diff --git src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/js/buddypress.js src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/js/buddypress.js
index 63eb97f..88170f4 100644
--- src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/js/buddypress.js
+++ src/bp-templates/bp-legacy/js/buddypress.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ var jq = jQuery;
 var bp_ajax_request = null;
 
 // Global variables to temporarly store newest activities
-var newest_activities = '';
-var activity_last_recorded  = 0;
+var newest_activities = '',
+	activity_last_recorded  = 0,
+	document_title;
 
 jq(document).ready( function() {
 	/**** Page Load Actions *******************************************************/
@@ -205,6 +206,10 @@ jq(document).ready( function() {
 				// reset vars to get newest activities
 				newest_activities = '';
 				activity_last_recorded  = 0;
+
+				if ( document_title.length ) {
+					jq( document ).prop( 'title', document_title );
+				}
 			}
 
 			jq('#whats-new-options').animate({
@@ -461,6 +466,10 @@ jq(document).ready( function() {
 			// Now the stream is cleaned, prepend newest
 			jq( '#buddypress ul.activity-list' ).prepend( newest_activities );
 
+			if ( document_title.length ) {
+				jq( document ).prop( 'title', document_title );
+			}
+
 			// reset the newest activities now they're displayed
 			newest_activities = '';
 		}
@@ -1582,6 +1591,8 @@ jq(document).ready( function() {
 
 	// Set the interval and the namespace event
 	if ( typeof wp !== 'undefined' && typeof wp.heartbeat !== 'undefined' && typeof BP_DTheme.pulse !== 'undefined' ) {
+		// Original title of the page
+		document_title = jq( document ).prop( 'title' );
 
 		wp.heartbeat.interval( Number( BP_DTheme.pulse ) );
 
@@ -1624,12 +1635,19 @@ jq(document).ready( function() {
 
 		newest_activities = data.bp_activity_newest_activities.activities + newest_activities;
 		activity_last_recorded  = Number( data.bp_activity_newest_activities.last_recorded );
+		newest_activities_count = Number( jq( newest_activities ).filter( 'li.activity-item' ).length );
+
+		// Update the count in document title
+		jq( document ).prop( 'title', '(' + newest_activities_count + ') ' + document_title );
 
 		if ( jq( '#buddypress ul.activity-list li' ).first().hasClass( 'load-newest' ) ) {
+			// Update the count in the newest link
+			newest_link = jq( '#buddypress ul.activity-list li.load-newest a' ).html();
+			jq( '#buddypress ul.activity-list li.load-newest a' ).html( newest_link.replace( /([0-9]+)/, newest_activities_count ) );
 			return;
 		}
 
-		jq( '#buddypress ul.activity-list' ).prepend( '<li class="load-newest"><a href="#newest">' + BP_DTheme.newest + '</a></li>' );
+		jq( '#buddypress ul.activity-list' ).prepend( '<li class="load-newest"><a href="#newest">' + BP_DTheme.newest + ' (' + newest_activities_count + ')</a></li>' );
 	});
 });