diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-map/topic-map-summary.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-map/topic-map-summary.gjs
index e9c924bbed0..37ceb898887 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-map/topic-map-summary.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-map/topic-map-summary.gjs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const MIN_LIKES_COUNT = 5;
 const MIN_PARTICIPANTS_COUNT = 5;
 const MIN_USERS_COUNT_FOR_AVATARS = 2;
 
-export const MIN_POSTS_COUNT = 5;
+export const MIN_POSTS_COUNT = 3;
 
 export default class TopicMapSummary extends Component {
   @service site;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/topic.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/topic.js
index a0c56b9293e..4a3aa79198a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/topic.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/topic.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import Composer from "discourse/models/composer";
 import Post from "discourse/models/post";
 import Topic from "discourse/models/topic";
 import TopicTimer from "discourse/models/topic-timer";
+import { isTesting } from "discourse-common/config/environment";
 import discourseLater from "discourse-common/lib/later";
 import { deepMerge } from "discourse-common/lib/object";
 import discourseComputed, { bind } from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import I18n from "discourse-i18n";
 let customPostMessageCallbacks = {};
 
 const RETRIES_ON_RATE_LIMIT = 4;
+const MIN_BOTTOM_MAP_WORD_COUNT = 200;
 
 export function resetCustomPostMessageCallbacks() {
   customPostMessageCallbacks = {};
@@ -233,12 +235,25 @@ export default class TopicController extends Controller.extend(
     return Category.findById(categoryId)?.minimumRequiredTags || 0;
   }
 
-  @discourseComputed("model.posts_count", "model.postStream.loadingFilter")
-  showBottomTopicMap(postsCount, loading) {
+  @discourseComputed(
+    "model.postStream.posts",
+    "model.word_count",
+    "model.postStream.loadingFilter"
+  )
+  showBottomTopicMap(posts, wordCount, loading) {
+    // filter out small posts, because they're short
+    const postsCount =
+      posts?.filter((post) => post.post_type !== 3).length || 0;
+
+    const minWordCount = isTesting
+      ? true
+      : wordCount > MIN_BOTTOM_MAP_WORD_COUNT;
+
     return (
       this.siteSettings.show_bottom_topic_map &&
       !loading &&
-      postsCount > MIN_POSTS_COUNT
+      postsCount > MIN_POSTS_COUNT &&
+      minWordCount
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/spec/system/topic_map_spec.rb b/spec/system/topic_map_spec.rb
index c836d4e8cc8..cbc21665d2c 100644
--- a/spec/system/topic_map_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/topic_map_spec.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ describe "Topic Map", type: :system do
     topic_page.visit_topic(topic)
 
     expect(topic_page).to have_topic_map
-    2.times { Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, created_at: 1.day.ago, like_count: 1) }
     page.refresh
     expect(topic_page).to have_topic_map
     expect(topic_map).to have_no_users
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ describe "Topic Map", type: :system do
     # bottom map, avatars details with post counts
     expect(topic_map).to have_no_bottom_map
 
+    2.times { Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, created_at: 1.day.ago, like_count: 1) }
     Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, created_at: 2.day.ago)
     Fabricate(:post, topic: topic, created_at: 1.day.ago, like_count: 3)
     page.refresh