diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9417d21f..579e5988 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@
       "NodeList",
       "DOMParser",
       "CSS",
-      "customElements"
+      "customElements",
+      "AbortController"
     ],
     "ignore": [
       "dist",
diff --git a/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestAccountSearch.js b/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestAccountSearch.js
index 9acc5f5e..b0ed65df 100644
--- a/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestAccountSearch.js
+++ b/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestAccountSearch.js
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import { SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT } from '../_static/autosuggest'
 import { concat } from '../_utils/arrays'
 import uniqBy from 'lodash-es/uniqBy'
 import { scheduleIdleTask } from '../_utils/scheduleIdleTask'
+import { PromiseThrottler } from '../_utils/PromiseThrottler'
 
 const DATABASE_SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT = 30
+const promiseThrottler = new PromiseThrottler(200) // Mastodon FE also uses 200ms
 
 function byUsername (a, b) {
   let usernameA = a.acct.toLowerCase()
@@ -24,6 +26,14 @@ export function doAccountSearch (searchText) {
   let localResults
   let remoteResults
   let { currentInstance, accessToken } = store.get()
+  let controller = typeof AbortController === 'function' && new AbortController()
+
+  function abortFetch () {
+    if (controller) {
+      controller.abort()
+      controller = null
+    }
+  }
 
   async function searchAccountsLocally (searchText) {
     localResults = await database.searchAccountsByUsername(
@@ -31,7 +41,14 @@ export function doAccountSearch (searchText) {
   }
 
   async function searchAccountsRemotely (searchText) {
-    remoteResults = (await search(currentInstance, accessToken, searchText, false, SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT)).accounts
+    // Throttle our XHRs to be a good citizen and not spam the server with one XHR per keystroke
+    await promiseThrottler.next()
+    if (canceled) {
+      return
+    }
+    remoteResults = (await search(
+      currentInstance, accessToken, searchText, false, SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT, controller && controller.signal
+    )).accounts
   }
 
   function mergeAndTruncateResults () {
@@ -81,6 +98,7 @@ export function doAccountSearch (searchText) {
   return {
     cancel: () => {
       canceled = true
+      abortFetch()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/_api/search.js b/src/routes/_api/search.js
index 11298e07..e0aa0a60 100644
--- a/src/routes/_api/search.js
+++ b/src/routes/_api/search.js
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import { get, paramsString, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT } from '../_utils/ajax'
 import { auth, basename } from './utils'
 
-export function search (instanceName, accessToken, query, resolve = true, limit = 40) {
+export function search (instanceName, accessToken, query, resolve = true, limit = 40, signal = null) {
   let url = `${basename(instanceName)}/api/v1/search?` + paramsString({
     q: query,
     resolve,
     limit
   })
-  return get(url, auth(accessToken), { timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT })
+  return get(url, auth(accessToken), {
+    timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+    signal
+  })
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/_store/observers/autosuggestObservers.js b/src/routes/_store/observers/autosuggestObservers.js
index c0277ed9..e1643a2a 100644
--- a/src/routes/_store/observers/autosuggestObservers.js
+++ b/src/routes/_store/observers/autosuggestObservers.js
@@ -6,29 +6,21 @@ export function autosuggestObservers () {
   let lastSearch
 
   store.observe('autosuggestSearchText', async autosuggestSearchText => {
-    let { composeFocused } = store.get()
-    if (!composeFocused || !autosuggestSearchText) {
-      return
+    // cancel any inflight XHRs or other operations
+    if (lastSearch) {
+      lastSearch.cancel()
+      lastSearch = null
     }
-    /* autosuggestSelecting indicates that the user has pressed Enter or clicked on an item
-       and the results are being processed. Returning early avoids a flash of searched content.
-       We can also cancel any inflight XHRs here.
-     */
+    // autosuggestSelecting indicates that the user has pressed Enter or clicked on an item
+    // and the results are being processed. Returning early avoids a flash of searched content.
+    let { composeFocused } = store.get()
     let autosuggestSelecting = store.getForCurrentAutosuggest('autosuggestSelecting')
-    if (autosuggestSelecting) {
-      if (lastSearch) {
-        lastSearch.cancel()
-        lastSearch = null
-      }
+    if (!composeFocused || !autosuggestSearchText || autosuggestSelecting) {
       return
     }
 
     let autosuggestType = autosuggestSearchText.startsWith('@') ? 'account' : 'emoji'
 
-    if (lastSearch) {
-      lastSearch.cancel()
-    }
-
     if (autosuggestType === 'emoji') {
       lastSearch = doEmojiSearch(autosuggestSearchText)
     } else {
diff --git a/src/routes/_utils/PromiseThrottler.js b/src/routes/_utils/PromiseThrottler.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d776857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/_utils/PromiseThrottler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Utility for throttling in the Lodash style (assuming leading: true and trailing: true) but
+// creates a promise.
+export class PromiseThrottler {
+  constructor (timeout) {
+    this._timeout = timeout
+    this._promise = Promise.resolve()
+  }
+
+  next () {
+    let res = this._promise
+    // update afterwards, so we get a "leading" XHR
+    this._promise = this._promise.then(() => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, this._timeout)))
+    return res
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/_utils/ajax.js b/src/routes/_utils/ajax.js
index b7908190..bca8dd2b 100644
--- a/src/routes/_utils/ajax.js
+++ b/src/routes/_utils/ajax.js
@@ -9,13 +9,17 @@ function fetchWithTimeout (url, fetchOptions, timeout) {
   })
 }
 
-function makeFetchOptions (method, headers) {
-  return {
+function makeFetchOptions (method, headers, options) {
+  let res = {
     method,
     headers: Object.assign(headers || {}, {
       'Accept': 'application/json'
     })
   }
+  if (options && options.signal) {
+    res.signal = options.signal
+  }
+  return res
 }
 
 async function throwErrorIfInvalidResponse (response) {
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ async function _fetch (url, fetchOptions, options) {
 }
 
 async function _putOrPostOrPatch (method, url, body, headers, options) {
-  let fetchOptions = makeFetchOptions(method, headers)
+  let fetchOptions = makeFetchOptions(method, headers, options)
   if (body) {
     if (body instanceof FormData) {
       fetchOptions.body = body
@@ -65,11 +69,11 @@ export async function patch (url, body, headers, options) {
 }
 
 export async function get (url, headers, options) {
-  return _fetch(url, makeFetchOptions('GET', headers), options)
+  return _fetch(url, makeFetchOptions('GET', headers, options), options)
 }
 
 export async function del (url, headers, options) {
-  return _fetch(url, makeFetchOptions('DELETE', headers), options)
+  return _fetch(url, makeFetchOptions('DELETE', headers, options), options)
 }
 
 export function paramsString (paramsObject) {