diff --git a/salt/salt/cronjobs.sls b/salt/salt/cronjobs.sls
index 05e4300..8b075a9 100644
--- a/salt/salt/cronjobs.sls
+++ b/salt/salt/cronjobs.sls
@@ -11,3 +11,10 @@ generate-site-icons-css-cronjob:
     - name: {{ bin_dir }}/python -c "from scripts.generate_site_icons_css import generate_css; generate_css()"
     - user: {{ app_username }}
     - minute: '*/5'
+
+update-common-topic-tags-cronjob:
+  cron.present:
+    - name: {{ bin_dir }}/python -c "from scripts.update_groups_common_topic_tags import update_common_topic_tags; update_common_topic_tags('{{ app_dir }}/{{ pillar['ini_file'] }}')"
+    - user: {{ app_username }}
+    - hour: '*'
+    - minute: 0
diff --git a/tildes/alembic/versions/53f81a72f076_group_add_common_topic_tags.py b/tildes/alembic/versions/53f81a72f076_group_add_common_topic_tags.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89b60e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tildes/alembic/versions/53f81a72f076_group_add_common_topic_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""Group: add common_topic_tags
+
+Revision ID: 53f81a72f076
+Revises: fef2c9c9a186
+Create Date: 2019-04-24 17:50:24.360780
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+from tildes.lib.database import ArrayOfLtree
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = "53f81a72f076"
+down_revision = "fef2c9c9a186"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.add_column(
+        "groups",
+        sa.Column(
+            "common_topic_tags", ArrayOfLtree(), server_default="{}", nullable=False
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.drop_column("groups", "common_topic_tags")
diff --git a/tildes/scripts/update_groups_common_topic_tags.py b/tildes/scripts/update_groups_common_topic_tags.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b15d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tildes/scripts/update_groups_common_topic_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Tildes contributors <code@tildes.net>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+"""Script for updating the list of common topic tags for all groups."""
+
+from sqlalchemy import desc, func
+from sqlalchemy_utils import Ltree
+
+from tildes.lib.database import get_session_from_config
+from tildes.models.group import Group
+from tildes.models.topic import Topic
+
+
+# the maximum number of common tags to store for a particular group
+MAX_NUM_COMMON_TAGS = 100
+
+
+def update_common_topic_tags(config_path: str) -> None:
+    """Update the list of common topic tags for all groups."""
+    db_session = get_session_from_config(config_path)
+
+    all_groups = db_session.query(Group).all()
+
+    for group in all_groups:
+        # create a subquery for all tags from topics in that group - UNNEST() converts
+        # the arrays of tags into rows so that we can easily group and count
+        group_tags = (
+            db_session.query(func.unnest(Topic._tags).label("tag"))  # noqa
+            .filter(Topic.group == group)
+            .subquery()
+        )
+
+        # get the list of the most common tags, based on frequency
+        common_tags = (
+            db_session.query(group_tags.columns["tag"], func.count().label("frequency"))
+            .group_by("tag")
+            .order_by(desc("frequency"))
+            .limit(MAX_NUM_COMMON_TAGS)
+            .all()
+        )
+
+        group._common_topic_tags = [  # noqa
+            Ltree(common_tag[0]) for common_tag in common_tags
+        ]
+
+        db_session.add(group)
+        db_session.commit()
diff --git a/tildes/tildes/models/group/group.py b/tildes/tildes/models/group/group.py
index a592b7e..1190050 100644
--- a/tildes/tildes/models/group/group.py
+++ b/tildes/tildes/models/group/group.py
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
 """Contains the Group class."""
 
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import Any, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
+from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
 from pyramid.security import Allow, Authenticated, Deny, DENY_ALL, Everyone
 from sqlalchemy import Boolean, CheckConstraint, Column, Index, Integer, Text, TIMESTAMP
+from sqlalchemy.ext.hybrid import hybrid_property
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import text
 from sqlalchemy_utils import Ltree, LtreeType
 
+from tildes.lib.database import ArrayOfLtree
 from tildes.models import DatabaseModel
 from tildes.schemas.group import GroupSchema, SHORT_DESCRIPTION_MAX_LENGTH
 
@@ -50,12 +52,24 @@ class Group(DatabaseModel):
     is_user_treated_as_topic_source: bool = Column(
         Boolean, nullable=False, server_default="false"
     )
+    _common_topic_tags: List[Ltree] = Column(
+        "common_topic_tags", ArrayOfLtree, nullable=False, server_default="{}"
+    )
 
     # Create a GiST index on path as well as the btree one that will be created by the
     # index=True/unique=True keyword args to Column above. The GiST index supports
     # additional operators for ltree queries: @>, <@, @, ~, ?
     __table_args__ = (Index("ix_groups_path_gist", path, postgresql_using="gist"),)
 
+    @hybrid_property
+    def common_topic_tags(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Return the group's list of common topic tags."""
+        return [str(tag).replace("_", " ") for tag in self._common_topic_tags]
+
+    @common_topic_tags.setter  # type: ignore
+    def common_topic_tags(self, new_tags: List[str]) -> None:
+        self._common_topic_tags = new_tags
+
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         """Display the group's path and ID as its repr format."""
         return f"<Group {self.path} ({self.group_id})>"