diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/FederationController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/FederationController.php
index 8c121a898..bc90737d8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/FederationController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/FederationController.php
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ class FederationController extends Controller
 	public function nodeinfoWellKnown()
 	{
 		abort_if(!config('federation.nodeinfo.enabled'), 404);
-		return response()->json(Nodeinfo::wellKnown())
+		return response()->json(Nodeinfo::wellKnown(), 200, [], JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES)
 			->header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin','*');
 	}
 
 	public function nodeinfo()
 	{
 		abort_if(!config('federation.nodeinfo.enabled'), 404);
-		return response()->json(Nodeinfo::get())
+		return response()->json(Nodeinfo::get(), 200, [], JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES)
 			->header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin','*');
 	}
 
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ class FederationController extends Controller
 		abort_if(!$request->filled('resource'), 400);
 
 		$resource = $request->input('resource');
+		$hash = hash('sha256', $resource);
+		$key = 'federation:webfinger:sha256:' . $hash;
+		if($cached = Cache::get($key)) {
+			return response()->json($cached, 200, [], JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
+		}
 		$parsed = Nickname::normalizeProfileUrl($resource);
 		if(empty($parsed) || $parsed['domain'] !== config('pixelfed.domain.app')) {
 			abort(404);
@@ -63,8 +68,9 @@ class FederationController extends Controller
 			return ProfileController::accountCheck($profile);
 		}
 		$webfinger = (new Webfinger($profile))->generate();
+		Cache::put($key, $webfinger, 43200);
 
-		return response()->json($webfinger, 200, [], JSON_PRETTY_PRINT|JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES)
+		return response()->json($webfinger, 200, [], JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES)
 			->header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin','*');
 	}
 
diff --git a/app/Util/Site/Nodeinfo.php b/app/Util/Site/Nodeinfo.php
index 36ac72729..fbcc2ee8e 100644
--- a/app/Util/Site/Nodeinfo.php
+++ b/app/Util/Site/Nodeinfo.php
@@ -10,34 +10,29 @@ class Nodeinfo {
 
 	public static function get()
 	{
-		$res = Cache::remember('api:nodeinfo', now()->addMinutes(15), function () {
-			$activeHalfYear = Cache::remember('api:nodeinfo:ahy', now()->addHours(12), function() {
-				// todo: replace with last_active_at after July 9, 2021 (96afc3e781)
-				$count = collect([]);
-				$likes = Like::select('profile_id')->with('actor')->where('created_at', '>', now()->subMonths(6)->toDateTimeString())->groupBy('profile_id')->get()->filter(function($like) {return $like->actor && $like->actor->domain == null;})->pluck('profile_id')->toArray();
-				$count = $count->merge($likes);
-				$statuses = Status::select('profile_id')->whereLocal(true)->where('created_at', '>', now()->subMonths(6)->toDateTimeString())->groupBy('profile_id')->pluck('profile_id')->toArray();
-				$count = $count->merge($statuses);
-				$profiles = User::select('profile_id', 'last_active_at')
-					->whereNotNull('last_active_at')
+		$res = Cache::remember('api:nodeinfo', 300, function () {
+			$activeHalfYear = Cache::remember('api:nodeinfo:ahy', 172800, function() {
+				return User::select('last_active_at')
 					->where('last_active_at', '>', now()->subMonths(6))
-					->pluck('profile_id')
-					->toArray();
-				$newProfiles = User::select('profile_id', 'last_active_at', 'created_at')
-					->whereNull('last_active_at')
-					->where('created_at', '>', now()->subMonths(6))
-					->pluck('profile_id')
-					->toArray();
-				$count = $count->merge($newProfiles);
-				$count = $count->merge($profiles);
-				return $count->unique()->count();
+					->orWhere('created_at', '>', now()->subMonths(6))
+					->count();
 			});
-			$activeMonth = Cache::remember('api:nodeinfo:am', now()->addHours(2), function() {
+
+			$activeMonth = Cache::remember('api:nodeinfo:am', 172800, function() {
 				return User::select('last_active_at')
 					->where('last_active_at', '>', now()->subMonths(1))
 					->orWhere('created_at', '>', now()->subMonths(1))
 					->count();
 			});
+
+			$users = Cache::remember('api:nodeinfo:users', 43200, function() {
+				return User::count();
+			});
+
+			$statuses = Cache::remember('api:nodeinfo:statuses', 21600, function() {
+				return Status::whereLocal(true)->count();
+			});
+
 			return [
 				'metadata' => [
 					'nodeName' => config_cache('app.name'),
@@ -59,10 +54,10 @@ class Nodeinfo {
 					'version'       => config('pixelfed.version'),
 				],
 				'usage' => [
-					'localPosts'    => Status::whereLocal(true)->count(),
+					'localPosts'    => $statuses,
 					'localComments' => 0,
 					'users'         => [
-						'total'          => User::count(),
+						'total'          => $users,
 						'activeHalfyear' => (int) $activeHalfYear,
 						'activeMonth'    => (int) $activeMonth,
 					],
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 7c3d5f3b7..56c733709 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ Route::post('i/actor/inbox', 'InstanceActorController@inbox');
 Route::get('i/actor/outbox', 'InstanceActorController@outbox');
 Route::get('/stories/{username}/{id}', 'StoryController@getActivityObject');
 
+Route::get('.well-known/webfinger', 'FederationController@webfinger')->name('well-known.webfinger');
+Route::get('.well-known/nodeinfo', 'FederationController@nodeinfoWellKnown')->name('well-known.nodeinfo');
+Route::get('.well-known/host-meta', 'FederationController@hostMeta')->name('well-known.hostMeta');
+Route::redirect('.well-known/change-password', '/settings/password');
+Route::get('api/nodeinfo/2.0.json', 'FederationController@nodeinfo');
+
 Route::group(['prefix' => 'api'], function() use($middleware) {
 
 	Route::group(['prefix' => 'v1'], function() use($middleware) {
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 4086f28dc..23a0080b2 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -90,11 +90,6 @@ Route::domain(config('pixelfed.domain.app'))->middleware(['validemail', 'twofact
 
 	Auth::routes();
 
-	Route::get('.well-known/webfinger', 'FederationController@webfinger')->name('well-known.webfinger');
-	Route::get('.well-known/nodeinfo', 'FederationController@nodeinfoWellKnown')->name('well-known.nodeinfo');
-	Route::get('.well-known/host-meta', 'FederationController@hostMeta')->name('well-known.hostMeta');
-	Route::redirect('.well-known/change-password', '/settings/password');
-
 	Route::get('/home', 'HomeController@index')->name('home');
 
 	Route::get('discover/c/{slug}', 'DiscoverController@showCategory');
@@ -105,7 +100,6 @@ Route::domain(config('pixelfed.domain.app'))->middleware(['validemail', 'twofact
 
 	Route::group(['prefix' => 'api'], function () {
 		Route::get('search', 'SearchController@searchAPI');
-		Route::get('nodeinfo/2.0.json', 'FederationController@nodeinfo');
 		Route::post('status/view', 'StatusController@storeView');
 		Route::get('v1/polls/{id}', 'PollController@getPoll');
 		Route::post('v1/polls/{id}/votes', 'PollController@vote');
@@ -251,7 +245,6 @@ Route::domain(config('pixelfed.domain.app'))->middleware(['validemail', 'twofact
 			Route::post('v1/publish', 'StoryController@publishStory');
 			Route::delete('v1/delete/{id}', 'StoryController@apiV1Delete');
 		});
-
 	});
 
 	Route::get('discover/tags/{hashtag}', 'DiscoverController@showTags');