diff --git a/changelog.d/activity_type_index.change b/changelog.d/activity_type_index.change
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+Add new activity actor/type index. Greatly speeds up retrieval of rare types (like "Listen")
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20250314153704_add_activities_actor_type_index.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20250314153704_add_activities_actor_type_index.exs
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+defmodule Pleroma.Repo.Migrations.AddActivitiesActorTypeIndex do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    create(index(:activities, ["actor", "(data ->> 'type'::text)", "id DESC NULLS LAST"]))
+  end
+end