diff --git a/web/src/recent_topics_ui.js b/web/src/recent_topics_ui.js
index f57bc83240..074978a4c6 100644
--- a/web/src/recent_topics_ui.js
+++ b/web/src/recent_topics_ui.js
@@ -541,9 +541,11 @@ 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.
+        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);
-        if (topic_muted || stream_muted) {
+        if (topic_muted || (stream_muted && !topic_unmuted)) {
             return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/web/tests/recent_topics.test.js b/web/tests/recent_topics.test.js
index c2704ee459..0d1d6087ed 100644
--- a/web/tests/recent_topics.test.js
+++ b/web/tests/recent_topics.test.js
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ mock_esm("../src/user_topics", {
         }
         return false;
     },
+    is_topic_unmuted: () => false,
 });
 const narrow = mock_esm("../src/narrow", {
     update_narrow_title: noop,