diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
index 670c02299601ec..39377fe8b6f846 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ - (void)surface:(RCTSurface *)surface didChangeStage:(RCTSurfaceStage)stage
   [super surface:surface didChangeStage:stage];
   if (RCTSurfaceStageIsRunning(stage)) {
     [_bridge.performanceLogger markStopForTag:RCTPLTTI];
-    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
-      [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:RCTContentDidAppearNotification object:self];
-    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Root/RCTRootComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Root/RCTRootComponentView.mm
index eb81a151c3fc41..c7d0a525a9ac74 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Root/RCTRootComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Root/RCTRootComponentView.mm
@@ -7,18 +7,22 @@
 
 #import "RCTRootComponentView.h"
 
+#import <React/RCTRootView.h>
 #import <react/renderer/components/root/RootComponentDescriptor.h>
 #import <react/renderer/components/root/RootProps.h>
 #import "RCTConversions.h"
 
 using namespace facebook::react;
 
-@implementation RCTRootComponentView
+@implementation RCTRootComponentView {
+  BOOL _contentHasAppeared;
+}
 
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
 {
   if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {
     _props = RootShadowNode::defaultSharedProps();
+    _contentHasAppeared = NO;
   }
 
   return self;
@@ -26,6 +30,23 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
 
 #pragma mark - RCTComponentViewProtocol
 
+- (void)prepareForRecycle
+{
+  [super prepareForRecycle];
+  _contentHasAppeared = NO;
+}
+
+- (void)mountChildComponentView:(UIView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childComponentView index:(NSInteger)index
+{
+  [super mountChildComponentView:childComponentView index:index];
+  if (!self->_contentHasAppeared) {
+    self->_contentHasAppeared = YES;
+    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+      [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:RCTContentDidAppearNotification object:self];
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 + (ComponentDescriptorProvider)componentDescriptorProvider
 {
   return concreteComponentDescriptorProvider<RootComponentDescriptor>();