diff --git a/components/status/StatusCard.vue b/components/status/StatusCard.vue
index 33a4d177..7967dfc9 100644
--- a/components/status/StatusCard.vue
+++ b/components/status/StatusCard.vue
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ const collapseRebloggedBy = computed(() => rebloggedBy.value?.id === status.valu
 const isDM = computed(() => status.value.visibility === 'direct')
 const isPinned = computed(() => status.value.pinned)
 
+// limit 0 should get all w/o pagination, but might need checking
+const followedTags = (await useMasto().client.value.v1.followedTags.list({ limit: 0 })).map(tag => tag.name)
+const statusTagsFollowed = computed(() => status.value.tags.filter(tag => followedTags.includes(tag.name)).map(tag => tag.name))
+
 const showUpperBorder = computed(() => newer && !directReply.value)
 const showReplyTo = computed(() => !replyToMain.value && !directReply.value)
 
@@ -73,6 +77,20 @@ const forceShow = ref(false)
     <div :h="showUpperBorder ? '1px' : '0'" w-auto bg-border mb-1 z--1 />
 
     <slot name="meta">
+      <!-- followed hashtag badge -->
+      <div flex="~ col" justify-between>
+        <div
+          v-if="statusTagsFollowed.length > 0"
+          flex="~ gap2" items-center h-auto text-sm text-orange
+          m="is-5" p="t-1 is-5"
+          relative text-secondary ws-nowrap
+        >
+          <div i-ri:hashtag />
+          <!-- show first hit followed tag -->
+          <span>{{ statusTagsFollowed[0] }}</span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
       <!-- Pinned status -->
       <div flex="~ col" justify-between>
         <div