diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/activity_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/activity_controller.ex
index 453566039..3e85233c8 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/activity_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/activity_controller.ex
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.ActivityController do
 
     streams =
       Channel
-      |> where([c], c.nsfw == false)
       |> where([c], not is_nil(c.last_fetched_at))
+      |> maybe_show_nsfw_channels(conn.cookies["chan_nsfw"])
       |> order_by(desc: :is_live, asc: :title)
       |> limit(6)
       |> Repo.all()
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.ActivityController do
     )
   end
 
+  defp maybe_show_nsfw_channels(query, "true"), do: query
+  defp maybe_show_nsfw_channels(query, _falsy), do: where(query, [c], c.nsfw == false)
+
   defp multi_search(images, top_scoring, comments, nil) do
     responses =
       Search.msearch_records(
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/activity/_channel_strip.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/activity/_channel_strip.html.slime
index 278cc6e99..fba29d068 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/activity/_channel_strip.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/activity/_channel_strip.html.slime
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
       /  => image_tag 'no_avatar_original.svg', width: 32, height: 32, alt: "#{channel.title}'s logo'", class: 'channel-strip__image'
       = @channel.title || @channel.short_name
   .flex__fixed.flex__right
+    = if @channel.nsfw do
+      span title="NSFW"
+        ' 🔞
+    '
     = if @channel.is_live do
       span.channel-strip__state.label.label--narrow.label--success
         ' LIVE NOW