diff --git a/backend/alembic/versions/0019_user_yt_channel_id.py b/backend/alembic/versions/0019_user_yt_channel_id.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3976927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/alembic/versions/0019_user_yt_channel_id.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""cache each user's own YouTube channel id
+
+Revision ID: 0019_user_yt_channel_id
+Revises: 0018_maintenance_batch_setting
+Create Date: 2026-06-19
+
+Adds users.yt_channel_id: the user's own YouTube channel id, resolved lazily from
+channels.list?mine=true and cached. Used to exclude the user's own channel from the
+playlist-discovery list (you don't subscribe to yourself). NULL = not resolved yet.
+Purely additive.
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from alembic import op
+
+revision: str = "0019_user_yt_channel_id"
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = "0018_maintenance_batch_setting"
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column("users", sa.Column("yt_channel_id", sa.String(length=32), nullable=True))
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_column("users", "yt_channel_id")
diff --git a/backend/app/models.py b/backend/app/models.py
index fca20f3..f6185a8 100644
--- a/backend/app/models.py
+++ b/backend/app/models.py
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ class User(Base):
     display_name: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(255))
     avatar_url: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(1024))
     role: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(16), default="user", server_default="user")
+    # The user's own YouTube channel id, resolved lazily (channels.list?mine=true) and
+    # cached. Used to exclude their own channel from playlist discovery. NULL = unresolved.
+    yt_channel_id: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(32))
     # The single shared "demo" account: signed into without Google OAuth (via a whitelisted
     # email on the login page), has no OAuth token / YouTube scope, and its per-user state is
     # shared by everyone who enters this way. Exactly one such row is expected.
diff --git a/backend/app/routes/channels.py b/backend/app/routes/channels.py
index 309ef24..f21ed47 100644
--- a/backend/app/routes/channels.py
+++ b/backend/app/routes/channels.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 """Channel manager: the user's subscriptions with their personal overrides (priority,
 hidden, tags) and per-channel sync state. Read + local-write only — YouTube-side writes
 (unsubscribe) live behind the optional write scope and are added in a later phase."""
+import logging
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
 from sqlalchemy import and_, func, select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
@@ -8,13 +11,25 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from app import quota
 from app.auth import current_user, has_write_scope
 from app.db import get_db
-from app.models import Channel, ChannelTag, Subscription, Tag, User, Video
+from app.models import (
+    Channel,
+    ChannelTag,
+    Playlist,
+    PlaylistItem,
+    Subscription,
+    Tag,
+    User,
+    Video,
+)
 from app.routes.admin import admin_user
 from app.sync.runner import run_recent_backfill
+from app.sync.subscriptions import apply_channel_details
 from app.youtube.client import YouTubeClient, YouTubeError
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/api/channels", tags=["channels"])
 
+log = logging.getLogger("subfeed.api")
+
 
 @router.get("")
 def list_channels(
@@ -107,6 +122,89 @@ def list_channels(
     ]
 
 
+# Cap how many stub channels we enrich per discovery call, to bound first-load latency and
+# quota (channels.list = 1 unit / 50). Anything beyond is enriched on subsequent loads.
+DISCOVERY_ENRICH_CAP = 200
+
+
+def _discovery_rows(db: Session, user: User) -> list:
+    """The user's playlist channels they don't subscribe to (and that aren't their own),
+    each with how many playlist videos come from it and across how many playlists."""
+    subscribed = select(Subscription.channel_id).where(Subscription.user_id == user.id)
+    q = (
+        select(
+            Channel,
+            func.count(func.distinct(PlaylistItem.video_id)),
+            func.count(func.distinct(Playlist.id)),
+        )
+        .select_from(PlaylistItem)
+        .join(Playlist, Playlist.id == PlaylistItem.playlist_id)
+        .join(Video, Video.id == PlaylistItem.video_id)
+        .join(Channel, Channel.id == Video.channel_id)
+        .where(Playlist.user_id == user.id, Channel.id.not_in(subscribed))
+    )
+    if user.yt_channel_id:
+        q = q.where(Channel.id != user.yt_channel_id)
+    return db.execute(
+        q.group_by(Channel.id).order_by(
+            func.count(func.distinct(PlaylistItem.video_id)).desc(),
+            func.lower(Channel.title),
+        )
+    ).all()
+
+
+@router.get("/discovery")
+def discover_channels(
+    user: User = Depends(current_user), db: Session = Depends(get_db)
+) -> list[dict]:
+    """Channels that appear in the user's playlists but that they don't subscribe to (their
+    own channel excluded). The base list is a local join over the shared catalog. We also
+    enrich each channel's metadata up front (title/thumbnail/subscriber count) so the user
+    can judge a channel BEFORE subscribing — but we do NOT pull its videos. Most-present
+    channels come first; subscribing is a separate action."""
+    # Resolve & cache the user's own channel id so it can be excluded — you don't subscribe
+    # to yourself. Lazy + cached; needs OAuth, so demo / token-less users just skip it.
+    if user.yt_channel_id is None and user.token is not None and not user.is_demo:
+        try:
+            with quota.attribute(user.id, "discovery"), YouTubeClient(db, user) as yt:
+                own = yt.get_my_channel_id()
+            if own:
+                user.yt_channel_id = own
+                db.commit()
+        except YouTubeError as exc:
+            log.warning("discovery: own-channel resolve failed (user %s): %s", user.id, exc)
+
+    rows = _discovery_rows(db, user)
+
+    # Enrich stub channels' metadata (uses the API key — no write scope needed). Re-read
+    # the rows afterwards so the response carries the fresh subscriber counts/thumbnails.
+    need = [ch.id for ch, _, _ in rows if ch.details_synced_at is None][:DISCOVERY_ENRICH_CAP]
+    if need:
+        try:
+            with quota.attribute(user.id, "discovery"), YouTubeClient(db, user) as yt:
+                apply_channel_details(db, yt.get_channels(need))
+            db.commit()
+            rows = _discovery_rows(db, user)
+        except YouTubeError as exc:
+            log.warning("discovery: channel enrich failed (user %s): %s", user.id, exc)
+            db.rollback()
+
+    return [
+        {
+            "id": ch.id,
+            "title": ch.title,
+            "handle": ch.handle,
+            "thumbnail_url": ch.thumbnail_url,
+            "subscriber_count": ch.subscriber_count,
+            "video_count": ch.video_count,
+            "playlist_video_count": int(vid_count),
+            "playlist_count": int(pl_count),
+            "details_synced": ch.details_synced_at is not None,
+        }
+        for ch, vid_count, pl_count in rows
+    ]
+
+
 def _user_subscription(db: Session, user: User, channel_id: str) -> Subscription:
     sub = db.execute(
         select(Subscription).where(
@@ -181,6 +279,53 @@ def reset_backfill(
     return {"id": channel_id, "reset": True}
 
 
+@router.post("/{channel_id}/subscribe")
+def subscribe(
+    channel_id: str,
+    user: User = Depends(current_user),
+    db: Session = Depends(get_db),
+) -> dict:
+    """Subscribe to a channel discovered from the user's playlists. Gated behind the
+    optional write scope (YouTube subscriptions.insert). Creates the local subscription
+    with YouTube's returned resource id and enriches the channel's metadata if it's still
+    a stub, so the new row renders properly in the manager. It does NOT pull the channel's
+    videos — the scheduler picks those up on its next run, like any subscribed channel."""
+    if not has_write_scope(user):
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=403,
+            detail="Enable playlist editing in Settings to subscribe on YouTube.",
+        )
+    channel = db.get(Channel, channel_id)
+    if channel is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Unknown channel")
+    existing = db.execute(
+        select(Subscription).where(
+            Subscription.user_id == user.id, Subscription.channel_id == channel_id
+        )
+    ).scalar_one_or_none()
+    if existing is not None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=409, detail="Already subscribed to this channel.")
+    try:
+        with quota.attribute(user.id, "subscribe"), YouTubeClient(db, user) as yt:
+            yt_sub_id = yt.insert_subscription(channel_id)
+            # Enrich a stub channel (title/thumbnail/subscriber count) so it shows up
+            # properly right away; no video pull here.
+            if channel.details_synced_at is None:
+                apply_channel_details(db, yt.get_channels([channel_id]))
+    except YouTubeError as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=502, detail=f"YouTube subscribe failed: {exc}")
+    db.add(
+        Subscription(
+            user_id=user.id,
+            channel_id=channel_id,
+            yt_subscription_id=yt_sub_id or None,
+            subscribed_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        )
+    )
+    db.commit()
+    return {"subscribed": channel_id}
+
+
 @router.delete("/{channel_id}/subscription")
 def unsubscribe(
     channel_id: str,
diff --git a/backend/app/youtube/client.py b/backend/app/youtube/client.py
index c65c333..4b084e8 100644
--- a/backend/app/youtube/client.py
+++ b/backend/app/youtube/client.py
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ class YouTubeClient:
             if not page_token:
                 break
 
+    def get_my_channel_id(self) -> str | None:
+        """The authenticated user's own channel id (channels.list?mine=true). OAuth only;
+        1 quota unit. Returns None if the account has no channel."""
+        data = self._get(
+            "channels", {"part": "id", "mine": "true", "maxResults": 1}, allow_key=False
+        )
+        items = data.get("items", [])
+        return items[0].get("id") if items else None
+
     def get_channels(self, channel_ids: list[str]) -> list[dict]:
         items: list[dict] = []
         for batch in _chunks(channel_ids, 50):
@@ -213,6 +222,23 @@ class YouTubeClient:
                 f"DELETE subscriptions -> {resp.status_code}: {resp.text[:300]}"
             )
 
+    def insert_subscription(self, channel_id: str) -> str:
+        """Subscribe to a channel on YouTube. Requires the write scope and the user's
+        OAuth token (never the public API key). subscriptions.insert costs 50 quota
+        units. Returns the new subscription resource id — store it as
+        `yt_subscription_id` so the channel can later be unsubscribed."""
+        data = self._write(
+            "POST",
+            "subscriptions",
+            params={"part": "snippet"},
+            json={
+                "snippet": {
+                    "resourceId": {"kind": "youtube#channel", "channelId": channel_id}
+                }
+            },
+        )
+        return data.get("id", "")
+
     def iter_playlist_items_with_ids(self, playlist_id: str) -> Iterator[dict]:
         """Yield {item_id, video_id} for each item of one of the user's playlists, in
         playlist order. `item_id` is the playlistItem resource id, needed to delete or
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 0a6b52b..306aab0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ export default function App() {
           ) : page === "playlists" ? (
             <Playlists canWrite={meQuery.data!.can_write} />
           ) : page === "notifications" ? (
-            <NotificationsPanel filters={filters} setFilters={setFilters} setPage={setPage} />
+            <NotificationsPanel filters={filters} setFilters={setFilters} setPage={setPage} onFocusChannel={focusChannel} />
           ) : page === "settings" ? (
             <SettingsPanel
               me={meQuery.data!}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ChannelDiscovery.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ChannelDiscovery.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b545f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ChannelDiscovery.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { ExternalLink, UserPlus } from "lucide-react";
+import { api, HttpError, type DiscoveredChannel } from "../lib/api";
+import { formatViews } from "../lib/format";
+import { notify } from "../lib/notifications";
+import Tooltip from "./Tooltip";
+import Avatar from "./Avatar";
+import DataTable, { type Column } from "./DataTable";
+
+// The Channel manager's "Discovery" tab: channels that turn up in the user's playlists but
+// that they don't subscribe to. Subscribing here only creates the subscription + enriches
+// the channel's metadata — the scheduler pulls its videos on its next run (see backend).
+export default function ChannelDiscovery({
+  canWrite,
+  onOpenWizard,
+}: {
+  canWrite: boolean;
+  onOpenWizard: () => void;
+}) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const qc = useQueryClient();
+
+  const query = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ["discovered-channels"],
+    queryFn: api.discoveredChannels,
+  });
+
+  const subscribe = useMutation({
+    mutationFn: (c: DiscoveredChannel) => api.subscribeChannel(c.id),
+    onSuccess: (_data, c) => {
+      // The channel moves from "discovery" to "subscribed", and its videos will start
+      // arriving — refresh both lists plus the per-user status.
+      qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["discovered-channels"] });
+      qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["channels"] });
+      qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ["my-status"] });
+      const name = c.title ?? c.id;
+      // Name the channel and ship a typed payload so the inbox can offer "open in the
+      // Channel manager" / "open on YouTube" links — kept after reload, when live
+      // callbacks are gone (see ChannelSubscribedMeta).
+      notify({
+        level: "success",
+        title: t("channels.discovery.subscribedTitle"),
+        message: t("channels.discovery.subscribedBody", { name }),
+        meta: { kind: "channel-subscribed", channelId: c.id, channelName: name },
+      });
+    },
+    onError: (err: unknown) => {
+      // A 403 means the user hasn't granted the write scope — offer to connect instead of
+      // a vague failure (mirrors the subscriptions tab).
+      if (err instanceof HttpError && err.status === 403) {
+        notify({
+          level: "error",
+          message: t("channels.notify.needYouTube"),
+          action: { label: t("channels.notify.connect"), onClick: onOpenWizard },
+        });
+      } else {
+        notify({ level: "error", message: t("channels.discovery.subscribeFailed") });
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
+  const rows = query.data ?? [];
+
+  const columns: Column<DiscoveredChannel>[] = [
+    {
+      key: "channel",
+      header: t("channels.cols.channel"),
+      sortable: true,
+      sortValue: (c) => (c.title ?? c.id).toLowerCase(),
+      filter: { kind: "text", get: (c) => `${c.title ?? ""} ${c.handle ?? ""}` },
+      cardPrimary: true,
+      render: (c) => <DiscoveryNameCell c={c} />,
+    },
+    {
+      key: "subs",
+      header: t("channels.cols.subs"),
+      align: "right",
+      nowrap: true,
+      sortable: true,
+      sortValue: (c) => c.subscriber_count ?? -1,
+      render: (c) => (
+        <span className="text-muted tabular-nums">
+          {c.subscriber_count != null ? formatViews(c.subscriber_count) : "—"}
+        </span>
+      ),
+    },
+    {
+      key: "inPlaylists",
+      header: t("channels.discovery.cols.inPlaylists"),
+      align: "right",
+      nowrap: true,
+      sortable: true,
+      sortValue: (c) => c.playlist_video_count,
+      render: (c) => (
+        <Tooltip
+          hint={t("channels.discovery.cols.inPlaylistsHint", {
+            videos: c.playlist_video_count,
+            playlists: c.playlist_count,
+          })}
+        >
+          <span className="text-muted tabular-nums cursor-help">
+            {c.playlist_video_count} / {c.playlist_count}
+          </span>
+        </Tooltip>
+      ),
+    },
+    {
+      key: "actions",
+      header: t("channels.cols.actions"),
+      align: "right",
+      nowrap: true,
+      width: "120px",
+      cardLabel: false,
+      render: (c) => (
+        <Tooltip
+          hint={
+            canWrite
+              ? t("channels.discovery.subscribeHint")
+              : t("channels.discovery.needWriteHint")
+          }
+        >
+          <button
+            onClick={() => subscribe.mutate(c)}
+            disabled={!canWrite || subscribe.isPending}
+            className="glass-card glass-hover inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 px-2.5 py-1.5 rounded-lg text-xs disabled:opacity-50 transition"
+          >
+            <UserPlus className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
+            {t("channels.discovery.subscribe")}
+          </button>
+        </Tooltip>
+      ),
+    },
+  ];
+
+  return (
+    <div className="px-4 pb-4 pt-3 max-w-7xl mx-auto">
+      <p className="text-xs text-muted mb-4 leading-relaxed">
+        {t("channels.discovery.intro")}
+      </p>
+      {query.isLoading ? (
+        <div className="text-muted py-8">{t("channels.discovery.loading")}</div>
+      ) : (
+        <DataTable
+          rows={rows}
+          columns={columns}
+          rowKey={(c) => c.id}
+          persistKey="siftlode.channelDiscoveryTable"
+          controlsPosition="top"
+          emptyText={t("channels.discovery.empty")}
+        />
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function DiscoveryNameCell({ c }: { c: DiscoveredChannel }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const ytUrl = c.handle
+    ? `https://www.youtube.com/@${c.handle.replace(/^@/, "")}`
+    : `https://www.youtube.com/channel/${c.id}`;
+  return (
+    <div className="flex items-center gap-2 min-w-0">
+      <Avatar src={c.thumbnail_url} fallback={c.title ?? ""} className="w-8 h-8 rounded-full shrink-0" />
+      <span className="text-sm font-medium truncate min-w-0">{c.title ?? c.id}</span>
+      <Tooltip hint={t("channels.row.openOnYouTube")}>
+        <a
+          href={ytUrl}
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          className="text-muted hover:text-accent shrink-0"
+          aria-label={t("channels.row.openOnYouTube")}
+        >
+          <ExternalLink className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
+        </a>
+      </Tooltip>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx
index ba06732..48fe03b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ import { notify } from "../lib/notifications";
 import Tooltip from "./Tooltip";
 import Avatar from "./Avatar";
 import DataTable, { type Column } from "./DataTable";
+import ChannelDiscovery from "./ChannelDiscovery";
 import TagManager from "./TagManager";
 import { useConfirm } from "./ConfirmProvider";
 
+type ChannelsView = "subscribed" | "discovery";
+
 export type ChannelStatusFilter = "all" | "needs_full" | "fully_synced" | "hidden";
 
 // Compact total-duration label for a whole channel (hours-scale, so H:MM:SS would be huge).
@@ -64,6 +67,17 @@ export default function Channels({
   const qc = useQueryClient();
   const confirm = useConfirm();
 
+  // Which tab is showing: the user's subscriptions, or channels discovered from their
+  // playlists. Persisted so a reload keeps the active tab (see other siftlode.* keys).
+  const [view, setView] = useState<ChannelsView>(() =>
+    localStorage.getItem("siftlode.channelsView") === "discovery"
+      ? "discovery"
+      : "subscribed"
+  );
+  useEffect(() => {
+    localStorage.setItem("siftlode.channelsView", view);
+  }, [view]);
+
   // A YouTube-gated action (sync, backfill, unsubscribe) that 403s means the user hasn't
   // granted the needed scope — surface that with a "Connect" action instead of a vague fail.
   const notifyActionError = (err: unknown, fallbackKey: string) => {
@@ -348,8 +362,39 @@ export default function Channels({
     </div>
   );
 
+  const tabs = (
+    <div className="px-4 pt-4 max-w-7xl mx-auto">
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5">
+        {(["subscribed", "discovery"] as ChannelsView[]).map((v) => (
+          <button
+            key={v}
+            onClick={() => setView(v)}
+            className={`text-sm px-3 py-1.5 rounded-full border transition ${
+              view === v
+                ? "bg-accent text-accent-fg border-accent"
+                : "bg-card border-border text-muted hover:border-accent"
+            }`}
+          >
+            {t(`channels.tabs.${v}`)}
+          </button>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+
+  if (view === "discovery") {
+    return (
+      <>
+        {tabs}
+        <ChannelDiscovery canWrite={canWrite} onOpenWizard={onOpenWizard} />
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
-    <div className="p-4 max-w-7xl mx-auto">
+    <>
+    {tabs}
+    <div className="px-4 pb-4 pt-3 max-w-7xl mx-auto">
       {/* Per-user sync status + catalog-wide actions on one row (search/tags filtering
           now lives in the table headers). */}
       <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4 flex-wrap mb-4">
@@ -468,6 +513,7 @@ export default function Channels({
         />
       )}
     </div>
+    </>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/NotificationsPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/NotificationsPanel.tsx
index 1fcadab..2f05b4f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/NotificationsPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/NotificationsPanel.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
-import { Bell, Check, CheckCheck, Eye, RotateCcw, Search, Trash2, X } from "lucide-react";
+import { Bell, Check, CheckCheck, ExternalLink, Eye, RotateCcw, Search, Trash2, Tv, X } from "lucide-react";
 import { api, type AppNotification, type FeedFilters } from "../lib/api";
 import { useLiveQuery } from "../lib/useLiveQuery";
 import {
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   resolveVideo,
   subscribe,
   type Notification as ClientNotif,
+  type ChannelSubscribedMeta,
   type VideoHiddenMeta,
   type VideoWatchedMeta,
 } from "../lib/notifications";
@@ -46,10 +47,12 @@ export default function NotificationsPanel({
   filters,
   setFilters,
   setPage,
+  onFocusChannel,
 }: {
   filters: FeedFilters;
   setFilters: (f: FeedFilters) => void;
   setPage: (p: Page) => void;
+  onFocusChannel: (name: string) => void;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const qc = useQueryClient();
@@ -183,6 +186,7 @@ export default function NotificationsPanel({
                     t={t}
                     onFind={locateHidden}
                     onRevert={revertState}
+                    onFocusChannel={onFocusChannel}
                     onRemove={() => removeClient(n.id)}
                   />
                 ))}
@@ -287,18 +291,22 @@ function ClientActivityRow({
   t,
   onFind,
   onRevert,
+  onFocusChannel,
   onRemove,
 }: {
   n: ClientNotif;
   t: (k: string, o?: any) => string;
   onFind: (meta: VideoHiddenMeta) => void;
   onRevert: (meta: VideoHiddenMeta | VideoWatchedMeta) => void;
+  onFocusChannel: (name: string) => void;
   onRemove: () => void;
 }) {
   const { icon: Icon, color } = LEVEL_STYLE[n.level];
   const needsAction = n.requiresInteraction && !n.dismissed;
   const hidden = n.meta?.kind === "video-hidden" ? n.meta : null;
   const watched = n.meta?.kind === "video-watched" ? n.meta : null;
+  const subscribed: ChannelSubscribedMeta | null =
+    n.meta?.kind === "channel-subscribed" ? n.meta : null;
   return (
     <div
       className={`glass rounded-xl p-3.5 flex items-start gap-3 ${needsAction ? "ring-1 ring-accent/30" : ""}`}
@@ -342,6 +350,25 @@ function ClientActivityRow({
               {t("notifications.unwatch")}
             </button>
           </div>
+        ) : subscribed ? (
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-3 mt-1">
+            <button
+              onClick={() => onFocusChannel(subscribed.channelName)}
+              className="flex items-center gap-1 text-accent text-sm font-semibold hover:underline"
+            >
+              <Tv className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
+              {t("notifications.openInManager")}
+            </button>
+            <a
+              href={`https://www.youtube.com/channel/${subscribed.channelId}`}
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+              className="flex items-center gap-1 text-accent text-sm font-semibold hover:underline"
+            >
+              <ExternalLink className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
+              {t("notifications.openOnYouTube")}
+            </a>
+          </div>
         ) : (
 
           n.action &&
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/channels.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/channels.json
index b559115..673ef86 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/channels.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/channels.json
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@
   "syncSubscriptionsHint": "Importiert deine Abo-Liste erneut von YouTube — fügt neu abonnierte Kanäle hinzu und entfernt abbestellte. Die Videos selbst werden weiterhin automatisch im Hintergrund synchronisiert; sie werden hierbei nicht neu geladen.",
   "backfillEverything": "Alles nachladen",
   "backfillEverythingHint": "Fordert das vollständige Nachladen des gesamten Katalogs für jeden abonnierten Kanal an. Ältere Videos und die Suche werden vollständig, soweit das gemeinsame Tageskontingent es zulässt — das kann eine Weile dauern.",
+  "tabs": {
+    "subscribed": "Abonnements",
+    "discovery": "Aus Playlists entdecken"
+  },
+  "discovery": {
+    "intro": "Kanäle, die in deinen Playlists vorkommen, die du aber nicht abonniert hast. Abonniere sie, um ihnen zu folgen — ihre neuen Uploads erscheinen dann in deinem Feed (das Abonnieren kostet etwas YouTube-Kontingent; vorhandene Videos werden nicht erneut geladen).",
+    "loading": "Kanäle werden gesucht…",
+    "empty": "Keine neuen Kanäle — jeden Kanal in deinen Playlists abonnierst du bereits.",
+    "subscribe": "Abonnieren",
+    "subscribeHint": "Diesen Kanal auf YouTube abonnieren (ändert dein echtes Konto; verbraucht etwas API-Kontingent). Seine Videos kommen bei der nächsten Hintergrund-Synchronisierung.",
+    "needWriteHint": "Aktiviere das Bearbeiten von Playlists in den Einstellungen, um auf YouTube zu abonnieren.",
+    "subscribedTitle": "Auf YouTube abonniert",
+    "subscribedBody": "Du folgst jetzt {{name}} — neue Uploads erscheinen in deinem Feed.",
+    "subscribeFailed": "Abonnieren fehlgeschlagen",
+    "cols": {
+      "inPlaylists": "In Playlists",
+      "inPlaylistsHint": "{{videos}} Video(s) von diesem Kanal in {{playlists}} deiner Playlist(s)."
+    }
+  },
   "filters": {
     "all": "Alle",
     "needsFull": "Verlauf unvollständig",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/notifications.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/notifications.json
index f08acb7..ec7f745 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/notifications.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/de/notifications.json
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   "findInFeed": "Im Feed finden",
   "unhide": "Einblenden",
   "unwatch": "Nicht angesehen",
+  "openInManager": "Kanalverwaltung",
+  "openOnYouTube": "Auf YouTube öffnen",
   "unhidden": "Eingeblendet „{{title}}”",
   "unwatched": "Als nicht angesehen markiert „{{title}}”",
   "time": {
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/channels.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/channels.json
index 80d1b11..e2da771 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/channels.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/channels.json
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@
   "syncSubscriptionsHint": "Re-import your subscription list from YouTube — adds channels you've newly followed and drops ones you've unfollowed. The videos themselves keep syncing automatically in the background; this does not re-fetch them.",
   "backfillEverything": "Backfill everything",
   "backfillEverythingHint": "Request full back-catalog backfill for every channel you're subscribed to. Older videos and search become complete as the shared daily quota allows — this can take a while.",
+  "tabs": {
+    "subscribed": "Subscriptions",
+    "discovery": "Discover from playlists"
+  },
+  "discovery": {
+    "intro": "Channels that appear in your playlists but that you don't subscribe to. Subscribe to follow them — their new uploads will start showing in your feed (subscribing costs a little YouTube quota; existing videos aren't re-fetched).",
+    "loading": "Finding channels…",
+    "empty": "No new channels — every channel in your playlists is one you already follow.",
+    "subscribe": "Subscribe",
+    "subscribeHint": "Subscribe to this channel on YouTube (changes your real account; uses a little API quota). Its videos arrive on the next background sync.",
+    "needWriteHint": "Enable playlist editing in Settings to subscribe on YouTube.",
+    "subscribedTitle": "Subscribed on YouTube",
+    "subscribedBody": "You're now following {{name}} — its new uploads will start arriving in your feed.",
+    "subscribeFailed": "Subscribe failed",
+    "cols": {
+      "inPlaylists": "In playlists",
+      "inPlaylistsHint": "{{videos}} video(s) from this channel across {{playlists}} of your playlist(s)."
+    }
+  },
   "filters": {
     "all": "All",
     "needsFull": "Needs full history",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/notifications.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/notifications.json
index 352bc22..08a23dd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/notifications.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/notifications.json
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   "findInFeed": "Find in feed",
   "unhide": "Unhide",
   "unwatch": "Unwatch",
+  "openInManager": "Channel manager",
+  "openOnYouTube": "Open on YouTube",
   "unhidden": "Unhidden “{{title}}”",
   "unwatched": "Unwatched “{{title}}”",
   "time": {
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/channels.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/channels.json
index 3b43b30..6ab23bc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/channels.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/channels.json
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@
   "syncSubscriptionsHint": "Újraimportálja a feliratkozási listádat a YouTube-ról — hozzáadja az újonnan követett csatornákat, és eltávolítja azokat, amelyekről leiratkoztál. Maguk a videók a háttérben automatikusan tovább szinkronizálódnak; ez nem tölti le őket újra.",
   "backfillEverything": "Minden letöltése",
   "backfillEverythingHint": "Teljes archívum letöltését kéri minden csatornához, amelyre feliratkoztál. A régebbi videók és a keresés a megosztott napi kvóta függvényében válik teljessé — ez eltarthat egy ideig.",
+  "tabs": {
+    "subscribed": "Feliratkozások",
+    "discovery": "Felfedezés a lejátszási listákból"
+  },
+  "discovery": {
+    "intro": "Csatornák, amelyek megjelennek a lejátszási listáidban, de még nem iratkoztál fel rájuk. Iratkozz fel, hogy kövesd őket — az új feltöltéseik megjelennek a hírfolyamodban (a feliratkozás kevés YouTube-kvótát használ; a meglévő videókat nem tölti le újra).",
+    "loading": "Csatornák keresése…",
+    "empty": "Nincs új csatorna — a lejátszási listáidban minden csatornát már követsz.",
+    "subscribe": "Feliratkozás",
+    "subscribeHint": "Feliratkozás erre a csatornára a YouTube-on (a valódi fiókodat módosítja; kevés API-kvótát használ). A videói a következő háttér-szinkronnál érkeznek.",
+    "needWriteHint": "Engedélyezd a lejátszási listák szerkesztését a Beállításokban a feliratkozáshoz.",
+    "subscribedTitle": "Feliratkozva a YouTube-on",
+    "subscribedBody": "Mostantól követed: {{name}} — az új feltöltései megjelennek a hírfolyamodban.",
+    "subscribeFailed": "A feliratkozás sikertelen",
+    "cols": {
+      "inPlaylists": "Listákban",
+      "inPlaylistsHint": "{{videos}} videó ettől a csatornától, {{playlists}} lejátszási listádban."
+    }
+  },
   "filters": {
     "all": "Mind",
     "needsFull": "Hiányos előzmény",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/notifications.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/notifications.json
index 41c82c3..e305c4b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/notifications.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/notifications.json
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   "findInFeed": "Keresés a hírfolyamban",
   "unhide": "Megjelenítés",
   "unwatch": "Megtekintés visszavonása",
+  "openInManager": "Csatornakezelő",
+  "openOnYouTube": "Megnyitás a YouTube-on",
   "unhidden": "Megjelenítve: „{{title}}”",
   "unwatched": "Megtekintés visszavonva: „{{title}}”",
   "time": {
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
index 33aae14..448d593 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -362,6 +362,20 @@ export interface ManagedChannel {
   backfill_done: boolean;
 }
 
+// A channel that shows up in the user's playlists but that they don't subscribe to —
+// surfaced in the Channel manager's Discovery tab so they can subscribe in one click.
+export interface DiscoveredChannel {
+  id: string;
+  title: string | null;
+  handle: string | null;
+  thumbnail_url: string | null;
+  subscriber_count: number | null;
+  video_count: number | null;
+  playlist_video_count: number; // how many of the user's playlist videos are from here
+  playlist_count: number; // across how many of their playlists
+  details_synced: boolean;
+}
+
 export interface SchedulerJob {
   id: string;
   interval_minutes: number;
@@ -485,6 +499,10 @@ export const api = {
     req(`/api/channels/${id}/tags/${tagId}`, { method: "DELETE" }),
   unsubscribeChannel: (id: string) =>
     req(`/api/channels/${id}/subscription`, { method: "DELETE" }),
+  discoveredChannels: (): Promise<DiscoveredChannel[]> =>
+    req("/api/channels/discovery"),
+  subscribeChannel: (id: string) =>
+    req(`/api/channels/${id}/subscribe`, { method: "POST" }),
   syncSubscriptions: () => req("/api/sync/subscriptions", { method: "POST" }),
 
   // --- playlists ---
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/notifications.ts b/frontend/src/lib/notifications.ts
index 717533b..583637f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/notifications.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/notifications.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ export type VideoWatchedMeta = {
   videoId: string;
   title: string;
 };
-export type NotifMeta = VideoHiddenMeta | VideoWatchedMeta;
+export type ChannelSubscribedMeta = {
+  kind: "channel-subscribed";
+  channelId: string;
+  channelName: string;
+};
+export type NotifMeta = VideoHiddenMeta | VideoWatchedMeta | ChannelSubscribedMeta;
 
 export interface Notification {
   id: number;
@@ -239,7 +244,13 @@ export function remove(id: number): void {
  * now-stale "Hidden/Watched X" notice disappears instead of lingering with a dead action. */
 export function resolveVideo(videoId: string): void {
   const before = items.length;
-  items = items.filter((n) => n.meta?.videoId !== videoId);
+  items = items.filter(
+    (n) =>
+      !(
+        (n.meta?.kind === "video-hidden" || n.meta?.kind === "video-watched") &&
+        n.meta.videoId === videoId
+      )
+  );
   if (items.length !== before) emit();
 }