel.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {
   Channel,
-  ChannelFollow,
   Event,
   Membership,
   MetaprotocolTransactionResultFailed,
@@ -39,10 +38,6 @@ export async function processChannelCreatedEvent({
     ],
   },
 }: EventHandlerContext<'Content.ChannelCreated'>) {
-  const followsNum = await overlay
-    .getEm()
-    .getRepository(ChannelFollow)
-    .countBy({ channelId: channelId.toString() })
   // create entity
   const channel = overlay.getRepository(Channel).new({
     id: channelId.toString(),
@@ -53,7 +48,7 @@ export async function processChannelCreatedEvent({
     ownerMemberId: owner.__kind === 'Member' ? owner.value.toString() : undefined,
     rewardAccount: toAddress(rewardAccount),
     channelStateBloatBond: channelStateBloatBond.amount,
-    followsNum,
+    followsNum: 0,
     videoViewsNum: 0,
     totalVideosCreated: 0,
   })
diff --git a/src/utils/offchainState.ts b/src/utils/offchainState.ts
index 788fe48b4..e75d429db 100644
--- a/src/utils/offchainState.ts
+++ b/src/utils/offchainState.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const exportedStateMap = {
   NftFeaturingRequest: true,
   VideoHero: true,
   VideoFeaturedInCategory: true,
-  Channel: ['is_excluded', 'video_views_num'],
+  Channel: ['is_excluded', 'video_views_num', 'follows_num'],
   Video: ['is_excluded', 'views_num'],
   Comment: ['is_excluded'],
   OwnedNft: ['is_featured'],