diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/crawler_layout.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/crawler_layout.scss
index cedb89fd94..934f4536c8 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/crawler_layout.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/crawler_layout.scss
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ body > noscript {
     [itemprop="position"] {
       float: left;
       margin-right: 0.5em;
+      &:before {
+        content: "#";
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
index 65c12933c9..aed2a9a722 100644
--- a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
             <% else %>
               <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='<%= post.created_at.to_formatted_s(:iso8601) %>'>
             <% end %>
-          <span itemprop='position'>#<%= post.post_number %></span>
+          <span itemprop='position'><%= post.post_number %></span>
           </span>
         </div>
         <div class='post' itemprop='articleBody'>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/onebox/discourse_topic.response b/spec/fixtures/onebox/discourse_topic.response
index 2d79976ba8..59d61bacd7 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/onebox/discourse_topic.response
+++ b/spec/fixtures/onebox/discourse_topic.response
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ And that too in just over an year, way to go! [boom]">
               <time itemprop='dateModified' datetime='2015-06-19T06:45:49Z' class='post-time'>
                 June 19, 2015,  6:45am
               </time>
-          <span itemprop='position'>#1</span>
+          <span itemprop='position'>1</span>
           </span>
         </div>
         <div class='post' itemprop='articleBody'>
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ And that too in just over an year, way to go! [boom]">
               <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2014-02-06T05:27:06Z' class='post-time'>
                 February 6, 2014,  5:27am
               </time>
-          <span itemprop='position'>#2</span>
+          <span itemprop='position'>2</span>
           </span>
         </div>
         <div class='post' itemprop='articleBody'>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/onebox/discourse_topic_reply.response b/spec/fixtures/onebox/discourse_topic_reply.response
index 2412540fbe..4e7162e095 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/onebox/discourse_topic_reply.response
+++ b/spec/fixtures/onebox/discourse_topic_reply.response
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ And that too in just over an year, way to go! [boom]">
               <time itemprop='dateModified' datetime='2015-06-19T06:45:49Z' class='post-time'>
                 June 19, 2015,  6:45am
               </time>
-          <span itemprop='position'>#1</span>
+          <span itemprop='position'>1</span>
           </span>
         </div>
         <div class='post' itemprop='articleBody'>
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ And that too in just over an year, way to go! [boom]">
               <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2014-02-06T05:27:06Z' class='post-time'>
                 February 6, 2014,  5:27am
               </time>
-          <span itemprop='position'>#2</span>
+          <span itemprop='position'>2</span>
           </span>
         </div>
         <div class='post' itemprop='articleBody'>