diff --git a/src/views/splash/splash.jsx b/src/views/splash/splash.jsx
index 44cec94e3..106de591e 100644
--- a/src/views/splash/splash.jsx
+++ b/src/views/splash/splash.jsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var Splash = injectIntl(React.createClass({
     ],
     getInitialState: function () {
         return {
-            projectCount: 12893209, // gets the shared project count
+            projectCount: "over 13 million", // gets the shared project count
             activity: [], // recent social actions taken by users someone is following
             news: [], // gets news posts from the scratch Tumblr
             featuredCustom: {}, // custom homepage rows, such as "Projects by Scratchers I'm Following"