diff --git a/src/components/Contributors/Contributors.jsx b/src/components/Contributors/Contributors.jsx
index 5c9322238ffc..d02c5730c846 100644
--- a/src/components/Contributors/Contributors.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Contributors/Contributors.jsx
@@ -1,25 +1,33 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import VisibilitySensor from '../VisibilitySensor/VisibilitySensor';
+import SmallIcon from '../../assets/icon-square-small-slack.png';
 import './Contributors.scss';
 
-export default ({contributors}) => {
-  if (!contributors.length) {
-    return <noscript />;
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <div className="contributors">
-      <div className="contributors__list">
-        {
-          contributors.map(contributor => (
-            <a key={ contributor }
-              className="contributor"
-              href={ `https://github.com/${contributor}` }>
-              <img alt={ contributor } src={ `https://github.com/${contributor}.png?size=90` } />
-              <span className="contributor__name"> {contributor}</span>
-            </a>
-          ))
-        }
+export default class Contributors extends VisibilitySensor {
+  render() {
+    const { isVisible } = this.state;
+    const { contributors } = this.props;
+    
+    if (!contributors.length) {
+      return <noscript />;
+    }
+  
+    return (
+      <div className="contributors" ref={ this.visibilityTarget }>
+        <div className="contributors__list">
+          {
+            contributors.map(contributor => (
+              <a key={ contributor }
+                className="contributor"
+                href={ `https://github.com/${contributor}` }>
+                <img alt={ contributor }
+                  src={ isVisible ? `https://github.com/${contributor}.png?size=90` : SmallIcon } />
+                <span className="contributor__name"> {contributor}</span>
+              </a>
+            ))
+          }
+        </div>
       </div>
-    </div>
-  );
-};
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Support/Support.jsx b/src/components/Support/Support.jsx
index f6f852f5a50f..ebc7d558c65f 100644
--- a/src/components/Support/Support.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Support/Support.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Import External Dependencies
 import React from 'react';
+import VisibilitySensor from '../VisibilitySensor/VisibilitySensor';
 
 // Import Data
 import Backers from './_supporters.json';
@@ -61,9 +62,10 @@ function formatMoney(number) {
   return str;
 }
 
-export default class Support extends React.Component {
+export default class Support extends VisibilitySensor {
   render() {
     let { rank } = this.props;
+    const { isVisible } = this.state;
 
     let supporters = SUPPORTERS;
     let minimum, maximum, maxAge, limit, random;
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ export default class Support extends React.Component {
     }
 
     return (
-      <div className="support">
+      <div className="support" ref={ this.visibilityTarget }>
         <div className="support__description">
           { rank === 'backer' ? (
             <p>
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ export default class Support extends React.Component {
                href={ supporter.website || `https://opencollective.com/${supporter.slug}` }>
               {<img
                 className={ `support__${rank}-avatar` }
-                src={ supporter.avatar || SmallIcon }
+                src={ (isVisible && supporter.avatar) ? supporter.avatar : SmallIcon }
                 alt={ supporter.name || supporter.slug ? `${supporter.name || supporter.slug}'s avatar` : 'avatar' }
                 onError={ this._handleImgError } />}
             </a>
diff --git a/src/components/VisibilitySensor/VisibilitySensor.jsx b/src/components/VisibilitySensor/VisibilitySensor.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d00bc19727ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/VisibilitySensor/VisibilitySensor.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+export default class VisibilitySensor extends React.Component {
+    state = {
+        isVisible: false
+    };
+
+    constructor(props) {
+        super(props);
+        this.visibilityTarget = React.createRef();
+    }
+
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        this.stopListeningForVisibility();
+    }
+
+    componentDidMount () {
+        if (this.visibilityTarget.current) {
+            this.startListeningForVisibility();
+        }
+    }
+
+    startListeningForVisibility = () => {
+        if (typeof IntersectionObserver !== 'function') {
+            // fall back to rendering images
+            // browser doesnt support IntersectionObserver;
+            return this.setState({ isVisible: true });
+        }
+
+        this.observer = new IntersectionObserver(this.visibilityChanged, {
+            threshold: 0.05
+        });
+        this.observer.observe(this.visibilityTarget.current);
+    }
+
+    stopListeningForVisibility = () => {
+        this.observer && this.observer.unobserve(this.visibilityTarget.current);
+        delete this.observer;
+    }
+
+    visibilityChanged = (entries) => {
+        if (entries[0].isIntersecting) {
+            this.setState({ isVisible: true });
+            this.stopListeningForVisibility();
+        }
+    }
+}
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