diff --git a/src/btop_draw.cpp b/src/btop_draw.cpp
index a4cbb95..57edda8 100644
--- a/src/btop_draw.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_draw.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ tab-size = 4
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <ranges>
+#include <string>
 
 #include "btop_draw.hpp"
 #include "btop_config.hpp"
@@ -1529,7 +1530,16 @@ namespace Proc {
 				else mem_str.resize((mem_p < 10 or mem_p >= 100 ? 3 : 4));
 				mem_str += '%';
 			}
-			out += (thread_size > 0 ? t_color + rjust(to_string(min(p.threads, (size_t)9999)), thread_size) + ' ' + end : "" )
+
+			// Shorten process thread representation when larger than 5 digits: 10000 -> 10K ...
+			std::string proc_threads_string;
+			if (p.threads > 9999) {
+				proc_threads_string = std::to_string(p.threads / 1000) + 'K';
+			} else {
+				proc_threads_string = std::to_string(p.threads);
+			}
+
+			out += (thread_size > 0 ? t_color + rjust(proc_threads_string, thread_size) + ' ' + end : "" )
 				+ g_color + ljust((cmp_greater(p.user.size(), user_size) ? p.user.substr(0, user_size - 1) + '+' : p.user), user_size) + ' '
 				+ m_color + rjust(mem_str, 5) + end + ' '
 				+ (is_selected ? "" : Theme::c("inactive_fg")) + (show_graphs ? graph_bg * 5: "")