diff --git a/api/v1_notifications.go b/api/v1_notifications.go
index 02c50536..5da66f1f 100644
--- a/api/v1_notifications.go
+++ b/api/v1_notifications.go
@@ -59,15 +59,6 @@ WITH user_seen as (
   ORDER BY
     seen_at desc
   LIMIT 10
-),
-user_created_at as (
-  SELECT
-    created_at
-  FROM
-    users
-  WHERE
-    user_id =  @user_id
-  AND is_current
 )
 SELECT
 	n.type,
@@ -114,7 +105,7 @@ LEFT JOIN playlists p ON
   p.playlist_id = (n.data->>'playlist_id')::integer AND
   p.is_current = true
 WHERE
-  ((ARRAY[@user_id] && n.user_ids) OR (n.type = 'announcement' AND n.timestamp > (SELECT created_at FROM user_created_at)))
+  (ARRAY[@user_id] && n.user_ids)
   AND (n.type = ANY(@types) OR @types IS NULL)
 	-- Ignore notification types not supported by frontend
 	AND (n.type != ALL(@unsupported_types))
diff --git a/api/v1_notifications_test.go b/api/v1_notifications_test.go
index 041a56f8..d0a7e9c3 100644
--- a/api/v1_notifications_test.go
+++ b/api/v1_notifications_test.go
@@ -423,3 +423,48 @@ func TestV1Notifications_PrivatePlaylist(t *testing.T) {
 		"data.notifications.0.type": "milestone",
 	})
 }
+
+func TestV1Notifications_AnnouncementRequiresUserIdInUserIds(t *testing.T) {
+	app := emptyTestApp(t)
+
+	fixtures := database.FixtureMap{
+		"notification": []map[string]any{
+			{
+				"id":        1,
+				"specifier": "1",
+				"group_id":  "announcement:target-user-1",
+				"type":      "announcement",
+				"user_ids":  []int{1},
+				"data":      []byte(`{"title": "For user 1", "short_description": "hi"}`),
+			},
+			{
+				"id":        2,
+				"specifier": "2",
+				"group_id":  "announcement:target-user-2",
+				"type":      "announcement",
+				"user_ids":  []int{2},
+				"data":      []byte(`{"title": "For user 2", "short_description": "bye"}`),
+			},
+			{
+				"id":        3,
+				"specifier": "3",
+				"group_id":  "announcement:empty-user-ids",
+				"type":      "announcement",
+				"user_ids":  []int{},
+				"data":      []byte(`{"title": "Nobody", "short_description": "x"}`),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	database.Seed(app.pool.Replicas[0], fixtures)
+
+	status, body := testGet(t, app, "/v1/notifications/"+trashid.MustEncodeHashID(1))
+	assert.Equal(t, 200, status)
+
+	jsonAssert(t, body, map[string]any{
+		"data.notifications.#":                        1,
+		"data.notifications.0.type":                   "announcement",
+		"data.notifications.0.group_id":               "announcement:target-user-1",
+		"data.notifications.0.actions.0.data.title":     "For user 1",
+	})
+}