diff --git a/web/src/compose_closed_ui.js b/web/src/compose_closed_ui.js
index 0e5a5688aa..4105581420 100644
--- a/web/src/compose_closed_ui.js
+++ b/web/src/compose_closed_ui.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export function initialize() {
     // When the message selection changes, change the label on the Reply button.
     $(document).on("message_selected.zulip", () => {
         if (narrow_state.is_message_feed_visible()) {
-            // message_selected events can occur with recent topics
+            // message_selected events can occur with Recent Conversations
             // open due to "All messages" loading in the background,
             // so we only update if message feed is visible.
             update_reply_recipient_label();
diff --git a/web/src/hotkey.js b/web/src/hotkey.js
index d83f5916c0..7fa9775709 100644
--- a/web/src/hotkey.js
+++ b/web/src/hotkey.js
@@ -241,11 +241,12 @@ export function process_escape_key(e) {
     if (
         recent_topics_ui.is_in_focus() &&
         // This will return false if `e.target` is not
-        // any of the recent topics elements by design.
+        // any of the Recent Conversations elements by design.
         recent_topics_ui.change_focused_element($(e.target), "escape")
     ) {
-        // Recent topics uses escape to switch focus from RT search / filters to topics table.
-        // If focus is already on the table it returns false.
+        // Recent Conversations uses escape to switch focus from
+        // search / filters to the conversations table. If focus is
+        // already on the table, it returns false.
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -484,10 +485,10 @@ export function process_enter_key(e) {
     if (recent_topics_util.is_visible()) {
         if (e.target === $("body")[0]) {
             // There's a race when using `Esc` and `Enter` to navigate to
-            // Recent Topics and then navigate to the next topic, wherein
-            // Recent Topics won't have applied focus to its table yet.
+            // Recent Conversations and then navigate to the next topic, wherein
+            // Recent Conversations won't have applied focus to its table yet.
             //
-            // Recent Topics's own navigation just lets `Enter` be
+            // Recent Conversations' own navigation just lets `Enter` be
             // treated as a click on the highlighted message, so we
             // don't need to do anything there. But if nothing is
             // focused (say, during the race or after clicking on the
diff --git a/web/src/message_events.js b/web/src/message_events.js
index 078f657fca..4d269c4e12 100644
--- a/web/src/message_events.js
+++ b/web/src/message_events.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function maybe_add_narrowed_messages(messages, msg_list, callback, attempt = 1)
         timeout: 5000,
         success(data) {
             if (!narrow_state.is_message_feed_visible() || msg_list !== message_lists.current) {
-                // We unnarrowed or moved to Recent Topics in the meantime.
+                // We unnarrowed or moved to Recent Conversations in the meantime.
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ export function update_messages(events) {
                 }
                 moved_message.last_edit_timestamp = event.edit_timestamp;
 
-                // Remove the recent topics entry for the old topics;
+                // Remove the Recent Conversations entry for the old topics;
                 // must be called before we call set_message_topic.
                 //
                 // TODO: Use a single bulk request to do this removal.
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export function update_messages(events) {
                     moved_message.display_recipient = new_stream_name;
                 }
 
-                // Add the recent topics entry for the new stream/topics.
+                // Add the Recent Conversations entry for the new stream/topics.
                 stream_topic_history.add_message({
                     stream_id: moved_message.stream_id,
                     topic_name: moved_message.topic,
diff --git a/web/src/message_feed_top_notices.js b/web/src/message_feed_top_notices.js
index b4f6f05723..737dd80b3a 100644
--- a/web/src/message_feed_top_notices.js
+++ b/web/src/message_feed_top_notices.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function update_top_of_narrow_notices(msg_list) {
     ) {
         const filter = narrow_state.filter();
         if (filter === undefined && !narrow_state.is_message_feed_visible()) {
-            // user moved away from the narrow / filter to recent topics.
+            // user moved away from the narrow / filter to Recent Conversations.
             return;
         }
         // Potentially display the notice that lets users know
diff --git a/web/src/message_fetch.js b/web/src/message_fetch.js
index 21bfd0d3fe..e7128539a0 100644
--- a/web/src/message_fetch.js
+++ b/web/src/message_fetch.js
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ export function initialize(home_view_loaded) {
         if (data.found_newest) {
             if (page_params.is_spectator) {
                 // Since for spectators, this is the main fetch, we
-                // hide the Recent Topics loading indicator here.
+                // hide the Recent Conversations loading indicator here.
                 recent_topics_ui.hide_loading_indicator();
             }
 
@@ -537,11 +537,11 @@ export function initialize(home_view_loaded) {
     // more performant (i.e. avoids this unnecessary extra fetch the
     // results of which are basically discarded) and better represents
     // more than a few hundred messages' history, but this strategy
-    // allows "Recent topics" to always show current data (with gaps)
+    // allows "Recent Conversations" to always show current data (with gaps)
     // on page load; the data will be complete once the algorithm
     // above catches up to present.
     //
-    // (Users will see a weird artifact where Recent topics has a gap
+    // (Users will see a weird artifact where Recent Conversations has a gap
     // between E.g. 6 days ago and 37 days ago while the catchup
     // process runs, so this strategy still results in problematic
     // visual artifacts shortly after page load; just more forgivable
@@ -553,8 +553,8 @@ export function initialize(home_view_loaded) {
         filter: new Filter([{operator: "in", operand: "home"}]),
         excludes_muted_topics: true,
     });
-    // TODO: Ideally we'd have loading indicators for recent topics at
-    // both top and bottom be managed by load_messages, but that
+    // TODO: Ideally we'd have loading indicators for Recent Conversations
+    // at both top and bottom be managed by load_messages, but that
     // likely depends on other reorganizations of the early loading
     // sequence.
     recent_topics_ui.show_loading_indicator();
diff --git a/web/src/muted_users_ui.js b/web/src/muted_users_ui.js
index 8df6aeb22a..083605a039 100644
--- a/web/src/muted_users_ui.js
+++ b/web/src/muted_users_ui.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function rerender_for_muted_user() {
     activity.redraw();
     pm_list.update_private_messages();
 
-    // If a user is (un)muted, we want to update their avatars on the recent topics
+    // If a user is (un)muted, we want to update their avatars on the Recent Conversations
     // participants column.
     recent_topics_ui.complete_rerender();
 }
diff --git a/web/src/narrow.js b/web/src/narrow.js
index a66ab3f8f7..76fc6b9998 100644
--- a/web/src/narrow.js
+++ b/web/src/narrow.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export function activate(raw_operators, opts) {
 
     // The empty narrow is the home view; so deactivate any narrow if
     // no operators were specified. Take us to all messages when this
-    // happens from recent conversations view.
+    // happens from Recent Conversations view.
     if (raw_operators.length === 0) {
         deactivate(coming_from_recent_topics);
         return;
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ export function activate(raw_operators, opts) {
         if (coming_from_recent_topics) {
             recent_topics_ui.hide();
         } else {
-            // If recent topics was not visible, then we are switching
+            // If Recent Conversations was not visible, then we are switching
             // from another message list view. Save the scroll position in
             // that message list, so that we can restore it if/when we
             // later navigate back to that view.
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ export function deactivate(coming_from_recent_topics = false, is_actively_scroll
       message_lists.home in it.
      */
     search.clear_search_form();
-    // Both All messages and Recent topics have `undefined` filter.
+    // Both All messages and Recent Conversations have `undefined` filter.
     // Return if already in the All message narrow.
     if (narrow_state.filter() === undefined && !coming_from_recent_topics) {
         return;
diff --git a/web/src/narrow_state.js b/web/src/narrow_state.js
index 7fe0c16e4a..2b45a1a59e 100644
--- a/web/src/narrow_state.js
+++ b/web/src/narrow_state.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function active() {
 
 export function filter() {
     // Both, `All messages` and
-    // `Recent topics` have `current_filter=undefined`
+    // `Recent Conversations` have `current_filter=undefined`
     return current_filter;
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/recent_topics_ui.js b/web/src/recent_topics_ui.js
index f40926407f..77af33965e 100644
--- a/web/src/recent_topics_ui.js
+++ b/web/src/recent_topics_ui.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const MAX_EXTRA_SENDERS = 10;
 // `row_focus` and `col_focus`.
 export let $current_focus_elem = "table";
 
-// If user clicks a topic in recent topics, then
+// If user clicks a topic in Recent Conversations, then
 // we store that topic here so that we can restore focus
 // to that topic when user revisits.
 let last_visited_topic = "";
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function save_filters() {
 }
 
 export function is_in_focus() {
-    // Check if user is focused on recent topics.
+    // Check if user is focused on Recent Conversations.
     return (
         is_visible() &&
         !compose_state.composing() &&
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export function revive_current_focus() {
     // link and focus to the element prior to the rerender.
 
     // We try to avoid setting focus when user
-    // is not focused on recent topics.
+    // is not focused on Recent Conversations.
     if (!is_in_focus()) {
         return false;
     }
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export function revive_current_focus() {
     if (is_table_focused()) {
         if (last_visited_topic) {
             // If the only message in the topic was deleted,
-            // then the topic will not be in recent topics data.
+            // then the topic will not be in Recent Conversations data.
             if (topics.get(last_visited_topic) !== undefined) {
                 const topic_last_msg_id = topics.get(last_visited_topic).last_msg_id;
                 const current_list = topics_widget.get_current_list();
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ export function filters_should_hide_topic(topic_data) {
     }
 
     if (!filters.has("include_muted") && topic_data.type === "stream") {
-        // We want to show the unmuted topics within muted streams in the recent topics.
+        // We want to show the unmuted topics within muted streams in Recent Conversations.
         const topic_unmuted = Boolean(user_topics.is_topic_unmuted(msg.stream_id, msg.topic));
         const topic_muted = Boolean(user_topics.is_topic_muted(msg.stream_id, msg.topic));
         const stream_muted = stream_data.is_muted(msg.stream_id);
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ export function show() {
 
     if (is_visible()) {
         // If we're already visible, E.g. because the user hit Esc
-        // while already in the recent topics view, do nothing.
+        // while already in the Recent Conversations view, do nothing.
         return;
     }
     // Hide selected elements in the left sidebar.
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ export function show() {
     stream_list.handle_narrow_deactivated();
 
     // Hide "middle-column" which has html for rendering
-    // a messages narrow. We hide it and show recent topics.
+    // a messages narrow. We hide it and show Recent Conversations.
     $("#message_feed_container").hide();
     $("#recent_topics_view").show();
     set_visible(true);
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ export function hide() {
 
     // This solves a bug with message_view_header
     // being broken sometimes when we narrow
-    // to a filter and back to recent topics
+    // to a filter and back to Recent Conversations
     // before it completely re-rerenders.
     message_view_header.render_title_area();
 
diff --git a/web/src/unread.js b/web/src/unread.js
index c6508dcc60..af3e66ab66 100644
--- a/web/src/unread.js
+++ b/web/src/unread.js
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ export function stream_has_any_unmuted_mentions(stream_id) {
 
 export function topic_has_any_unread_mentions(stream_id, topic) {
     // Because this function is called in a loop for every displayed
-    // Recent Topics row, it's important for it to run in O(1) time.
+    // Recent Conversations row, it's important for it to run in O(1) time.
     const topic_key = stream_id + ":" + topic.toLowerCase();
     return unread_mention_topics.get(topic_key) && unread_mention_topics.get(topic_key).size > 0;
 }
diff --git a/web/src/widgetize.js b/web/src/widgetize.js
index fa432fd565..fad4ea0232 100644
--- a/web/src/widgetize.js
+++ b/web/src/widgetize.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function set_widget_in_message($row, $widget_elem) {
     const $content_holder = $row.find(".message_content");
 
     // Avoid adding the $widget_elem if it already exists.
-    // This can happen when the app loads in the "Recent topics"
+    // This can happen when the app loads in the "Recent Conversations"
     // view and the user changes the view to "All messages".
     // This is important since jQuery removes all the event handlers
     // on `empty()`ing an element.
diff --git a/web/styles/recent_topics.css b/web/styles/recent_topics.css
index 5349207047..0b370433d4 100644
--- a/web/styles/recent_topics.css
+++ b/web/styles/recent_topics.css
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
                 }
 
                 .user_circle {
-                    /* Shrink the user activity circle for the recent topics context. */
+                    /* Shrink the user activity circle for the Recent Conversations context. */
                     min-width: 7px;
                     height: 7px;
                     float: left;
diff --git a/web/styles/zulip.css b/web/styles/zulip.css
index c053649f2b..f703e8f7fe 100644
--- a/web/styles/zulip.css
+++ b/web/styles/zulip.css
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ body {
     */
     --browser-overlay-scrollbar-width: 10px;
 
-    /* This is a rough estimate for height occupied by recent topics filters.
+    /* This is a rough estimate for height occupied by Recent Conversations filters.
        We expect `resize.js` to update this once UI is initialized. */
     --recent-topics-filters-height: 50px;
 
diff --git a/web/tests/example7.test.js b/web/tests/example7.test.js
index 77e47aa213..2e2bcf3ea0 100644
--- a/web/tests/example7.test.js
+++ b/web/tests/example7.test.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ run_test("unread_ops", ({override}) => {
         },
     ];
 
-    // We don't want recent topics to process message for this test.
+    // We don't want Recent Conversations to process message for this test.
     recent_topics_util.set_visible(false);
 
     // Make our test message appear to be unread, so that
diff --git a/web/tests/recent_senders.test.js b/web/tests/recent_senders.test.js
index 74fc8675a0..cd6fa1ed07 100644
--- a/web/tests/recent_senders.test.js
+++ b/web/tests/recent_senders.test.js
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ test("process_pms", () => {
         id: 3,
     });
 
-    // Recent topics displays avatars in the opposite order to this since
+    // Recent Conversations displays avatars in the opposite order to this since
     // that was simpler to implement in HTML.
     assert.deepEqual(rs.get_pm_recent_senders(user_ids_string), {
         participants: [1, 3, 2],
diff --git a/web/tests/upload.test.js b/web/tests/upload.test.js
index 208e73b0be..c9096aa851 100644
--- a/web/tests/upload.test.js
+++ b/web/tests/upload.test.js
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ test("main_file_drop_compose_mode", ({override_rewire}) => {
     assert.equal(compose_actions_start_called, false);
     assert.equal(compose_actions_respond_to_message_called, true);
 
-    // Test drop on recent topics view
+    // Test drop on Recent Conversations view
     compose_actions_respond_to_message_called = false;
     override_rewire(message_lists, "current", {
         selected_message() {