diff --git a/src/components/Content/index.tsx b/src/components/Content/index.tsx
index a36f1801..8f34e483 100644
--- a/src/components/Content/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Content/index.tsx
@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ export default function Content({
             src={video.url}
             className="w-full max-w-full"
             mustLoad={mustLoadMedia}
+            poster={video.image || video.thumb}
+            blurHash={video.blurHash}
           />
         </div>
       ))}
@@ -373,6 +375,8 @@ export default function Content({
           src={audio.url}
           className="mt-2"
           mustLoad={mustLoadMedia}
+          poster={audio.thumb}
+          blurHash={audio.blurHash}
         />
       ))}
       
@@ -406,12 +410,15 @@ export default function Content({
             return null
           }
           renderedUrls.add(cleanedUrl)
+          const tagMediaInfo = mediaMap.get(cleanedUrl)
           return (
-            <MediaPlayer 
-              className="mt-2" 
-              key={index} 
-              src={cleanedUrl} 
-              mustLoad={mustLoadMedia} 
+            <MediaPlayer
+              className="mt-2"
+              key={index}
+              src={cleanedUrl}
+              mustLoad={mustLoadMedia}
+              poster={tagMediaInfo?.image || tagMediaInfo?.thumb}
+              blurHash={tagMediaInfo?.blurHash}
             />
           )
         }
@@ -431,14 +438,15 @@ export default function Content({
           if (isVideoUrl || isAudioUrl || mediaMap.has(cleanedUrl)) {
             renderedUrls.add(cleanedUrl)
             const mediaInfo = mediaMap.get(cleanedUrl)
-            const poster = mediaInfo?.image
+            const poster = mediaInfo?.image || mediaInfo?.thumb
             return (
-              <MediaPlayer 
-                className="mt-2" 
-                key={`url-media-${index}`} 
-                src={cleanedUrl} 
+              <MediaPlayer
+                className="mt-2"
+                key={`url-media-${index}`}
+                src={cleanedUrl}
                 mustLoad={mustLoadMedia}
                 poster={poster}
+                blurHash={mediaInfo?.blurHash}
               />
             )
           }
diff --git a/src/components/MediaPlayer/LazyMediaTapPlaceholder.tsx b/src/components/MediaPlayer/LazyMediaTapPlaceholder.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..009c24d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/MediaPlayer/LazyMediaTapPlaceholder.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
+import { resolveMediaBlurPlaceholder } from '@/lib/media-placeholder-blurhash'
+import { decode } from 'blurhash'
+import { Music2, Play } from 'lucide-react'
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
+
+const CANVAS_W = 32
+const CANVAS_H = 32
+
+function guessMediaKindFromUrl(src: string): 'video' | 'audio' {
+  try {
+    const pathname = new URL(src).pathname.toLowerCase()
+    const ext = pathname.split('.').pop() || ''
+    if (['mp3', 'wav', 'flac', 'aac', 'm4a', 'opus', 'wma', 'mka', 'oga'].includes(ext)) {
+      return 'audio'
+    }
+    return 'video'
+  } catch {
+    return 'video'
+  }
+}
+
+function BlurHashLayer({ blurHash, className }: { blurHash: string; className?: string }) {
+  const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement>(null)
+  const pixels = useMemo(() => {
+    try {
+      return decode(blurHash, CANVAS_W, CANVAS_H)
+    } catch {
+      return null
+    }
+  }, [blurHash])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!pixels || !canvasRef.current) return
+    const ctx = canvasRef.current.getContext('2d')
+    if (!ctx) return
+    const imageData = ctx.createImageData(CANVAS_W, CANVAS_H)
+    imageData.data.set(pixels)
+    ctx.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0)
+  }, [pixels])
+
+  if (!pixels) {
+    return <div className={cn('absolute inset-0 bg-muted', className)} />
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <canvas
+      ref={canvasRef}
+      width={CANVAS_W}
+      height={CANVAS_H}
+      className={cn('absolute inset-0 h-full w-full object-cover', className)}
+      style={{ imageRendering: 'auto', filter: 'blur(0.5px)' }}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+export default function LazyMediaTapPlaceholder({
+  src,
+  posterUrl,
+  blurHash,
+  onActivate,
+  className
+}: {
+  src: string
+  posterUrl?: string
+  blurHash?: string
+  onActivate: () => void
+  className?: string
+}) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation()
+  const kind = guessMediaKindFromUrl(src)
+  const hash = resolveMediaBlurPlaceholder(src, blurHash)
+  const poster = posterUrl?.trim()
+  const label = t('Click to load media')
+
+  return (
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      className={cn(
+        'group relative w-full max-w-[400px] overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-border bg-muted/30 text-left shadow-sm outline-none transition-opacity hover:opacity-95 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring',
+        kind === 'video' ? 'aspect-video' : 'min-h-[7.5rem] aspect-[21/9]',
+        className
+      )}
+      onClick={(e) => {
+        e.stopPropagation()
+        e.preventDefault()
+        onActivate()
+      }}
+      aria-label={label}
+      title={label}
+    >
+      {poster ? (
+        <img
+          src={poster}
+          alt=""
+          className="absolute inset-0 h-full w-full object-cover"
+          loading="lazy"
+          decoding="async"
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <BlurHashLayer blurHash={hash} />
+      )}
+      <span className="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/55 via-black/25 to-black/15" aria-hidden />
+      <span className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center" aria-hidden>
+        <span className="flex size-14 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-black/55 text-white shadow-md backdrop-blur-[2px] transition-transform group-hover:scale-105 group-focus-visible:scale-105">
+          {kind === 'video' ? (
+            <Play className="size-8 fill-current pl-1" strokeWidth={0} />
+          ) : (
+            <Music2 className="size-8" strokeWidth={2} />
+          )}
+        </span>
+      </span>
+    </button>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/MediaPlayer/index.tsx b/src/components/MediaPlayer/index.tsx
index 521e4afe..04186ca9 100644
--- a/src/components/MediaPlayer/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MediaPlayer/index.tsx
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 import { useContentPolicy } from '@/providers/ContentPolicyProvider'
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import AudioPlayer from '../AudioPlayer'
 import VideoPlayer from '../VideoPlayer'
 import ExternalLink from '../ExternalLink'
+import LazyMediaTapPlaceholder from './LazyMediaTapPlaceholder'
 
 export default function MediaPlayer({
   src,
   className,
   mustLoad = false,
-  poster
+  poster,
+  blurHash
 }: {
   src: string
   className?: string
   mustLoad?: boolean
   poster?: string
+  /** NIP-94 / imeta blurhash for lazy placeholder when poster is missing */
+  blurHash?: string
 }) {
-  const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { autoLoadMedia } = useContentPolicy()
   const [display, setDisplay] = useState(autoLoadMedia)
   const [mediaType, setMediaType] = useState<'video' | 'audio' | null>(null)
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ export default function MediaPlayer({
       return
     }
 
-    // Matroska / Ogg Theora: treat as video first (codec support is browser-dependent).
     if (extension === 'mkv' || extension === 'ogv') {
       setMediaType('video')
       return
@@ -59,8 +60,6 @@ export default function MediaPlayer({
     const video = document.createElement('video')
     video.src = src
     video.preload = 'metadata'
-    // Only set crossOrigin for resources that support it (prevents CORS errors)
-    // video.crossOrigin = 'anonymous'
 
     video.onloadedmetadata = () => {
       setMediaType(video.videoWidth > 0 || video.videoHeight > 0 ? 'video' : 'audio')
@@ -77,15 +76,13 @@ export default function MediaPlayer({
 
   if (!mustLoad && !display) {
     return (
-      <div
-        className="text-primary hover:underline truncate w-fit cursor-pointer"
-        onClick={(e) => {
-          e.stopPropagation()
-          setDisplay(true)
-        }}
-      >
-        [{t('Click to load media')}]
-      </div>
+      <LazyMediaTapPlaceholder
+        src={src}
+        posterUrl={poster}
+        blurHash={blurHash}
+        onActivate={() => setDisplay(true)}
+        className={className}
+      />
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/src/components/Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle.tsx b/src/components/Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle.tsx
index 34b873e4..14253d13 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle.tsx
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ function parseMarkdownContentLegacy(
     navigateToHashtag: (href: string) => void
     navigateToRelay: (url: string) => void
     videoPosterMap?: Map<string, string>
+    /** Cleaned media URL → blurhash (from any imeta with `blurhash` / `bh`, incl. video/audio). */
+    mediaBlurHashMap?: Map<string, string>
     imageThumbnailMap?: Map<string, string>
     getImageIdentifier?: (url: string) => string | null
     emojiInfos?: TEmoji[]
@@ -649,6 +651,7 @@ function parseMarkdownContentLegacy(
     navigateToHashtag,
     navigateToRelay,
     videoPosterMap,
+    mediaBlurHashMap,
     imageThumbnailMap,
     getImageIdentifier,
     emojiInfos = [],
@@ -1955,6 +1958,7 @@ function parseMarkdownContentLegacy(
               className="max-w-[400px]"
               mustLoad={!lazyMedia}
               poster={poster}
+              blurHash={mediaBlurHashMap?.get(cleaned)}
             />
           </div>
         )
@@ -2053,6 +2057,7 @@ function parseMarkdownContentLegacy(
               className="max-w-[400px]"
               mustLoad={!lazyMedia}
               poster={poster}
+              blurHash={mediaBlurHashMap?.get(cleanedStandalone)}
             />
           </div>
         )
@@ -2957,6 +2962,7 @@ function parseMarkdownContentMarked(
     navigateToHashtag: (href: string) => void
     navigateToRelay: (url: string) => void
     videoPosterMap?: Map<string, string>
+    mediaBlurHashMap?: Map<string, string>
     imageThumbnailMap?: Map<string, string>
     getImageIdentifier?: (url: string) => string | null
     emojiInfos?: TEmoji[]
@@ -2975,6 +2981,7 @@ function parseMarkdownContentMarked(
     navigateToHashtag,
     navigateToRelay,
     videoPosterMap,
+    mediaBlurHashMap,
     getImageIdentifier,
     emojiInfos = [],
     fullCalendarInvite,
@@ -3317,7 +3324,13 @@ function parseMarkdownContentMarked(
                   const poster = videoPosterMap?.get(cleaned)
                   return (
                     <div key={`${key}-line-media-${lineIdx}`} className="my-2">
-                      <MediaPlayer src={cleaned} poster={poster} className="max-w-[400px]" mustLoad={!lazyMedia} />
+                      <MediaPlayer
+                        src={cleaned}
+                        poster={poster}
+                        blurHash={mediaBlurHashMap?.get(cleaned)}
+                        className="max-w-[400px]"
+                        mustLoad={!lazyMedia}
+                      />
                     </div>
                   )
                 }
@@ -3457,7 +3470,13 @@ function parseMarkdownContentMarked(
           const poster = videoPosterMap?.get(cleaned)
           return (
             <div key={`${key}-media-url`} className="my-2">
-              <MediaPlayer src={cleaned} poster={poster} className="max-w-[400px]" mustLoad={!lazyMedia} />
+              <MediaPlayer
+                src={cleaned}
+                poster={poster}
+                blurHash={mediaBlurHashMap?.get(cleaned)}
+                className="max-w-[400px]"
+                mustLoad={!lazyMedia}
+              />
             </div>
           )
         }
@@ -3535,7 +3554,13 @@ function parseMarkdownContentMarked(
           const poster = videoPosterMap?.get(cleaned)
           nodes.push(
             <div key={`${key}-inline-media-${idx}`} className="my-2">
-              <MediaPlayer src={cleaned} poster={poster} className="max-w-[400px]" mustLoad={!lazyMedia} />
+              <MediaPlayer
+                src={cleaned}
+                poster={poster}
+                blurHash={mediaBlurHashMap?.get(cleaned)}
+                className="max-w-[400px]"
+                mustLoad={!lazyMedia}
+              />
             </div>
           )
         })
@@ -3611,7 +3636,13 @@ function parseMarkdownContentMarked(
           const poster = videoPosterMap?.get(cleaned)
           return (
             <div key={`${key}-media-block`} className="my-2">
-              <MediaPlayer src={src} poster={poster} className="max-w-[400px]" mustLoad={!lazyMedia} />
+              <MediaPlayer
+                src={cleaned}
+                poster={poster}
+                blurHash={mediaBlurHashMap?.get(cleaned)}
+                className="max-w-[400px]"
+                mustLoad={!lazyMedia}
+              />
             </div>
           )
         }
@@ -4480,7 +4511,12 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
   // Extract media from tags only (for display at top)
   const tagMedia = useMemo(() => {
     const seenUrls = new Set<string>()
-    const media: Array<{ url: string; type: 'image' | 'video' | 'audio'; poster?: string }> = []
+    const media: Array<{
+      url: string
+      type: 'image' | 'video' | 'audio'
+      poster?: string
+      blurHash?: string
+    }> = []
     
     // Extract from imeta tags
     const imetaInfos = getImetaInfosFromEvent(event)
@@ -4493,9 +4529,19 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
       if (info.m?.startsWith('image/') || isImage(cleaned)) {
         media.push({ url: info.url, type: 'image' })
       } else if (info.m?.startsWith('video/') || isVideo(cleaned)) {
-        media.push({ url: info.url, type: 'video', poster: info.image })
+        media.push({
+          url: info.url,
+          type: 'video',
+          poster: info.image || info.thumb,
+          blurHash: info.blurHash
+        })
       } else if (info.m?.startsWith('audio/') || isAudio(cleaned)) {
-        media.push({ url: info.url, type: 'audio' })
+        media.push({
+          url: info.url,
+          type: 'audio',
+          poster: info.thumb,
+          blurHash: info.blurHash
+        })
       }
     })
     
@@ -4787,10 +4833,11 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
     const map = new Map<string, string>()
     const imetaInfos = getImetaInfosFromEvent(event)
     imetaInfos.forEach((info) => {
-      if (info.image && (info.m?.startsWith('video/') || isVideo(info.url))) {
+      if (info.m?.startsWith('video/') || isVideo(info.url)) {
         const cleaned = cleanUrl(info.url)
-        if (cleaned) {
-          map.set(cleaned, info.image)
+        const posterUrl = info.image || info.thumb
+        if (cleaned && posterUrl) {
+          map.set(cleaned, posterUrl)
         }
       }
     })
@@ -4818,7 +4865,7 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
     return map
   }, [event.id, JSON.stringify(event.tags), getImageIdentifier])
   
-  // Maps cleaned image URL → blurhash string (for inline placeholder rendering)
+  // Maps cleaned media URL → blurhash (any imeta with blurHash / bh — images, video, audio)
   const imageBlurHashMap = useMemo(() => {
     const map = new Map<string, string>()
     getImetaInfosFromEvent(event).forEach((info) => {
@@ -4853,6 +4900,7 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
       navigateToHashtag,
       navigateToRelay,
       videoPosterMap,
+      mediaBlurHashMap: imageBlurHashMap,
       imageThumbnailMap,
       getImageIdentifier,
       emojiInfos,
@@ -4881,6 +4929,7 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
     navigateToHashtag,
     navigateToRelay,
     videoPosterMap,
+    imageBlurHashMap,
     imageThumbnailMap,
     getImageIdentifier,
     emojiInfos,
@@ -5068,6 +5117,7 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
                       className="max-w-full sm:max-w-[400px] w-full"
                       mustLoad={!lazyMedia}
                       poster={media.poster}
+                      blurHash={media.blurHash}
                     />
                   </div>
                 )
diff --git a/src/lib/media-placeholder-blurhash.ts b/src/lib/media-placeholder-blurhash.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18d44e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/media-placeholder-blurhash.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { isBlurhashValid } from 'blurhash'
+
+/**
+ * Stable, varied BlurHash strings for lazy media (no imeta). Picked from the reference
+ * encoder corpus; each validates with {@link isBlurhashValid}.
+ */
+const PLACEHOLDER_BLURHASHES = [
+  'LEHV6nWB2yk8pyo0adR*.7kCMdnj',
+  'LGF5]+Yk^6#M@-5c,1J5@[or[Q6.',
+  'LjIY%^?bH?xu_4t8V_NHxZxbx]ae',
+  'L6PZfSjE.Adjc0j]WCWVH?j?bHwc',
+  'LKO2?U%2Tw[w]~RBVZRi};RPxuwH',
+  'LdHxL5Rk^6#M@-5c,1J5@[or[Q6.',
+  'LGF?UQ%2Tw[w]~RBVZRi};RPxuwH',
+  'L6PZ0Si_.AyE_3t7t7R**0o#D%IU'
+].filter((h) => isBlurhashValid(h).result)
+
+function fallbackHashString(s: string): number {
+  let h = 0
+  for (let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
+    h = (Math.imul(31, h) + s.charCodeAt(i)) | 0
+  }
+  return Math.abs(h)
+}
+
+/** Deterministic placeholder blurhash from media URL (stable across re-renders). */
+export function blurHashPlaceholderForMediaUrl(url: string): string {
+  if (PLACEHOLDER_BLURHASHES.length === 0) {
+    return 'LEHV6nWB2yk8pyo0adR*.7kCMdnj'
+  }
+  const i = fallbackHashString(url.trim()) % PLACEHOLDER_BLURHASHES.length
+  return PLACEHOLDER_BLURHASHES[i]!
+}
+
+/** Use NIP-94 blurHash when valid; otherwise URL-derived placeholder. */
+export function resolveMediaBlurPlaceholder(url: string, blurHash?: string): string {
+  if (blurHash?.trim()) {
+    const v = isBlurhashValid(blurHash.trim())
+    if (v.result) return blurHash.trim()
+  }
+  return blurHashPlaceholderForMediaUrl(url)
+}