diff --git a/src/components/Search/index.tsx b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
index f5e27896c8e4..03b6c820da00 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ function Search({queryJSON, onSearchListScroll, isSearchScreenFocused, contentCo
             scrollEventThrottle={1}
             shouldKeepFocusedItemAtTopOfViewableArea={type === CONST.SEARCH.DATA_TYPES.CHAT}
             isScreenFocused={isSearchScreenFocused}
+            initialNumToRender={shouldUseNarrowLayout ? 5 : undefined}
         />
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/SelectionList/BaseSelectionList.tsx b/src/components/SelectionList/BaseSelectionList.tsx
index 4738bf6a92d8..2ad3fe8262cd 100644
--- a/src/components/SelectionList/BaseSelectionList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SelectionList/BaseSelectionList.tsx
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ function BaseSelectionList<TItem extends ListItem>(
         shouldScrollToFocusedIndex = true,
         onContentSizeChange,
         listItemTitleStyles,
+        initialNumToRender = 12,
     }: BaseSelectionListProps<TItem>,
     ref: ForwardedRef<SelectionListHandle>,
 ) {
@@ -831,7 +832,7 @@ function BaseSelectionList<TItem extends ListItem>(
                         indicatorStyle="white"
                         keyboardShouldPersistTaps="always"
                         showsVerticalScrollIndicator={showScrollIndicator}
-                        initialNumToRender={12}
+                        initialNumToRender={initialNumToRender}
                         maxToRenderPerBatch={maxToRenderPerBatch}
                         windowSize={windowSize}
                         updateCellsBatchingPeriod={updateCellsBatchingPeriod}
diff --git a/src/components/SelectionList/types.ts b/src/components/SelectionList/types.ts
index 19c47414b089..5c7bd13d97e6 100644
--- a/src/components/SelectionList/types.ts
+++ b/src/components/SelectionList/types.ts
@@ -633,6 +633,9 @@ type BaseSelectionListProps<TItem extends ListItem> = Partial<ChildrenProps> & {
 
     /** Called when scrollable content view of the ScrollView changes */
     onContentSizeChange?: (w: number, h: number) => void;
+
+    /** Initial number of items to render */
+    initialNumToRender?: number;
 } & TRightHandSideComponent<TItem>;
 
 type SelectionListHandle = {