diff --git a/app/finders/trending_projects_finder.rb b/app/finders/trending_projects_finder.rb
index 9ea342cb26d..9b710f0751f 100644
--- a/app/finders/trending_projects_finder.rb
+++ b/app/finders/trending_projects_finder.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class TrendingProjectsFinder
 
     # Determine trending projects based on comments count
     # for period of time - ex. month
-    projects.joins(:notes).where('notes.created_at > ?', start_date).
+    projects.joins(:notes).where('notes.created_at >= ?', start_date).
       group("projects.id").reorder("count(notes.id) DESC")
   end