diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/home/site_summary.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/home/site_summary.html
index 166c0c9129..9dd69f0f13 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/home/site_summary.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/home/site_summary.html
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
-{% load i18n %}
+{% load i18n wagtailadmin_tags %}
 <section class="panel summary nice-padding">
     <h2 class="visuallyhidden">{% trans "Site summary" %}</h2>
     <ul class="stats">
         <li class="icon icon-doc-empty-inverse">
             <a href="{% url 'wagtailadmin_explore_root' %}">
-            {% blocktrans count counter=total_pages %}
-                <span>{{ total_pages }}</span> Page
+            {% blocktrans count counter=total_pages with total_pages|intcomma as total %}
+                <span>{{ total }}</span> Page
             {% plural %}
-                <span>{{ total_pages }}</span> Pages
+                <span>{{ total }}</span> Pages
             {% endblocktrans %}
             </a>
         </li>
         <li class="icon icon-image">
             <a href="{% url 'wagtailimages_index' %}">
-            {% blocktrans count counter=total_images %}
-                <span>{{ total_images }}</span> Image
+            {% blocktrans count counter=total_images with total_images|intcomma as total %}
+                <span>{{ total }}</span> Image
             {% plural %}
-                <span>{{ total_images }}</span> Images
+                <span>{{ total }}</span> Images
             {% endblocktrans %}
             </a>
         </li>
         <li class="icon icon-doc-full-inverse">
             <a href="{% url 'wagtaildocs_index' %}">
-            {% blocktrans count counter=total_docs %}
-                <span>{{ total_docs }}</span> Document
+            {% blocktrans count counter=total_docs with total_docs|intcomma as total %}
+                <span>{{ total }}</span> Document
             {% plural %}
-                <span>{{ total_docs }}</span> Documents
+                <span>{{ total }}</span> Documents
             {% endblocktrans %}
             </a>
         </li>
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
index 2a31ffb502..4b21fd3c0d 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import re
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django import template
+from django.contrib.humanize.templatetags.humanize import intcomma
 
 from wagtail.wagtailcore import hooks
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import get_navigation_menu_items, UserPagePermissionsProxy, PageViewRestriction
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ from wagtail.wagtailadmin.menu import admin_menu
 
 register = template.Library()
 
+register.filter('intcomma', intcomma)
 
 @register.inclusion_tag('wagtailadmin/shared/explorer_nav.html')
 def explorer_nav():