diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts/analytics.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts/analytics.hbs
index 3accdb48da..64d91bbaa1 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts/analytics.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts/analytics.hbs
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
                     {{/let}}
                 </div>
                 <div style="display: flex; gap: 8px;">
+                    <GhTaskButton
+                        @buttonText="Refresh"
+                        @task={{this.fetchPostTask}}
+                        @showIcon={{true}}
+                        @idleIcon="reload"
+                        @successText="Refreshed"
+                        @class="gh-btn gh-btn-icon refresh"
+                        @successClass="gh-btn gh-btn-icon refresh" />
                     {{#unless this.post.emailOnly}}
                         <button type="button" class="gh-btn gh-btn-icon share" {{on "click" this.togglePublishFlowModal}}>
                             <span>{{svg-jar "share" title="Share post"}} Share</span>
diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts/analytics.js b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts/analytics.js
index b5fa9a8446..d95f3359a6 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/posts/analytics.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/posts/analytics.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import DeletePostModal from '../modals/delete-post';
 import PostSuccessModal from '../modal-post-success';
 import anime from 'animejs/lib/anime.es.js';
 import {action} from '@ember/object';
-import {didCancel, task, timeout} from 'ember-concurrency';
+import {didCancel, task} from 'ember-concurrency';
 import {inject as service} from '@ember/service';
 import {tracked} from '@glimmer/tracking';
 
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ const DISPLAY_OPTIONS = [{
     value: 'paid'
 }];
 
-const AUTO_REFRESH_RATE = 7500;
-
 export default class Analytics extends Component {
     @service ajax;
     @service ghostPaths;
@@ -53,8 +51,6 @@ export default class Analytics extends Component {
     constructor() {
         super(...arguments);
         this.checkPublishFlowModal();
-        this.fetchPostTask.perform();
-        this.autoRefreshTask.perform();
     }
 
     openPublishFlowModal() {
@@ -394,13 +390,6 @@ export default class Analytics extends Component {
         return true;
     }
 
-    @task
-    *autoRefreshTask() {
-        yield timeout(AUTO_REFRESH_RATE);
-        yield this.fetchPostTask.perform();
-        this.autoRefreshTask.perform();
-    }
-
     @action
     applyClasses(element) {
         if (!this.shouldAnimate ||