diff --git a/app/models/notification.rb b/app/models/notification.rb
index 98e372a55a3..7ee7e3ed907 100644
--- a/app/models/notification.rb
+++ b/app/models/notification.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class Notification < ActiveRecord::Base
   scope :prioritized,
         ->(deprioritized_types = []) do
           scope = order("notifications.high_priority AND NOT notifications.read DESC")
+
           if deprioritized_types.present?
             scope =
               scope.order(
@@ -48,8 +49,10 @@ class Notification < ActiveRecord::Base
           else
             scope = scope.order("NOT notifications.read DESC")
           end
+
           scope.order("notifications.created_at DESC")
         end
+
   scope :for_user_menu,
         ->(user_id, limit: 30) do
           where(user_id: user_id).visible.prioritized.includes(:topic).limit(limit)
@@ -258,6 +261,9 @@ class Notification < ActiveRecord::Base
     Post.find_by(topic_id: topic_id, post_number: post_number)
   end
 
+  # Update `index_notifications_user_menu_ordering_deprioritized_likes` index when updating this as this is used by
+  # `Notification.prioritized_list` to deprioritize like typed notifications. Also See
+  # `db/migrate/20240306063428_add_indexes_to_notifications.rb`.
   def self.like_types
     [
       Notification.types[:liked],
@@ -421,4 +427,6 @@ end
 #  index_notifications_on_user_id_and_topic_id_and_post_number  (user_id,topic_id,post_number)
 #  index_notifications_read_or_not_high_priority                (user_id,id DESC,read,topic_id) WHERE (read OR (high_priority = false))
 #  index_notifications_unique_unread_high_priority              (user_id,id) UNIQUE WHERE ((NOT read) AND (high_priority = true))
+#  index_notifications_user_menu_ordering                       (user_id, ((high_priority AND (NOT read))) DESC, ((NOT read)) DESC, created_at DESC)
+#  index_notifications_user_menu_ordering_deprioritized_likes   (user_id, ((high_priority AND (NOT read))) DESC, (((NOT read) AND (notification_type <> ALL (ARRAY[5, 19, 25])))) DESC, created_at DESC)
 #
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240306063428_add_indexes_to_notifications.rb b/db/migrate/20240306063428_add_indexes_to_notifications.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5c23a3b373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240306063428_add_indexes_to_notifications.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddIndexesToNotifications < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def up
+    execute <<~SQL
+    DROP INDEX IF EXISTS index_notifications_user_menu_ordering
+    SQL
+
+    execute <<~SQL
+    CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY index_notifications_user_menu_ordering
+    ON notifications (
+      user_id,
+      (high_priority AND NOT read) DESC,
+      (NOT read) DESC,
+      created_at DESC
+    );
+    SQL
+
+    execute <<~SQL
+    DROP INDEX IF EXISTS index_notifications_user_menu_ordering_deprioritized_likes
+    SQL
+
+    execute <<~SQL
+    CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY index_notifications_user_menu_ordering_deprioritized_likes
+    ON notifications (
+      user_id,
+      (high_priority AND NOT read) DESC,
+      (NOT read AND notification_type NOT IN (5,19,25)) DESC,
+      created_at DESC
+    );
+    SQL
+  end
+
+  def down
+    raise ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/notification_spec.rb b/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
index 6532c240d87..cbd6708e2a4 100644
--- a/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/notification_spec.rb
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ RSpec.describe Notification do
       expect(Notification.prioritized_list(user, count: 1).map(&:id)).to eq(
         [unread_high_priority_2].map(&:id),
       )
+
       expect(Notification.prioritized_list(user, count: 3).map(&:id)).to eq(
         [unread_high_priority_2, unread_high_priority_1, unread_regular_2].map(&:id),
       )