diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index c5bcba9d..aca8b1e3 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export const DESKTOP_APP_DOWNLOAD_URL_DEFAULT =
 export const DEFAULT_FAVORITE_RELAYS = [
   'wss://theforest.nostr1.com',
   'wss://nostr.land',
+  'wss://feeds.nostrarchives.com/notes/trending/reactions/today'
 ]
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lib/new-user-template.test.ts b/src/lib/new-user-template.test.ts
index ce1b5487..2c72a532 100644
--- a/src/lib/new-user-template.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/new-user-template.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import { kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { ExtendedKind, FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS, FAST_WRITE_RELAY_URLS } from '@/constants'
-import { NEW_USER_BLOCKED_RELAY_URLS, NEW_USER_HTTP_RELAY_URL, buildNewUserTemplateDrafts, newUserProfileDisplayName, newUserProfileName, newUserProfileSuffix } from '@/lib/new-user-template'
+import {
+  NEW_USER_BLOCKED_RELAY_URLS,
+  NEW_USER_HTTP_RELAY_URL,
+  NEW_USER_TRENDING_RELAY_URL,
+  buildNewUserTemplateDrafts,
+  newUserProfileDisplayName,
+  newUserProfileName,
+  newUserProfileSuffix
+} from '@/lib/new-user-template'
 import { newUserTemplatePublishRelays } from '@/lib/new-user-template-broadcast'
 import { normalizeAnyRelayUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 import type { TRelayList } from '@/types'
@@ -55,7 +63,9 @@ describe('buildNewUserTemplateDrafts', () => {
 
   it('builds favorite relays kind 10012', () => {
     expect(drafts.favoriteRelays.kind).toBe(ExtendedKind.FAVORITE_RELAYS)
-    expect(drafts.favoriteRelays.tags.filter((t) => t[0] === 'relay')).toHaveLength(2)
+    const favorites = drafts.favoriteRelays.tags.filter((t) => t[0] === 'relay').map((t) => t[1])
+    expect(favorites).toContain(NEW_USER_TRENDING_RELAY_URL)
+    expect(favorites).toHaveLength(3)
   })
 
   it('builds blocked relays kind 10006 with dead relays', () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/new-user-template.ts b/src/lib/new-user-template.ts
index 0b4dd12c..2801d061 100644
--- a/src/lib/new-user-template.ts
+++ b/src/lib/new-user-template.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS,
   FAST_WRITE_RELAY_URLS
 } from '@/constants'
+import { buildWispTrendingNotesRelayUrl } from '@/lib/wisp-trending-relay'
 import {
   createBlockedRelaysDraftEvent,
   createFavoriteRelaysDraftEvent,
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@ import { TDraftEvent, TMailboxRelay } from '@/types'
 
 export const NEW_USER_HTTP_RELAY_URL = 'https://mercury-relay.imwald.eu/'
 
+/** nostrarchives trending notes (reactions / today) — read-only feed for new accounts. */
+export const NEW_USER_TRENDING_RELAY_URL = buildWispTrendingNotesRelayUrl('reactions', 'today')
+
 /** Dead relays seeded into kind 10006 for new accounts. */
 export const NEW_USER_BLOCKED_RELAY_URLS = [
   'wss://orly-relay.imwald.eu',
@@ -70,7 +74,10 @@ export function buildNewUserProfileDraft(pubkey: string): TDraftEvent {
 }
 
 export function buildNewUserFavoriteRelaysDraft(): TDraftEvent {
-  return createFavoriteRelaysDraftEvent([...DEFAULT_FAVORITE_RELAYS], [])
+  return createFavoriteRelaysDraftEvent(
+    [...DEFAULT_FAVORITE_RELAYS, NEW_USER_TRENDING_RELAY_URL],
+    []
+  )
 }
 
 export function buildNewUserBlockedRelaysDraft(): TDraftEvent {
diff --git a/src/pages/secondary/RelaySettingsPage/index.tsx b/src/pages/secondary/RelaySettingsPage/index.tsx
index 5d91c809..d0a125a9 100644
--- a/src/pages/secondary/RelaySettingsPage/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/secondary/RelaySettingsPage/index.tsx
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ const RelaySettingsPage = forwardRef(({ index, hideTitlebar = false }: { index?:
           <TabsTrigger value="favorite-relays" className="w-full sm:w-auto">{t('Favorite Relays')}</TabsTrigger>
           <TabsTrigger value="mailbox" className="w-full sm:w-auto">{t('Read & Write Relays')}</TabsTrigger>
           <TabsTrigger value="http-relays" className="w-full sm:w-auto">{t('HTTP relays')}</TabsTrigger>
-          <TabsTrigger value="session-relays" className="w-full sm:w-auto">{t('Session relays')}</TabsTrigger>
           <TabsTrigger value="cache-relays" className="w-full sm:w-auto">{t('Cache Relays')}</TabsTrigger>
+          <TabsTrigger value="session-relays" className="w-full sm:w-auto">{t('Session relays')}</TabsTrigger>
         </TabsList>
         <TabsContent value="favorite-relays">
           <FavoriteRelaysSetting />
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ const RelaySettingsPage = forwardRef(({ index, hideTitlebar = false }: { index?:
         <TabsContent value="http-relays">
           <HttpRelaysSetting />
         </TabsContent>
-        <TabsContent value="session-relays">
-          <SessionRelaysTab />
-        </TabsContent>
         <TabsContent value="cache-relays">
           <CacheRelaysSetting />
         </TabsContent>
+        <TabsContent value="session-relays">
+          <SessionRelaysTab />
+        </TabsContent>
       </Tabs>
     </SecondaryPageLayout>
   )
diff --git a/src/services/client.service.ts b/src/services/client.service.ts
index d540ba79..69fce94d 100644
--- a/src/services/client.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/client.service.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ import {
 import {
   filterViewerBlockedRelaysForFetch,
   getViewerBlockedRelayUrls,
-  isRelayBlockedByUser,
+  isViewerRelayBlocked,
   parseBlockedRelayUrlsFromEvent,
   setViewerBlockedRelayUrls
 } from '@/lib/viewer-blocked-relays'
@@ -844,11 +844,10 @@ class ClientService extends EventTarget {
 
   /** Close pooled sockets to relays on the viewer block list (hostname-aware, wss/https). */
   closeViewerBlockedRelayConnections(): void {
-    const blocked = getViewerBlockedRelayUrls()
-    if (!blocked.length) return
+    if (!getViewerBlockedRelayUrls().length) return
     try {
       const toClose = [...this.pool.listConnectionStatus().keys()].filter((url) =>
-        isRelayBlockedByUser(url, blocked)
+        isViewerRelayBlocked(url)
       )
       if (toClose.length > 0) this.pool.close(toClose)
     } catch {