diff --git a/src/hooks/useAuthor.ts b/src/hooks/useAuthor.ts
index fe04c825..883cf1c5 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useAuthor.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useAuthor.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import { type NostrEvent, type NostrMetadata, NSchema as n } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { useNostr } from '@nostrify/react';
-import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { useQuery, useIsFetching } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 
 export function useAuthor(pubkey: string | undefined) {
   const { nostr } = useNostr();
 
+  // If a batch author query (useAuthors) is currently in-flight, wait for
+  // it to finish and seed our cache instead of firing an individual query.
+  const batchFetching = useIsFetching({ queryKey: ['authors'] });
+
   return useQuery<{ event?: NostrEvent; metadata?: NostrMetadata }>({
     queryKey: ['author', pubkey ?? ''],
     queryFn: async ({ signal }) => {
@@ -30,5 +34,8 @@ export function useAuthor(pubkey: string | undefined) {
     },
     staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000, // Keep cached data fresh for 5 minutes
     retry: 1,
+    // Don't fire this individual query while a batch is in progress —
+    // the batch will seed our cache entry when it completes.
+    enabled: !!pubkey && batchFetching === 0,
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/hooks/useTrending.ts b/src/hooks/useTrending.ts
index 7ac32f7b..89e1ca85 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useTrending.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useTrending.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useNostr } from '@nostrify/react';
-import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { useQuery, useQueryClient, useIsFetching } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 
 export interface TrendingTag {
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ function computeStats(eventId: string, events: NostrEvent[]): EventStats {
 export function useEventStats(eventId: string | undefined) {
   const { nostr } = useNostr();
 
+  // If a batch stats query (useBatchEventStats) is currently in-flight, wait
+  // for it to finish and seed our cache instead of firing an individual query.
+  const batchFetching = useIsFetching({ queryKey: ['batch-event-stats'] });
+
   return useQuery({
     queryKey: ['event-stats', eventId ?? ''],
     queryFn: async ({ signal }) => {
@@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ export function useEventStats(eventId: string | undefined) {
 
       return computeStats(eventId, events);
     },
-    enabled: !!eventId,
+    enabled: !!eventId && batchFetching === 0,
     staleTime: 60 * 1000,
     placeholderData: (prev) => prev,
   });