diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
index fd6182eda..eaf1d5ebb 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.cc
@@ -1484,6 +1484,15 @@ void RsGenExchange::notifyReceivePublishKey(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId)
 	mNotifications.push_back(gc);
 }
 
+void RsGenExchange::notifyChangedGroupStats(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId)
+{
+	RS_STACK_MUTEX(mGenMtx);
+
+	RsGxsGroupChange* gc = new RsGxsGroupChange(RsGxsNotify::TYPE_PROCESSED, false);
+	gc->mGrpIdList.push_back(grpId);
+	mNotifications.push_back(gc);
+}
+
 void RsGenExchange::publishGroup(uint32_t& token, RsGxsGrpItem *grpItem)
 {
 
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.h b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.h
index da29c3f3b..436ecc88b 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgenexchange.h
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ public:
      */
     virtual void notifyReceivePublishKey(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId);
 
+    /*!
+     * @param grpId group id
+     */
+    virtual void notifyChangedGroupStats(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId);
+
     /** E: Observer implementation **/
 
     /*!
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
index 20f8bd3a3..9f74eb818 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsgxsnetservice.cc
@@ -1873,9 +1873,17 @@ void RsGxsNetService::locked_genReqMsgTransaction(NxsTransaction* tr)
 
     RsGroupNetworkStatsRecord& gnsr = mGroupNetworkStats[grpId];
 
+    std::set<RsPeerId>::size_type oldSuppliersCount = gnsr.suppliers.size();
+    uint32_t oldVisibleCount = gnsr.max_visible_count;
+
     gnsr.suppliers.insert(pid) ;
     gnsr.max_visible_count = std::max(gnsr.max_visible_count, mcount) ;
 
+    if (oldVisibleCount != gnsr.max_visible_count || oldSuppliersCount != gnsr.suppliers.size())
+    {
+        mObserver->notifyChangedGroupStats(grpId);
+    }
+
 #ifdef NXS_NET_DEBUG
     std::cerr << "  grpId = " << grpId << std::endl;
     std::cerr << "  retrieving grp mesta data..." << std::endl;
@@ -2976,10 +2984,6 @@ void RsGxsNetService::handleRecvSyncMessage(RsNxsSyncMsg* item)
 
 	RS_STACK_MUTEX(mNxsMutex) ;
 
-    // We do that early, so as to get info about who sends data about which group,
-    // even when the group doesn't need update.
-    mGroupNetworkStats[item->grpId].suppliers.insert(item->PeerId()) ;
-
     const RsPeerId& peer = item->PeerId();
 
 #ifdef NXS_NET_DEBUG_0
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsnxsobserver.h b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsnxsobserver.h
index 2dfb91bdc..2b25fc950 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsnxsobserver.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/gxs/rsnxsobserver.h
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ public:
      * @param grpId group id
      */
     virtual void notifyReceivePublishKey(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId) = 0;
+
+    /*!
+     * @param grpId group id
+     */
+    virtual void notifyChangedGroupStats(const RsGxsGroupId &grpId) = 0;
 };
 
 #endif // RSNXSOBSERVER_H
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/RsGxsUpdateBroadcastBase.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/RsGxsUpdateBroadcastBase.cpp
index da3ee384a..b80180c9a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/RsGxsUpdateBroadcastBase.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/RsGxsUpdateBroadcastBase.cpp
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ void RsGxsUpdateBroadcastBase::securedUpdateDisplay()
 	emit fillDisplay(mFillComplete);
 	mFillComplete = false;
 
-    // Randomly force updating popularity, and other statistics that can only be retrieved through a
-    // complete update.
-    if(RSRandom::random_f32() < 0.2)
-        mFillComplete = true ;
-
 	/* Clear updated ids */
 	mGrpIds.clear();
 	mGrpIdsMeta.clear(),