diff --git a/cmd/dcrdata/internal/explorer/templates.go b/cmd/dcrdata/internal/explorer/templates.go
index f0342b7af..ac2236648 100644
--- a/cmd/dcrdata/internal/explorer/templates.go
+++ b/cmd/dcrdata/internal/explorer/templates.go
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ type templates struct {
 	exec      func(string, interface{}) (string, error)
 }
 
+type hashrateDisplay struct {
+	Parts []string
+	Unit  string
+}
+
 func newTemplates(folder string, reload bool, common []string, helpers template.FuncMap) templates {
 	com := make([]string, 0, len(common))
 	for _, file := range common {
@@ -210,6 +215,34 @@ func amountAsDecimalPartsTrimmed(v, numPlaces int64, useCommas bool) []string {
 	return []string{left, right, tail}
 }
 
+func hashRateFormatting(phRate float64) hashrateDisplay {
+	units := []struct {
+		label      string
+		multiplier float64
+	}{
+		{label: "Th/s", multiplier: 1},
+		{label: "Ph/s", multiplier: 1e-3},
+		{label: "Eh/s", multiplier: 1e-6},
+	}
+
+	thRate := phRate * 1e3
+	unitIndex := 0
+	if thRate > 0 {
+		unitIndex = int(math.Floor(math.Log10(thRate) / 3))
+		if unitIndex < 0 {
+			unitIndex = 0
+		} else if unitIndex >= len(units) {
+			unitIndex = len(units) - 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	value := thRate * units[unitIndex].multiplier
+	return hashrateDisplay{
+		Parts: float64Formatting(value, 8, true, 2),
+		Unit:  units[unitIndex].label,
+	}
+}
+
 // threeSigFigs returns a representation of the float formatted to three
 // significant figures, with an appropriate magnitude prefix (k, M, B).
 // For (k, M, G) prefixes for file/memory sizes, use humanize.Bytes.
@@ -406,6 +439,7 @@ func makeTemplateFuncMap(params *chaincfg.Params) template.FuncMap {
 			return p
 		},
 		"float64AsDecimalParts": float64Formatting,
+		"hashRateFormatting":    hashRateFormatting,
 		"amountAsDecimalParts": func(v int64, useCommas bool) []string {
 			return float64Formatting(dcrutil.Amount(v).ToCoin(), 8, useCommas)
 		},
diff --git a/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/controllers/charts_controller.js b/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/controllers/charts_controller.js
index fa9f774ee..9f55f01cc 100644
--- a/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/controllers/charts_controller.js
+++ b/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/controllers/charts_controller.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ const multiYAxisChart = ['ticket-price', 'coin-supply', 'privacy-participation']
 // index 0 represents y1 and 1 represents y2 axes.
 const yValueRanges = { 'ticket-price': [1] }
 const chainworkUnits = ['exahash', 'zettahash', 'yottahash']
-const hashrateUnits = ['Th/s', 'Ph/s', 'Eh/s']
 let ticketPoolSizeTarget, premine, stakeValHeight, stakeShare
 let baseSubsidy, subsidyInterval, subsidyExponent, windowSize, avgBlockTime
 let rawCoinSupply, rawPoolValue
@@ -626,10 +625,13 @@ export default class extends Controller {
         break
 
       case 'hashrate': // Total chainwork over time
-        d = zip2D(data, data.rate, 1e-3, data.offset)
-        assign(gOptions, mapDygraphOptions(d, [xlabel, 'Network Hashrate (petahash/s)'],
-          false, 'Network Hashrate (petahash/s)', true, false))
-        yFormatter = customYFormatter(y => withBigUnits(y * 1e3, hashrateUnits))
+        {
+          const unit = humanize.hashrateUnit(data.rate, 'Th/s')
+          d = zip2D(data, data.rate, unit.multiplier, data.offset)
+          assign(gOptions, mapDygraphOptions(d, [xlabel, `Network Hashrate (${unit.label})`],
+            false, `Network Hashrate (${unit.description})`, true, false))
+          yFormatter = customYFormatter(y => `${y.toFixed(3)} ${unit.label}`)
+        }
         break
 
       case 'missed-votes':
diff --git a/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/controllers/homepage_controller.js b/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/controllers/homepage_controller.js
index 02f117801..1ba95ce71 100644
--- a/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/controllers/homepage_controller.js
+++ b/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/controllers/homepage_controller.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default class extends Controller {
       'bsubsidyTotal', 'bsubsidyPow', 'bsubsidyPos', 'bsubsidyDev',
       'coinSupply', 'blocksdiff', 'devFund', 'windowIndex', 'posBar',
       'rewardIdx', 'powBar', 'poolSize', 'poolValue', 'ticketReward',
-      'targetPct', 'poolSizePct', 'hashrate', 'hashrateDelta',
+      'targetPct', 'poolSizePct', 'hashrate', 'hashrateUnit', 'hashrateDelta',
       'nextExpectedSdiff', 'nextExpectedMin', 'nextExpectedMax', 'mempool',
       'mpRegTotal', 'mpRegCount', 'mpTicketTotal', 'mpTicketCount', 'mpVoteTotal', 'mpVoteCount',
       'mpRevTotal', 'mpRevCount', 'mpRegBar', 'mpVoteBar', 'mpTicketBar',
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ export default class extends Controller {
     this.poolSizePctTarget.textContent = parseFloat(ex.pool_info.percent).toFixed(2)
     const treasuryTotal = ex.dev_fund + ex.treasury_bal.balance
     this.devFundTarget.innerHTML = humanize.decimalParts(treasuryTotal / 100000000, true, 0)
-    this.hashrateTarget.innerHTML = humanize.decimalParts(ex.hash_rate, false, 8, 2)
+    const hashrate = humanize.hashrate(ex.hash_rate, 'Ph/s')
+    this.hashrateTarget.innerHTML = humanize.decimalParts(hashrate.value, false, 8, 2)
+    this.hashrateUnitTarget.textContent = hashrate.unit
     this.hashrateDeltaTarget.innerHTML = humanize.fmtPercentage(ex.hash_rate_change_month)
     this.blockVotesTarget.dataset.hash = blockData.block.hash
     this.setVotes()
diff --git a/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/helpers/humanize_helper.js b/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/helpers/humanize_helper.js
index c25397ce8..b29909947 100644
--- a/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/helpers/humanize_helper.js
+++ b/cmd/dcrdata/public/js/helpers/humanize_helper.js
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ function round (value, precision) {
   return Math.round(value * multiplier) / multiplier
 }
 
+const hashrateUnits = [
+  { label: 'Th/s', description: 'terahash/s', multiplier: 1 },
+  { label: 'Ph/s', description: 'petahash/s', multiplier: 1e-3 },
+  { label: 'Eh/s', description: 'exahash/s', multiplier: 1e-6 }
+]
+
 function hashParts (hash) {
   const clipLen = 6
   const hashLen = hash.length - clipLen
@@ -73,6 +79,32 @@ const humanize = {
 
     return htmlString
   },
+  hashrateUnit: function (rates, sourceUnit) {
+    let maxRate = 0
+    const sourceMultiplier = sourceUnit === 'Ph/s' ? 1e3 : sourceUnit === 'Eh/s' ? 1e6 : 1
+    if (!Array.isArray(rates)) rates = [rates]
+    for (const rate of rates) {
+      const thRate = rate * sourceMultiplier
+      if (thRate > maxRate) maxRate = thRate
+    }
+    if (!Number.isFinite(maxRate) || maxRate === 0) return hashrateUnits[0]
+
+    const unitIndex = Math.min(
+      Math.max(Math.floor(Math.log10(maxRate) / 3), 0),
+      hashrateUnits.length - 1
+    )
+    return hashrateUnits[unitIndex]
+  },
+  hashrate: function (rate, sourceUnit) {
+    const sourceMultiplier = sourceUnit === 'Ph/s' ? 1e3 : sourceUnit === 'Eh/s' ? 1e6 : 1
+    const thRate = rate * sourceMultiplier
+    const unit = this.hashrateUnit(rate, sourceUnit)
+    return {
+      value: thRate * unit.multiplier,
+      unit: unit.label,
+      description: unit.description
+    }
+  },
   threeSigFigs: function (v) {
     const sign = v >= 0 ? '' : '-'
     v = Math.abs(v)
diff --git a/cmd/dcrdata/views/home.tmpl b/cmd/dcrdata/views/home.tmpl
index a25c8bcc1..67dcadedc 100644
--- a/cmd/dcrdata/views/home.tmpl
+++ b/cmd/dcrdata/views/home.tmpl
@@ -314,9 +314,10 @@
                         </div>
                         <div class="col-12 mb-3 mb-sm-2 mb-md-3 mb-lg-3">
                             <div class="fs13 text-secondary"><a href="/charts?chart=hashrate">Hashrate</a></div>
+                            {{ $hashrate := hashRateFormatting .HashRate }}
                             <div class="mono lh1rem pt-1 pb-1 fs14-decimal fs24 d-flex align-items-baseline">
-                                <span data-homepage-target="hashrate">{{template "decimalParts" (float64AsDecimalParts .HashRate 8 true 2)}}</span>
-                                <span class="ps-1 unit lh15rem">Ph/s</span>
+                                <span data-homepage-target="hashrate">{{template "decimalParts" $hashrate.Parts}}</span>
+                                <span class="ps-1 unit lh15rem" data-homepage-target="hashrateUnit">{{ $hashrate.Unit }}</span>
                             </div>
                             <div class="fs12 text-black-50 lh1rem text-black-50">
                                 <span data-homepage-target="hashrateDelta">{{template "fmtPercentage" .HashRateChangeMonth}}</span> in past 30 days