diff --git a/packages/web/src/common/store/pages/signon/sagas.js b/packages/web/src/common/store/pages/signon/sagas.js
index d486441946c..9679633eca4 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/common/store/pages/signon/sagas.js
+++ b/packages/web/src/common/store/pages/signon/sagas.js
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ function* getArtistsToFollow() {
   yield put(signOnActions.setUsersToFollow(users))
 }
 
+function* fetchDefaultFollowArtists() {
+  yield call(waitForRead)
+  try {
+    const defaultFollowUserIds = yield call(getDefautFollowUserIds)
+    yield call(fetchUsers, Array.from(defaultFollowUserIds))
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error('Unable to fetch default follow artists', e)
+  }
+}
+
 function* fetchAllFollowArtist() {
   yield call(waitForRead)
   try {
@@ -495,10 +505,10 @@ function* signUp() {
         }
       },
       function* () {
-        yield put(signOnActions.signUpSucceeded())
         yield put(signOnActions.sendWelcomeEmail(name))
         yield call(fetchAccountAsync, { isSignUp: true })
         yield put(signOnActions.followArtists())
+        yield put(signOnActions.signUpSucceeded())
       },
       function* ({ timeout }) {
         if (timeout) {
@@ -728,7 +738,11 @@ function* watchValidateHandle() {
 }
 
 function* watchSignUp() {
-  yield takeLatest(signOnActions.SIGN_UP, signUp)
+  yield takeLatest(signOnActions.SIGN_UP, function* (action) {
+    // Fetch the default follow artists in parallel so that we don't have to block on this later (thus adding perceived sign up time) in the follow artists step.
+    yield fork(fetchDefaultFollowArtists)
+    yield signUp(action)
+  })
 }
 
 function* watchSignIn() {
diff --git a/packages/web/src/common/store/social/users/sagas.ts b/packages/web/src/common/store/social/users/sagas.ts
index 5c4821b0913..a05e86d6176 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/common/store/social/users/sagas.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/common/store/social/users/sagas.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { call, select, takeEvery, put } from 'typed-redux-saga'
 
 import { make } from 'common/store/analytics/actions'
-import { adjustUserField } from 'common/store/cache/users/sagas'
+import { adjustUserField, fetchUsers } from 'common/store/cache/users/sagas'
 import * as signOnActions from 'common/store/pages/signon/actions'
 import { profilePage } from 'utils/route'
 import { waitForWrite } from 'utils/sagaHelpers'
@@ -48,9 +48,19 @@ export function* followUser(
   }
 
   const users = yield* select(getUsers, { ids: [action.userId, accountId] })
-  const followedUser = users[action.userId]
+  let followedUser = users[action.userId]
   const currentUser = users[accountId]
 
+  if (!followedUser) {
+    try {
+      // If we haven't cached the followed user, need to fetch and cache it first to ensure that we have the correct `does_current_user_follow` on the user value before the follow gets indexed.
+      const { entries } = yield* call(fetchUsers, [action.userId])
+      followedUser = entries[action.userId]
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Failed to fetch the followed user', action.userId)
+    }
+  }
+
   if (followedUser) {
     // Increment the followed user's follower count
     yield* put(