diff --git a/src/components/post/post.tsx b/src/components/post/post.tsx
index efdd9833..b693c6b0 100644
--- a/src/components/post/post.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post/post.tsx
@@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ const Post = ({ index, post = {} }: PostProps) => {
   const [upvoted, upvote] = useUpvote(post);
   const [downvoted, downvote] = useDownvote(post);
   const postScore = getPostScore(upvoteCount, downvoteCount, state);
-  const postTitle = (title?.length > 300 ? title?.slice(0, 300) + '...' : title) || (content?.length > 300 ? content?.slice(0, 300) + '...' : content);
-  const highlightedTitle = searchQuery ? highlightMatchedText(postTitle || '', searchQuery) : postTitle;
+  const postTitle =
+    (title?.length > 300 ? title?.slice(0, 300) + '...' : title) ||
+    (content?.length > 300 ? content?.slice(0, 300) + '...' : content)?.replace('&nbsp;', ' ')?.replace('>', '')?.replace('<', '')?.trim();
+  const displayedTitle = searchQuery ? highlightMatchedText(postTitle || '', searchQuery) : postTitle;
 
   const hasThumbnail = getHasThumbnail(commentMediaInfo, link);
   const hostname = getHostname(link);
@@ -236,11 +238,11 @@ const Post = ({ index, post = {} }: PostProps) => {
                 <p className={styles.title}>
                   {isInPostPageView && link ? (
                     <a href={link} className={linkClass} target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' onClick={handlePostClick}>
-                      {highlightedTitle ?? '-'}
+                      {displayedTitle ?? '-'}
                     </a>
                   ) : (
                     <Link className={linkClass} to={cid ? `/p/${subplebbitAddress}/c/${cid}` : `/profile/${post?.index}`} onClick={handlePostClick}>
-                      {highlightedTitle ?? '-'}
+                      {displayedTitle ?? '-'}
                     </Link>
                   )}
                   {flair && (