diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/media_container.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/media_container.js
index 48492f43d0..8fddb6f54c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/media_container.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/containers/media_container.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import MediaGallery from '../components/media_gallery';
 import Video from '../features/video';
 import Card from '../features/status/components/card';
 import Poll from 'mastodon/components/poll';
+import Hashtag from 'mastodon/components/hashtag';
 import ModalRoot from '../components/modal_root';
 import { getScrollbarWidth } from '../features/ui/components/modal_root';
 import MediaModal from '../features/ui/components/media_modal';
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import { List as ImmutableList, fromJS } from 'immutable';
 const { localeData, messages } = getLocale();
 addLocaleData(localeData);
 
-const MEDIA_COMPONENTS = { MediaGallery, Video, Card, Poll };
+const MEDIA_COMPONENTS = { MediaGallery, Video, Card, Poll, Hashtag };
 
 export default class MediaContainer extends PureComponent {
 
@@ -62,12 +63,13 @@ export default class MediaContainer extends PureComponent {
           {[].map.call(components, (component, i) => {
             const componentName = component.getAttribute('data-component');
             const Component = MEDIA_COMPONENTS[componentName];
-            const { media, card, poll, ...props } = JSON.parse(component.getAttribute('data-props'));
+            const { media, card, poll, hashtag, ...props } = JSON.parse(component.getAttribute('data-props'));
 
             Object.assign(props, {
-              ...(media ? { media: fromJS(media) } : {}),
-              ...(card  ? { card:  fromJS(card)  } : {}),
-              ...(poll  ? { poll:  fromJS(poll)  } : {}),
+              ...(media   ? { media:   fromJS(media)   } : {}),
+              ...(card    ? { card:    fromJS(card)    } : {}),
+              ...(poll    ? { poll:    fromJS(poll)    } : {}),
+              ...(hashtag ? { hashtag: fromJS(hashtag) } : {}),
 
               ...(componentName === 'Video' ? {
                 onOpenVideo: this.handleOpenVideo,
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ export default class MediaContainer extends PureComponent {
               component,
             );
           })}
+
           <ModalRoot onClose={this.handleCloseMedia}>
             {this.state.media && (
               <MediaModal
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/widgets.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/widgets.scss
index b0d2d17876..04beb869ca 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/widgets.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/widgets.scss
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@
       background-size: 44px 44px;
     }
   }
+
+  .trends__item {
+    padding: 10px;
+  }
+}
+
+.trends-widget {
+  h4 {
+    color: $darker-text-color;
+  }
 }
 
 .box-widget {
diff --git a/app/views/application/_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/application/_sidebar.html.haml
index b5ce5845e3..90c8f9dd1a 100644
--- a/app/views/application/_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/application/_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -4,3 +4,13 @@
 
   .hero-widget__text
     %p= @instance_presenter.site_short_description.html_safe.presence || @instance_presenter.site_description.html_safe.presence || t('about.generic_description', domain: site_hostname)
+
+- if Setting.trends
+  - trends = TrendingTags.get(3)
+
+  - unless trends.empty?
+    .endorsements-widget.trends-widget
+      %h4.emojify= t('footer.trending_now')
+
+      - trends.each do |tag|
+        = react_component :hashtag, hashtag: ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(tag, serializer: REST::TagSerializer).as_json
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 7ef61e2798..4696dc11b5 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ en:
     developers: Developers
     more: More…
     resources: Resources
+    trending_now: Trending now
   generic:
     all: All
     changes_saved_msg: Changes successfully saved!