diff --git a/backend/app/config.py b/backend/app/config.py
index 3e7db21..52bbd8a 100644
--- a/backend/app/config.py
+++ b/backend/app/config.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     autotag_title_sample: int = 40
     autotag_interval_minutes: int = 30
     subscriptions_resync_minutes: int = 360
+    playlist_sync_minutes: int = 360
     # live_status values hidden from the feed by default. Completed-stream VODs
     # ("was_live") are real watchable content and stay visible.
     feed_default_hidden_live: str = "live,upcoming"
diff --git a/backend/app/routes/playlists.py b/backend/app/routes/playlists.py
index 885cd4f..7cc3bfb 100644
--- a/backend/app/routes/playlists.py
+++ b/backend/app/routes/playlists.py
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
 from sqlalchemy import func, select, and_
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session, aliased
 
-from app.auth import current_user
+from app import quota
+from app.auth import current_user, has_read_scope
 from app.db import get_db
 from app.models import Channel, Playlist, PlaylistItem, User, Video, VideoState
 from app.routes.feed import _saved_expr, _serialize
+from app.sync.playlists import sync_user_playlists
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/api/playlists", tags=["playlists"])
 
@@ -187,6 +189,22 @@ def remove_watch_later(
     return {"saved": False}
 
 
+@router.post("/sync-youtube")
+def sync_youtube(
+    user: User = Depends(current_user),
+    db: Session = Depends(get_db),
+) -> dict:
+    """Pull the user's YouTube playlists into local mirrors now (read-only direction).
+    Also runs automatically on the scheduler; this is the manual 'sync now'."""
+    if not has_read_scope(user):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=403,
+            detail="Connect YouTube (read access) to sync your playlists.",
+        )
+    with quota.attribute(user.id, "playlist_sync"):
+        return sync_user_playlists(db, user)
+
+
 @router.get("/{playlist_id}")
 def get_playlist(
     playlist_id: int,
diff --git a/backend/app/scheduler.py b/backend/app/scheduler.py
index bd93d07..8d6d0c3 100644
--- a/backend/app/scheduler.py
+++ b/backend/app/scheduler.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from app.config import settings
 from app.db import SessionLocal
 from app.state import is_sync_paused
 from app.sync.autotag import run_autotag_all
+from app.sync.playlists import sync_all_playlists
 from app.sync.runner import (
     run_deep_backfill,
     run_enrich,
@@ -79,6 +80,12 @@ def _subscriptions_job() -> None:
     _job("subscriptions", work)
 
 
+def _playlist_sync_job() -> None:
+    # Mirror each read-scope user's YouTube playlists; per-user quota attribution is
+    # handled inside sync_all_playlists.
+    _job("playlist_sync", sync_all_playlists)
+
+
 def start_scheduler() -> None:
     global _scheduler
     if not settings.scheduler_enabled or _scheduler is not None:
@@ -114,6 +121,12 @@ def start_scheduler() -> None:
         minutes=settings.subscriptions_resync_minutes,
         id="subscriptions",
     )
+    scheduler.add_job(
+        _playlist_sync_job,
+        "interval",
+        minutes=settings.playlist_sync_minutes,
+        id="playlist_sync",
+    )
     scheduler.start()
     _scheduler = scheduler
     logger.info("scheduler started")
diff --git a/backend/app/sync/playlists.py b/backend/app/sync/playlists.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b185e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/sync/playlists.py
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+"""Read-direction YouTube playlist sync: mirror each user's own YouTube playlists into
+local `source='youtube'` playlists (kept fresh by the scheduler). One-way (YT -> local);
+the write-back direction (local edits -> YouTube) is a later phase.
+
+YouTube's special Watch Later / History playlists are not exposed by the Data API and are
+never synced. Videos in a playlist that aren't in our shared catalog yet are fetched and
+ingested (with a stub channel) so the mirror is faithful."""
+import logging
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+from sqlalchemy import delete, select
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from app import quota
+from app.auth import has_read_scope
+from app.models import Channel, OAuthToken, Playlist, PlaylistItem, User, Video
+from app.sync.videos import apply_video_details, parse_dt
+from app.youtube.client import YouTubeClient, YouTubeError
+
+log = logging.getLogger("subfeed.sync")
+
+
+def _ensure_videos(db: Session, yt: YouTubeClient, video_ids: list[str]) -> None:
+    """Make sure every given video id exists in the catalog, fetching + ingesting the
+    missing ones (and a stub channel for any unknown channel). Deleted/private videos that
+    the API won't return are simply left out."""
+    if not video_ids:
+        return
+    have = set(
+        db.execute(select(Video.id).where(Video.id.in_(video_ids))).scalars().all()
+    )
+    missing = [v for v in dict.fromkeys(video_ids) if v not in have]
+    if not missing:
+        return
+    items = yt.get_videos(missing)
+    chan_ids = {
+        it.get("snippet", {}).get("channelId")
+        for it in items
+        if it.get("snippet", {}).get("channelId")
+    }
+    existing_ch = set(
+        db.execute(select(Channel.id).where(Channel.id.in_(chan_ids))).scalars().all()
+    )
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    for it in items:
+        sn = it.get("snippet", {})
+        cid = sn.get("channelId")
+        if cid and cid not in existing_ch:
+            db.add(Channel(id=cid, title=sn.get("channelTitle")))
+            existing_ch.add(cid)
+    db.flush()
+    seen: set[str] = set()
+    for it in items:
+        vid = it.get("id")
+        sn = it.get("snippet", {})
+        cid = sn.get("channelId")
+        if not vid or not cid or vid in seen:
+            continue
+        seen.add(vid)
+        v = Video(id=vid, channel_id=cid, published_at=parse_dt(sn.get("publishedAt")))
+        apply_video_details(v, it)
+        v.enriched_at = now
+        db.add(v)
+    db.commit()
+
+
+def sync_user_playlists(db: Session, user: User) -> dict:
+    """Mirror the user's YouTube playlists into local source='youtube' playlists. Leaves
+    the user's local playlists and the built-in Watch later untouched."""
+    if not has_read_scope(user):
+        return {"synced": 0, "reason": "no read scope"}
+    synced = 0
+    with YouTubeClient(db, user) as yt:
+        yt_playlists = list(yt.iter_my_playlists())
+        yt_ids = {p["id"] for p in yt_playlists if p.get("id")}
+        existing = {
+            pl.yt_playlist_id: pl
+            for pl in db.execute(
+                select(Playlist).where(
+                    Playlist.user_id == user.id, Playlist.source == "youtube"
+                )
+            ).scalars()
+        }
+        # Drop mirrors whose YouTube playlist no longer exists.
+        for ytid, pl in existing.items():
+            if ytid not in yt_ids:
+                db.delete(pl)
+        db.flush()
+
+        for idx, p in enumerate(yt_playlists):
+            ytid = p.get("id")
+            if not ytid:
+                continue
+            pl = existing.get(ytid)
+            if pl is None:
+                pl = Playlist(
+                    user_id=user.id,
+                    name=p.get("title") or "Untitled",
+                    kind="user",
+                    source="youtube",
+                    yt_playlist_id=ytid,
+                    position=1000 + idx,  # sort mirrored lists after local ones
+                )
+                db.add(pl)
+                db.flush()
+            else:
+                pl.name = p.get("title") or pl.name
+            ids = list(yt.iter_my_playlist_video_ids(ytid))
+            _ensure_videos(db, yt, ids)
+            present = (
+                set(db.execute(select(Video.id).where(Video.id.in_(ids))).scalars().all())
+                if ids
+                else set()
+            )
+            ordered: list[str] = []
+            seen: set[str] = set()
+            for v in ids:
+                if v in present and v not in seen:
+                    seen.add(v)
+                    ordered.append(v)
+            # Mirror is authoritative: replace the items to match YouTube's order.
+            db.execute(delete(PlaylistItem).where(PlaylistItem.playlist_id == pl.id))
+            for pos, vid in enumerate(ordered):
+                db.add(PlaylistItem(playlist_id=pl.id, video_id=vid, position=pos))
+            db.commit()
+            synced += 1
+    return {"synced": synced}
+
+
+def sync_all_playlists(db: Session) -> dict:
+    """Scheduler entry point: mirror playlists for every user with a read scope + token."""
+    users = (
+        db.execute(
+            select(User).join(OAuthToken).where(OAuthToken.refresh_token_enc.is_not(None))
+        )
+        .scalars()
+        .all()
+    )
+    total = 0
+    for user in users:
+        if not has_read_scope(user):
+            continue
+        try:
+            with quota.attribute(user.id, "playlist_sync"):
+                total += sync_user_playlists(db, user).get("synced", 0)
+        except YouTubeError:
+            db.rollback()
+            log.warning("Playlist sync failed for user %s", user.id)
+        except Exception:
+            db.rollback()
+            log.exception("Playlist sync crashed for user %s", user.id)
+    return {"users": len(users), "playlists_synced": total}
diff --git a/backend/app/youtube/client.py b/backend/app/youtube/client.py
index 62f2125..9d22961 100644
--- a/backend/app/youtube/client.py
+++ b/backend/app/youtube/client.py
@@ -125,6 +125,49 @@ class YouTubeClient:
             if not page_token:
                 break
 
+    def iter_my_playlists(self) -> Iterator[dict]:
+        """Yield the authenticated user's own playlists (OAuth, so private ones are
+        included). Note: YouTube's special Watch Later / History playlists are NOT
+        returned by the Data API and cannot be synced."""
+        page_token = None
+        while True:
+            params = {"part": "snippet,contentDetails", "mine": "true", "maxResults": 50}
+            if page_token:
+                params["pageToken"] = page_token
+            data = self._get("playlists", params, cost=1, allow_key=False)
+            for item in data.get("items", []):
+                sn = item.get("snippet", {})
+                yield {
+                    "id": item.get("id"),
+                    "title": sn.get("title"),
+                    "item_count": item.get("contentDetails", {}).get("itemCount"),
+                    "thumbnail_url": best_thumbnail(sn.get("thumbnails")),
+                }
+            page_token = data.get("nextPageToken")
+            if not page_token:
+                break
+
+    def iter_my_playlist_video_ids(self, playlist_id: str) -> Iterator[str]:
+        """Yield the video ids of one of the user's own playlists, in playlist order
+        (OAuth, so private/unlisted playlists work)."""
+        page_token = None
+        while True:
+            params = {
+                "part": "contentDetails",
+                "playlistId": playlist_id,
+                "maxResults": 50,
+            }
+            if page_token:
+                params["pageToken"] = page_token
+            data = self._get("playlistItems", params, cost=1, allow_key=False)
+            for item in data.get("items", []):
+                vid = item.get("contentDetails", {}).get("videoId")
+                if vid:
+                    yield vid
+            page_token = data.get("nextPageToken")
+            if not page_token:
+                break
+
     def get_channels(self, channel_ids: list[str]) -> list[dict]:
         items: list[dict] = []
         for batch in _chunks(channel_ids, 50):
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AddToPlaylist.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AddToPlaylist.tsx
index ab27f28..e46d447 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AddToPlaylist.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AddToPlaylist.tsx
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ export default function AddToPlaylist({
     }
   }
 
-  const lists = membership.data ?? [];
+  // YouTube-mirrored playlists are read-only until the write-back phase, so they can't be
+  // added to here yet.
+  const lists = (membership.data ?? []).filter((pl) => pl.source !== "youtube");
 
   return (
     <>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Playlists.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Playlists.tsx
index b8ba592..2eb6b4a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Playlists.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Playlists.tsx
@@ -23,27 +23,32 @@ import {
   Pencil,
   Play,
   Plus,
+  RefreshCw,
   Trash2,
   X,
+  Youtube,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import { api, type Playlist, type Video } from "../lib/api";
 import { formatDuration } from "../lib/format";
+import { notify } from "../lib/notifications";
 import PlayerModal from "./PlayerModal";
 import { useConfirm } from "./ConfirmProvider";
 
 function Row({
   video,
   index,
+  readOnly,
   onPlay,
   onRemove,
 }: {
   video: Video;
   index: number;
+  readOnly?: boolean;
   onPlay: () => void;
   onRemove: () => void;
 }) {
   const { attributes, listeners, setNodeRef, transform, transition, isDragging } =
-    useSortable({ id: video.id });
+    useSortable({ id: video.id, disabled: readOnly });
   const style = {
     transform: CSS.Transform.toString(transform),
     transition,
@@ -55,14 +60,18 @@ function Row({
       style={style}
       className="flex items-center gap-2.5 p-2 rounded-lg border border-border bg-card"
     >
-      <button
-        {...attributes}
-        {...listeners}
-        className="text-muted hover:text-fg cursor-grab active:cursor-grabbing"
-        aria-label="reorder"
-      >
-        <GripVertical className="w-4 h-4" />
-      </button>
+      {readOnly ? (
+        <span className="w-4" />
+      ) : (
+        <button
+          {...attributes}
+          {...listeners}
+          className="text-muted hover:text-fg cursor-grab active:cursor-grabbing"
+          aria-label="reorder"
+        >
+          <GripVertical className="w-4 h-4" />
+        </button>
+      )}
       <span className="text-xs text-muted w-4 text-center tabular-nums">{index + 1}</span>
       <button
         onClick={onPlay}
@@ -84,14 +93,16 @@ function Row({
           {formatDuration(video.duration_seconds)}
         </span>
       )}
-      <button
-        onClick={onRemove}
-        title="remove"
-        className="text-muted hover:text-fg p-1"
-        aria-label="remove from playlist"
-      >
-        <X className="w-4 h-4" />
-      </button>
+      {!readOnly && (
+        <button
+          onClick={onRemove}
+          title="remove"
+          className="text-muted hover:text-fg p-1"
+          aria-label="remove from playlist"
+        >
+          <X className="w-4 h-4" />
+        </button>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -149,6 +160,25 @@ export default function Playlists() {
   const plName = (p: { kind: string; name: string }) =>
     p.kind === "watch_later" ? t("playlists.watchLater") : p.name;
   const builtin = detail?.kind === "watch_later";
+  // YouTube-mirrored playlists are read-only here until the write-back phase.
+  const mirrored = detail?.source === "youtube";
+  const editable = !builtin && !mirrored;
+  const [syncing, setSyncing] = useState(false);
+
+  async function syncYoutube() {
+    if (syncing) return;
+    setSyncing(true);
+    try {
+      const r = await api.syncYoutubePlaylists();
+      qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["playlists"] });
+      qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["playlist"] });
+      notify({ level: "success", message: t("playlists.syncedToast", { count: r.synced }) });
+    } catch {
+      notify({ level: "warning", message: t("playlists.syncFailed") });
+    } finally {
+      setSyncing(false);
+    }
+  }
 
   const createMut = useMutation({
     mutationFn: (name: string) => api.createPlaylist(name),
@@ -166,7 +196,7 @@ export default function Playlists() {
 
   async function onDragEnd(e: DragEndEvent) {
     const { active: a, over } = e;
-    if (!over || a.id === over.id || selectedId == null) return;
+    if (!over || a.id === over.id || selectedId == null || mirrored) return;
     const oldIndex = items.findIndex((v) => v.id === a.id);
     const newIndex = items.findIndex((v) => v.id === over.id);
     if (oldIndex < 0 || newIndex < 0) return;
@@ -222,7 +252,19 @@ export default function Playlists() {
   return (
     <div className="flex h-full min-h-0">
       <aside className="w-64 shrink-0 border-r border-border bg-surface/40 overflow-y-auto p-3">
-        <div className="text-sm font-semibold mb-2">{t("playlists.title")}</div>
+        <div className="flex items-center justify-between mb-2">
+          <span className="text-sm font-semibold">{t("playlists.title")}</span>
+          <button
+            onClick={syncYoutube}
+            disabled={syncing}
+            title={t("playlists.syncYoutube")}
+            aria-label={t("playlists.syncYoutube")}
+            className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 text-[11px] text-muted hover:text-accent disabled:opacity-40 transition"
+          >
+            <RefreshCw className={`w-3.5 h-3.5 ${syncing ? "animate-spin" : ""}`} />
+            <Youtube className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
+          </button>
+        </div>
         {playlists.length === 0 && !listQuery.isLoading && (
           <div className="text-xs text-muted px-1 py-2">{t("playlists.noneYet")}</div>
         )}
@@ -243,7 +285,12 @@ export default function Playlists() {
                 )}
               </div>
               <div className="min-w-0">
-                <div className="text-[13px] text-fg truncate">{plName(pl)}</div>
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-1 text-[13px] text-fg">
+                  <span className="truncate">{plName(pl)}</span>
+                  {pl.source === "youtube" && (
+                    <Youtube className="w-3 h-3 shrink-0 text-muted" />
+                  )}
+                </div>
                 <div className="text-[11px] text-muted">
                   {t("playlists.itemCount", { count: pl.item_count })}
                 </div>
@@ -301,7 +348,7 @@ export default function Playlists() {
                 ) : (
                   <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
                     <h2 className="text-lg font-semibold truncate">{plName(detail)}</h2>
-                    {!builtin && (
+                    {editable && (
                       <button
                         onClick={() => {
                           setRenameValue(detail.name);
@@ -326,7 +373,7 @@ export default function Playlists() {
                   >
                     <Play className="w-3.5 h-3.5 fill-current" /> {t("playlists.playAll")}
                   </button>
-                  {!builtin && (
+                  {editable && (
                     <button
                       onClick={deletePlaylist}
                       className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs px-3 py-1.5 rounded-lg border border-border text-muted hover:text-fg hover:border-accent transition"
@@ -334,6 +381,11 @@ export default function Playlists() {
                       <Trash2 className="w-3.5 h-3.5" /> {t("playlists.delete")}
                     </button>
                   )}
+                  {mirrored && (
+                    <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-[11px] px-2.5 py-1.5 rounded-lg text-muted">
+                      <Youtube className="w-3.5 h-3.5" /> {t("playlists.ytReadonly")}
+                    </span>
+                  )}
                 </div>
               </div>
             </div>
@@ -361,6 +413,7 @@ export default function Playlists() {
                         key={v.id}
                         video={v}
                         index={i}
+                        readOnly={mirrored}
                         onPlay={() => setPlayingIndex(i)}
                         onRemove={() => removeItem(v.id)}
                       />
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index e846ba9..0bb9f7d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export default function Sidebar({
   async function shareView() {
     try {
       await navigator.clipboard.writeText(shareUrl(filters));
-      notify({ message: t("sidebar.shareCopied") });
+      notify({ level: "success", message: t("sidebar.shareCopied") });
     } catch {
       notify({ level: "warning", message: t("sidebar.shareFailed") });
     }
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/playlists.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/playlists.json
index 6d4851f..4b8728d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/playlists.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/playlists.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "title": "Wiedergabelisten",
   "watchLater": "Später ansehen",
+  "syncYoutube": "Von YouTube synchronisieren",
+  "syncedToast": "{{count}} Wiedergabelisten von YouTube synchronisiert",
+  "syncFailed": "Synchronisierung von YouTube fehlgeschlagen",
+  "ytReadonly": "Von YouTube synchronisiert — vorerst schreibgeschützt",
   "noneYet": "Noch keine Wiedergabelisten",
   "newPlaylist": "Neue Liste…",
   "itemCount_one": "{{count}} Video",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/playlists.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/playlists.json
index 9bef503..85ed5d9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/playlists.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/playlists.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "title": "Playlists",
   "watchLater": "Watch later",
+  "syncYoutube": "Sync from YouTube",
+  "syncedToast": "Synced {{count}} playlists from YouTube",
+  "syncFailed": "Couldn't sync from YouTube",
+  "ytReadonly": "Synced from YouTube — read-only for now",
   "noneYet": "No playlists yet",
   "newPlaylist": "New playlist…",
   "itemCount_one": "{{count}} video",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/playlists.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/playlists.json
index dcfcedd..0f30811 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/playlists.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/playlists.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "title": "Lejátszási listák",
   "watchLater": "Megnézem később",
+  "syncYoutube": "Szinkron YouTube-ról",
+  "syncedToast": "{{count}} lista szinkronizálva a YouTube-ról",
+  "syncFailed": "Nem sikerült a YouTube-szinkron",
+  "ytReadonly": "YouTube-ról szinkronizálva — egyelőre csak olvasható",
   "noneYet": "Még nincs lejátszási lista",
   "newPlaylist": "Új lista…",
   "itemCount_one": "{{count}} videó",
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
index f41535c..3472d9b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ export const api = {
     }),
   watchLaterRemove: (videoId: string) =>
     req(`/api/playlists/watch-later/${videoId}`, { method: "DELETE" }),
+  syncYoutubePlaylists: (): Promise<{ synced: number; reason?: string }> =>
+    req("/api/playlists/sync-youtube", { method: "POST" }),
 
   // --- quota usage ---
   myUsage: (): Promise<MyUsage> => req("/api/quota/my-usage"),