diff --git a/src/metabase/models/dashboard.clj b/src/metabase/models/dashboard.clj
index 590526a7c4154066760a84c39e26bf8efe6c01a0..268d6d2f8f8ad57ea31cdafd852428246c1bb10c 100644
--- a/src/metabase/models/dashboard.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/models/dashboard.clj
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@
                   :database-id    false
                   :last-editor-id :r.user_id
                   :last-edited-at :r.timestamp
+                  :last-viewed-at true
                   :pinned         [:> [:coalesce :collection_position [:inline 0]] [:inline 0]]
                   :view-count     true
                   :created-at     true
diff --git a/src/metabase/search/postgres/index.clj b/src/metabase/search/postgres/index.clj
index d0ffffe3d640e46f447b9a7803479093f7b69375..9dd5c6bff39df581126615c7799b5cfed6d84a83 100644
--- a/src/metabase/search/postgres/index.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/search/postgres/index.clj
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
              [:legacy_input :text :not-null]
              ;; scoring related
              [:dashboardcard_count :int]
+             [:last_viewed_at :timestamp]
              [:model_rank :int :not-null]
              [:official_collection :boolean]
              [:pinned :boolean]
diff --git a/src/metabase/search/postgres/scoring.clj b/src/metabase/search/postgres/scoring.clj
index 1d4f196efc8031717bb7cde56302fa2295873b38..877598bbbc0ef28f15f8de8ff63fadd6561d80ec 100644
--- a/src/metabase/search/postgres/scoring.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/search/postgres/scoring.clj
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
    :view-count (atan-size :view_count search.config/view-count-scaling)
    :pinned     (truthy :pinned)
    :bookmarked bookmark-score-expr
-   :recency    (inverse-duration :model_updated_at [:now] search.config/stale-time-in-days)
+   :recency    (inverse-duration [:coalesce :last_viewed_at :model_updated_at] [:now] search.config/stale-time-in-days)
    :dashboard  (size :dashboardcard_count search.config/dashboard-count-ceiling)
    :model      (idx-rank :model_rank (count search.config/all-models))})
 
diff --git a/src/metabase/search/spec.clj b/src/metabase/search/spec.clj
index 8a8e69984e1d59d60d1d3477a408b59be2b82c57..151065395a505fdd513954eba526292bc3966e78 100644
--- a/src/metabase/search/spec.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/search/spec.clj
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
          :name
          :official-collection
          :dashboardcard-count
+         :last-viewed-at
          :pinned
          :verified                                          ;;  in addition to being a filter, this is also a ranker
          :view-count