diff --git a/src/components/search/search.js b/src/components/search/search.js
index de7578c4..61a4dae2 100644
--- a/src/components/search/search.js
+++ b/src/components/search/search.js
@@ -168,7 +168,14 @@ const Search = {
             skipMediaSearch = true
           }
         }
-        this.loadedInitially = true
+
+        if (
+          !loadedInitially &&
+            Object.values(data).some((result) => result.length > 0)
+        ) {
+          // Show results on the first meaningful response
+          this.loadedInitially = true
+        }
 
         if (searchType === 'statuses') {
           // Offset from whatever we already have
@@ -179,19 +186,10 @@ const Search = {
           this.mediaOffset = this.media.length
           this.lastMediaFetchCount = this.media.length - oldMediaLength
         }
-
-        if (searchTypes.length > 1) {
-          for (const value of Object.values(data)) {
-            if (value.length) {
-              // Show results on the first meaningful response
-              this.loading = false
-              break
-            }
-          }
-        }
       }
 
       this.lastQuery = query
+      this.loadedInitially = true
       this.loading = false
     },
     resultCount (tabName) {