diff --git a/src/app/components/read-receipt-avatars/ReadReceiptAvatars.tsx b/src/app/components/read-receipt-avatars/ReadReceiptAvatars.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03bea0d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/read-receipt-avatars/ReadReceiptAvatars.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { Room } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import { Avatar, Icon, Icons, Modal, Overlay, OverlayBackdrop, OverlayCenter, Text } from 'folds';
+import FocusTrap from 'focus-trap-react';
+import { useMatrixClient } from '../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
+import { useMediaAuthentication } from '../../hooks/useMediaAuthentication';
+import { getMemberDisplayName } from '../../utils/room';
+import { getMxIdLocalPart } from '../../utils/matrix';
+import { UserAvatar } from '../user-avatar';
+import { EventReaders } from '../event-readers';
+import { stopPropagation } from '../../utils/keyboard';
+
+const MAX_DISPLAY = 5;
+
+export function ReadReceiptAvatars({
+  room,
+  eventId,
+  userIds,
+}: {
+  room: Room;
+  eventId: string;
+  userIds: string[];
+}) {
+  const mx = useMatrixClient();
+  const useAuthentication = useMediaAuthentication();
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+
+  if (userIds.length === 0) return null;
+
+  const displayed = userIds.slice(0, MAX_DISPLAY);
+  const extra = userIds.length - MAX_DISPLAY;
+  const tooltipNames = userIds
+    .slice(0, 5)
+    .map((id) => getMemberDisplayName(room, id) ?? getMxIdLocalPart(id) ?? id)
+    .join(', ') + (extra > 0 ? ` +${extra} more` : '');
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Overlay open={open} backdrop={<OverlayBackdrop />}>
+        <OverlayCenter>
+          <FocusTrap
+            focusTrapOptions={{
+              initialFocus: false,
+              onDeactivate: () => setOpen(false),
+              clickOutsideDeactivates: true,
+              escapeDeactivates: stopPropagation,
+            }}
+          >
+            <Modal variant="Surface" size="300">
+              <EventReaders room={room} eventId={eventId} requestClose={() => setOpen(false)} />
+            </Modal>
+          </FocusTrap>
+        </OverlayCenter>
+      </Overlay>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => setOpen(true)}
+        title={tooltipNames}
+        style={{
+          background: 'none',
+          border: 'none',
+          cursor: 'pointer',
+          padding: '1px 0 0',
+          display: 'flex',
+          alignItems: 'center',
+          gap: '3px',
+          marginLeft: 'auto',
+        }}
+      >
+        <span style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center' }}>
+          {displayed.map((userId, i) => {
+            const name =
+              getMemberDisplayName(room, userId) ?? getMxIdLocalPart(userId) ?? userId;
+            const avatarMxc = room.getMember(userId)?.getMxcAvatarUrl();
+            const avatarUrl = avatarMxc
+              ? mx.mxcUrlToHttp(avatarMxc, 32, 32, 'crop', undefined, false, useAuthentication) ??
+                undefined
+              : undefined;
+            return (
+              <span
+                key={userId}
+                title={name}
+                style={{
+                  marginLeft: i === 0 ? 0 : -5,
+                  display: 'block',
+                  width: 16,
+                  height: 16,
+                  borderRadius: '50%',
+                  border: '1.5px solid var(--bg-surface)',
+                  overflow: 'hidden',
+                  flexShrink: 0,
+                }}
+              >
+                <Avatar size="100">
+                  <UserAvatar
+                    userId={userId}
+                    src={avatarUrl}
+                    alt={name}
+                    renderFallback={() => <Icon size="50" src={Icons.User} filled />}
+                  />
+                </Avatar>
+              </span>
+            );
+          })}
+        </span>
+        {extra > 0 && (
+          <Text size="T100" style={{ opacity: 0.6 }}>
+            +{extra}
+          </Text>
+        )}
+      </button>
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/components/read-receipt-avatars/index.ts b/src/app/components/read-receipt-avatars/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5fedc3f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/read-receipt-avatars/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { ReadReceiptAvatars } from './ReadReceiptAvatars';
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/ReadPositionsContext.ts b/src/app/features/room/ReadPositionsContext.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b90eed7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/features/room/ReadPositionsContext.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { createContext, useContext } from 'react';
+
+export const ReadPositionsContext = createContext<Map<string, string[]>>(new Map());
+export const useReadPositions = () => useContext(ReadPositionsContext);
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx b/src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx
index 4e29b9908..cc2f29261 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ import { useSetting } from '../../state/hooks/settings';
 import { MessageLayout, settingsAtom } from '../../state/settings';
 import { useMatrixEventRenderer } from '../../hooks/useMatrixEventRenderer';
 import { Reactions, Message, Event, EncryptedContent } from './message';
+import { ReadPositionsContext } from './ReadPositionsContext';
+import { useRoomReadPositions } from '../../hooks/useRoomReadPositions';
 import { useMemberEventParser } from '../../hooks/useMemberEventParser';
 import * as customHtmlCss from '../../styles/CustomHtml.css';
 import { RoomIntro } from '../../components/room-intro';
@@ -441,6 +443,7 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
   const [messageSpacing] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'messageSpacing');
   const [legacyUsernameColor] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'legacyUsernameColor');
   const direct = useIsDirectRoom();
+  const readPositions = useRoomReadPositions(room);
   const [hideMembershipEvents] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'hideMembershipEvents');
   const [hideNickAvatarEvents] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'hideNickAvatarEvents');
   const [mediaAutoLoad] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'mediaAutoLoad');
@@ -1837,6 +1840,7 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
   };
 
   return (
+    <ReadPositionsContext.Provider value={readPositions}>
     <Box grow="Yes" style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
       {unreadInfo?.readUptoEventId && !unreadInfo?.inLiveTimeline && (
         <TimelineFloat position="Top">
@@ -1962,5 +1966,6 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
         </TimelineFloat>
       )}
     </Box>
+    </ReadPositionsContext.Provider>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/message/Message.tsx b/src/app/features/room/message/Message.tsx
index 0c2b0e25b..03c9c6927 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/message/Message.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/message/Message.tsx
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ import { useMatrixClient } from '../../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
 import { useRecentEmoji } from '../../../hooks/useRecentEmoji';
 import * as css from './styles.css';
 import { EventReaders } from '../../../components/event-readers';
+import { ReadReceiptAvatars } from '../../../components/read-receipt-avatars';
+import { useReadPositions } from '../ReadPositionsContext';
 import { TextViewer } from '../../../components/text-viewer';
 import { AsyncStatus, useAsyncCallback } from '../../../hooks/useAsyncCallback';
 import { EmojiBoard } from '../../../components/emoji-board';
@@ -721,6 +723,10 @@ export const Message = as<'div', MessageProps>(
     const mx = useMatrixClient();
     const useAuthentication = useMediaAuthentication();
     const senderId = mEvent.getSender() ?? '';
+    const readPositions = useReadPositions();
+    const readReceiptUsers = hideReadReceipts
+      ? []
+      : (readPositions.get(mEvent.getId() ?? '') ?? []);
 
     const [hover, setHover] = useState(false);
     const { hoverProps } = useHover({ onHoverChange: setHover });
@@ -833,6 +839,13 @@ export const Message = as<'div', MessageProps>(
           children
         )}
         {reactions}
+        {readReceiptUsers.length > 0 && (
+          <ReadReceiptAvatars
+            room={room}
+            eventId={mEvent.getId() ?? ''}
+            userIds={readReceiptUsers}
+          />
+        )}
       </Box>
     );
 
diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useRoomReadPositions.ts b/src/app/hooks/useRoomReadPositions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fbb3c6b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useRoomReadPositions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { Room, RoomEvent } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { useMatrixClient } from './useMatrixClient';
+
+function computePositions(room: Room, myUserId: string): Map<string, string[]> {
+  const map = new Map<string, string[]>();
+  for (const member of room.getJoinedMembers()) {
+    if (member.userId === myUserId) continue;
+    const evtId = room.getEventReadUpTo(member.userId);
+    if (!evtId) continue;
+    const arr = map.get(evtId);
+    if (arr) arr.push(member.userId);
+    else map.set(evtId, [member.userId]);
+  }
+  return map;
+}
+
+export function useRoomReadPositions(room: Room): Map<string, string[]> {
+  const mx = useMatrixClient();
+  const myUserId = mx.getUserId() ?? '';
+  const [positions, setPositions] = useState(() => computePositions(room, myUserId));
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setPositions(computePositions(room, myUserId));
+    const onReceipt = () => setPositions(computePositions(room, myUserId));
+    room.on(RoomEvent.Receipt, onReceipt);
+    return () => {
+      room.removeListener(RoomEvent.Receipt, onReceipt);
+    };
+  }, [room, myUserId]);
+
+  return positions;
+}