diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index a8f285504..22a808553 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "jsx-a11y/interactive-supports-focus": 0,
     "jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events": 0,
     "consistent-return": 0,
+    "no-prototype-builtins": 0,
     "flowtype/space-after-type-colon": [ 2, "always", { "allowLineBreak": true } ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/app/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/app/view.jsx
index 6aebf7706..eadfc77ab 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/app/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/app/view.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import ReactModal from 'react-modal';
 import throttle from 'util/throttle';
 import SideBar from 'component/sideBar';
 import Header from 'component/header';
-import { openContextMenu } from '../../util/contextMenu';
+import { openContextMenu } from '../../util/context-menu';
 
 const TWO_POINT_FIVE_MINUTES = 1000 * 60 * 2.5;
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/categoryList/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/categoryList/view.jsx
index cf39c06af..240460caf 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/categoryList/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/categoryList/view.jsx
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 // @flow
-import * as React from 'react';
+import type { Claim } from 'types/claim';
+import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 import { normalizeURI } from 'lbry-redux';
 import ToolTip from 'component/common/tooltip';
 import FileCard from 'component/fileCard';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 import * as icons from 'constants/icons';
-import type { Claim } from 'types/claim';
+import SubscribeButton from 'component/subscribeButton';
 
 type Props = {
   category: string,
-  names: Array<string>,
+  names: ?Array<string>,
   categoryLink: ?string,
   fetching: boolean,
-  channelClaims: Array<Claim>,
+  channelClaims: ?Array<Claim>,
   fetchChannel: string => void,
   obscureNsfw: boolean,
 };
@@ -22,9 +23,8 @@ type State = {
   canScrollPrevious: boolean,
 };
 
-class CategoryList extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
+class CategoryList extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   static defaultProps = {
-    names: [],
     categoryLink: '',
   };
 
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ class CategoryList extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   render() {
     const { category, categoryLink, names, channelClaims, obscureNsfw } = this.props;
     const { canScrollNext, canScrollPrevious } = this.state;
-
     const isCommunityTopBids = category.match(/^community/i);
     const showScrollButtons = isCommunityTopBids ? !obscureNsfw : true;
 
@@ -218,7 +217,10 @@ class CategoryList extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
         <div className="card-row__header">
           <div className="card-row__title">
             {categoryLink ? (
-              <Button label={category} navigate="/show" navigateParams={{ uri: categoryLink }} />
+              <div className="card__actions card__actions--no-margin">
+                <Button label={category} navigate="/show" navigateParams={{ uri: categoryLink }} />
+                <SubscribeButton uri={`lbry://${categoryLink}`} showSnackBarOnSubscribe />
+              </div>
             ) : (
               category
             )}
@@ -263,19 +265,33 @@ class CategoryList extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
             }}
           >
             {names &&
+              names.length &&
               names.map(name => (
                 <FileCard showSubscribedLogo key={name} uri={normalizeURI(name)} />
               ))}
 
             {channelClaims &&
               channelClaims.length &&
-              channelClaims.map(claim => (
-                <FileCard
-                  showSubcribedLogo
-                  key={claim.claim_id}
-                  uri={`lbry://${claim.name}#${claim.claim_id}`}
-                />
-              ))}
+              channelClaims
+                // Only show the first 10 claims, regardless of the amount we have on a channel page
+                .slice(0, 10)
+                .map(claim => (
+                  <FileCard
+                    showSubcribedLogo
+                    key={claim.claim_id}
+                    uri={`lbry://${claim.name}#${claim.claim_id}`}
+                  />
+                ))}
+            {/*
+                If there aren't any uris passed in, create an empty array and render placeholder cards
+                channelClaims or names are being fetched
+              */}
+            {!channelClaims &&
+              !names &&
+              /* eslint-disable react/no-array-index-key */
+              new Array(10).fill(1).map((x, i) => <FileCard key={i} />)
+            /* eslint-enable react/no-array-index-key */
+            }
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/channelTile/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/channelTile/view.jsx
index 8edbc1e03..6bde45cd8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/channelTile/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/channelTile/view.jsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ChannelTile extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
           )}
           {subscriptionUri && (
             <div className="card__actions">
-              <SubscribeButton uri={subscriptionUri} channelName={channelName} />
+              <SubscribeButton uri={subscriptionUri} />
             </div>
           )}
         </div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/common/credit-amount.jsx b/src/renderer/component/common/credit-amount.jsx
index 0f8d89338..b15ba435a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/common/credit-amount.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/common/credit-amount.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import React from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
-import { formatCredits, formatFullPrice } from 'util/formatCredits';
+import { formatCredits, formatFullPrice } from 'util/format-credits';
 
 type Props = {
   amount: number,
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/common/file-exporter.jsx b/src/renderer/component/common/file-exporter.jsx
index fe32fa1d4..18364dd79 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/common/file-exporter.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/common/file-exporter.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import React from 'react';
 import Button from 'component/button';
-import parseData from 'util/parseData';
+import parseData from 'util/parse-data';
 import * as icons from 'constants/icons';
 import { remote } from 'electron';
 
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ class FileExporter extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     fs.writeFile(filename, data, err => {
       if (err) throw err;
       // Do something after creation
-      onFileCreated && onFileCreated(filename);
+
+      if (onFileCreated) {
+        onFileCreated(filename);
+      }
     });
   }
 
@@ -55,24 +58,22 @@ class FileExporter extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       ],
     };
 
-    remote.dialog.showSaveDialog(
-      remote.getCurrentWindow(),
-      options,
-      filename => {
-        // User hit cancel so do nothing:
-        if (!filename) return;
-        // Get extension and remove initial dot
-        const format = path.extname(filename).replace(/\./g, '');
-        // Parse data to string with the chosen format
-        const parsed = parseData(data, format, filters);
-        // Write file
-        parsed && this.handleFileCreation(filename, parsed);
+    remote.dialog.showSaveDialog(remote.getCurrentWindow(), options, filename => {
+      // User hit cancel so do nothing:
+      if (!filename) return;
+      // Get extension and remove initial dot
+      const format = path.extname(filename).replace(/\./g, '');
+      // Parse data to string with the chosen format
+      const parsed = parseData(data, format, filters);
+      // Write file
+      if (parsed) {
+        this.handleFileCreation(filename, parsed);
       }
-    );
+    });
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { title, label } = this.props;
+    const { label } = this.props;
     return (
       <Button
         button="primary"
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/common/form-components/form-field.jsx b/src/renderer/component/common/form-components/form-field.jsx
index 21d52c2b0..39dee43b0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/common/form-components/form-field.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/common/form-components/form-field.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import MarkdownPreview from 'component/common/markdown-preview';
 import SimpleMDE from 'react-simplemde-editor';
 import 'simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.css'; // eslint-disable-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
 import Toggle from 'react-toggle';
-import { openEditorMenu, stopContextMenu } from 'util/contextMenu';
+import { openEditorMenu, stopContextMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
 
 type Props = {
   name: string,
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/fileCard/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/fileCard/view.jsx
index 4beb91860..d4f2bc814 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/fileCard/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/fileCard/view.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import UriIndicator from 'component/uriIndicator';
 import * as icons from 'constants/icons';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import FilePrice from 'component/filePrice';
-import { openCopyLinkMenu } from 'util/contextMenu';
+import { openCopyLinkMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
 import DateTime from 'component/dateTime';
 
 type Props = {
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/header/index.js b/src/renderer/component/header/index.js
index 50ccac3ff..51407b726 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/header/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/component/header/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { selectBalance, selectIsBackDisabled, selectIsForwardDisabled } from 'lbry-redux';
-import { formatCredits } from 'util/formatCredits';
+import { formatCredits } from 'util/format-credits';
 import { doNavigate, doHistoryBack, doHistoryForward } from 'redux/actions/navigation';
 import { selectIsUpgradeAvailable, selectAutoUpdateDownloaded } from 'redux/selectors/app';
 import { doDownloadUpgradeRequested } from 'redux/actions/app';
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/page/index.js b/src/renderer/component/page/index.js
index 1cbffa8ce..b64e3b4b9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/page/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/component/page/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 import { doNavigate, doHistoryBack, doHistoryForward } from 'redux/actions/navigation';
 import { doDownloadUpgrade } from 'redux/actions/app';
 import { selectIsUpgradeAvailable, selectNavLinks } from 'redux/selectors/app';
-import { formatCredits } from 'util/formatCredits';
+import { formatCredits } from 'util/format-credits';
 import Page from './view';
 
 const select = state => ({
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/subscribeButton/index.js b/src/renderer/component/subscribeButton/index.js
index bbc6c6a87..46590d0c1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/subscribeButton/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/component/subscribeButton/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { doChannelSubscribe, doChannelUnsubscribe } from 'redux/actions/subscriptions';
 import { doOpenModal } from 'redux/actions/app';
-import { selectSubscriptions, makeSelectIsSubscribed } from 'redux/selectors/subscriptions';
+import {
+  selectSubscriptions,
+  makeSelectIsSubscribed,
+  selectFirstRunCompleted,
+} from 'redux/selectors/subscriptions';
+import { doToast } from 'lbry-redux';
 import SubscribeButton from './view';
 
 const select = (state, props) => ({
   subscriptions: selectSubscriptions(state),
   isSubscribed: makeSelectIsSubscribed(props.uri, true)(state),
+  firstRunCompleted: selectFirstRunCompleted(state),
 });
 
 export default connect(
@@ -15,5 +21,6 @@ export default connect(
     doChannelSubscribe,
     doChannelUnsubscribe,
     doOpenModal,
+    doToast,
   }
 )(SubscribeButton);
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/subscribeButton/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/subscribeButton/view.jsx
index 0099ecb36..a95aa49b8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/subscribeButton/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/subscribeButton/view.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import * as MODALS from 'constants/modal_types';
 import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
 import React from 'react';
+import { parseURI } from 'lbry-redux';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 
 type SubscribtionArgs = {
@@ -10,30 +11,36 @@ type SubscribtionArgs = {
 };
 
 type Props = {
-  channelName: ?string,
-  uri: ?string,
+  uri: string,
   isSubscribed: boolean,
   subscriptions: Array<string>,
   doChannelSubscribe: ({ channelName: string, uri: string }) => void,
   doChannelUnsubscribe: SubscribtionArgs => void,
   doOpenModal: ({ id: string }) => void,
+  firstRunCompleted: boolean,
+  showSnackBarOnSubscribe: boolean,
+  doToast: ({ message: string }) => void,
 };
 
 export default (props: Props) => {
   const {
-    channelName,
     uri,
     doChannelSubscribe,
     doChannelUnsubscribe,
     doOpenModal,
     subscriptions,
     isSubscribed,
+    firstRunCompleted,
+    showSnackBarOnSubscribe,
+    doToast,
   } = props;
 
   const subscriptionHandler = isSubscribed ? doChannelUnsubscribe : doChannelSubscribe;
   const subscriptionLabel = isSubscribed ? __('Unsubscribe') : __('Subscribe');
 
-  return channelName && uri ? (
+  const { claimName } = parseURI(uri);
+
+  return (
     <Button
       iconColor="red"
       icon={isSubscribed ? undefined : ICONS.HEART}
@@ -42,14 +49,19 @@ export default (props: Props) => {
       onClick={e => {
         e.stopPropagation();
 
-        if (!subscriptions.length) {
+        if (!subscriptions.length && !firstRunCompleted) {
           doOpenModal(MODALS.FIRST_SUBSCRIPTION);
         }
+
         subscriptionHandler({
-          channelName,
+          channelName: claimName,
           uri,
         });
+
+        if (showSnackBarOnSubscribe) {
+          doToast({ message: `${__('Successfully subscribed to')} ${claimName}!` });
+        }
       }}
     />
-  ) : null;
+  );
 };
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/subscribeSuggested/index.js b/src/renderer/component/subscribeSuggested/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..782664e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/component/subscribeSuggested/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { selectSuggestedChannels } from 'redux/selectors/subscriptions';
+import SuggestedSubscriptions from './view';
+
+const select = state => ({
+  suggested: selectSuggestedChannels(state),
+});
+
+export default connect(
+  select,
+  null
+)(SuggestedSubscriptions);
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/subscribeSuggested/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/subscribeSuggested/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9368e95e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/component/subscribeSuggested/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// @flow
+import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
+import CategoryList from 'component/categoryList';
+
+type Props = {
+  suggested: Array<{ label: string, uri: string }>,
+};
+
+class SuggestedSubscriptions extends PureComponent<Props> {
+  render() {
+    const { suggested } = this.props;
+
+    return suggested ? (
+      <div className="card__content subscriptions__suggested">
+        {suggested.map(({ uri, label }) => (
+          <CategoryList key={uri} category={label} categoryLink={uri} />
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    ) : null;
+  }
+}
+
+export default SuggestedSubscriptions;
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/viewers/codeViewer.jsx b/src/renderer/component/viewers/codeViewer.jsx
index d10f3135c..1d0cd0620 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/viewers/codeViewer.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/viewers/codeViewer.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import CodeMirror from 'codemirror/lib/codemirror';
-import { openSnippetMenu, stopContextMenu } from 'util/contextMenu';
+import { openSnippetMenu, stopContextMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
 
 // Addons
 import 'codemirror/addon/selection/mark-selection';
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/viewers/htmlViewer.jsx b/src/renderer/component/viewers/htmlViewer.jsx
index 029d7e15d..f3048c553 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/viewers/htmlViewer.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/viewers/htmlViewer.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import React from 'react';
-import { stopContextMenu } from 'util/contextMenu';
+import { stopContextMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
 
 type Props = {
   source: string,
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/viewers/pdfViewer.jsx b/src/renderer/component/viewers/pdfViewer.jsx
index e297adfd1..27c60f6b8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/viewers/pdfViewer.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/viewers/pdfViewer.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { stopContextMenu } from 'util/contextMenu';
+import { stopContextMenu } from 'util/context-menu';
 
 type Props = {
   source: string,
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/wunderbar/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/wunderbar/view.jsx
index c1575c6cc..b76a25d08 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/wunderbar/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/wunderbar/view.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
 import { normalizeURI, SEARCH_TYPES, isURIValid } from 'lbry-redux';
 import Icon from 'component/common/icon';
-import { parseQueryParams } from 'util/query_params';
+import { parseQueryParams } from 'util/query-params';
 import * as icons from 'constants/icons';
 import Autocomplete from './internal/autocomplete';
 
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type Props = {
   doBlur: () => void,
   resultCount: number,
   focused: boolean,
+  doShowSnackBar: ({}) => void,
 };
 
 class WunderBar extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
diff --git a/src/renderer/constants/action_types.js b/src/renderer/constants/action_types.js
index 8f719ecb6..af47919d4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/constants/action_types.js
+++ b/src/renderer/constants/action_types.js
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ export const FETCH_SUBSCRIPTIONS_START = 'FETCH_SUBSCRIPTIONS_START';
 export const FETCH_SUBSCRIPTIONS_FAIL = 'FETCH_SUBSCRIPTIONS_FAIL';
 export const FETCH_SUBSCRIPTIONS_SUCCESS = 'FETCH_SUBSCRIPTIONS_SUCCESS';
 export const SET_VIEW_MODE = 'SET_VIEW_MODE';
+export const GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_START = 'GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_START';
+export const GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_SUCCESS = 'GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_SUCCESS';
+export const GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_FAIL = 'GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_FAIL';
+export const SUBSCRIPTION_FIRST_RUN_COMPLETED = 'SUBSCRIPTION_FIRST_RUN_COMPLETED';
+export const VIEW_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS = 'VIEW_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS';
 
 // Publishing
 export const CLEAR_PUBLISH = 'CLEAR_PUBLISH';
diff --git a/src/renderer/constants/subscriptions.js b/src/renderer/constants/subscriptions.js
index fe419c8d5..c6365805b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/constants/subscriptions.js
+++ b/src/renderer/constants/subscriptions.js
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ export const VIEW_LATEST_FIRST = 'view_latest_first';
 export const DOWNLOADING = 'DOWNLOADING';
 export const DOWNLOADED = 'DOWNLOADED';
 export const NOTIFY_ONLY = 'NOTIFY_ONLY;';
+
+// Suggested types
+export const SUGGESTED_TOP_BID = 'top_bid';
+export const SUGGESTED_TOP_SUBSCRIBED = 'top_subscribed';
+export const SUGGESTED_FEATURED = 'featured';
diff --git a/src/renderer/modal/modalFirstSubscription/index.js b/src/renderer/modal/modalFirstSubscription/index.js
index 60e78b00b..1a30ca3a0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/modal/modalFirstSubscription/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/modal/modalFirstSubscription/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { doHideModal } from 'redux/actions/app';
-import { doNavigate } from 'redux/actions/navigation';
 import ModalFirstSubscription from './view';
 
 const perform = dispatch => () => ({
   closeModal: () => dispatch(doHideModal()),
-  navigate: path => dispatch(doNavigate(path)),
 });
 
 export default connect(
diff --git a/src/renderer/modal/modalFirstSubscription/view.jsx b/src/renderer/modal/modalFirstSubscription/view.jsx
index 7ca25a4cb..df59e216e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/modal/modalFirstSubscription/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/modal/modalFirstSubscription/view.jsx
@@ -5,37 +5,24 @@ import Button from 'component/button';
 
 type Props = {
   closeModal: () => void,
-  navigate: string => void,
 };
 
 const ModalFirstSubscription = (props: Props) => {
-  const { closeModal, navigate } = props;
+  const { closeModal } = props;
 
   return (
     <Modal type="custom" isOpen contentLabel="Subscriptions 101" title={__('Subscriptions 101')}>
       <section className="card__content">
         <p>{__('You just subscribed to your first channel. Awesome!')}</p>
         <p>{__('A few quick things to know:')}</p>
-        <p className="card__content">
-          {__('1) You can use the')}{' '}
-          <Button
-            button="link"
-            label={__('Subscriptions Page')}
-            onClick={() => {
-              navigate('/subscriptions');
-              closeModal();
-            }}
-          />{' '}
-          {__('to view content across all of your subscribed channels.')}
-        </p>
         <p className="card__content">
           {__(
-            '2) This app will automatically download new free content from channels you are subscribed to.'
+            '1) This app will automatically download new free content from channels you are subscribed to.'
           )}
         </p>
         <p className="card__content">
           {__(
-            '3) If we have your email address, we may send you notifications and rewards related to new content.'
+            '2) If we have your email address, we may send you notifications and rewards related to new content.'
           )}
         </p>
         <div className="modal__buttons">
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/channel/view.jsx b/src/renderer/page/channel/view.jsx
index 023ad2c1e..42ac0cb31 100644
--- a/src/renderer/page/channel/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/page/channel/view.jsx
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class ChannelPage extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
           </h1>
         </section>
         <div className="card__actions">
-          <SubscribeButton uri={`lbry://${permanentUrl}`} channelName={name} />
+          <SubscribeButton uri={`lbry://${permanentUrl}`} />
           <Button
             button="alt"
             icon={icons.GLOBE}
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/file/view.jsx b/src/renderer/page/file/view.jsx
index 35909228f..04250c4ce 100644
--- a/src/renderer/page/file/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/page/file/view.jsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import SubscribeButton from 'component/subscribeButton';
 import Page from 'component/page';
 import FileDownloadLink from 'component/fileDownloadLink';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
-import getMediaType from 'util/getMediaType';
+import getMediaType from 'util/get-media-type';
 import RecommendedContent from 'component/recommendedContent';
 import { FormField, FormRow } from 'component/common/form';
 import ToolTip from 'component/common/tooltip';
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class FilePage extends React.Component<Props> {
                     }}
                   />
                 ) : (
-                  <SubscribeButton uri={channelUri} channelName={channelName} />
+                  <SubscribeButton uri={channelUri} />
                 )}
                 {!claimIsMine && (
                   <Button
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/index.js b/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/index.js
index a62734e5d..aea21d76b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/index.js
+++ b/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/index.js
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ import {
   selectIsFetchingSubscriptions,
   selectUnreadSubscriptions,
   selectViewMode,
+  selectFirstRunCompleted,
+  selectshowSuggestedSubs,
 } from 'redux/selectors/subscriptions';
 import {
-  doUpdateUnreadSubscriptions,
   doFetchMySubscriptions,
   doSetViewMode,
+  doFetchRecommendedSubscriptions,
+  doCompleteFirstRun,
+  doShowSuggestedSubs,
 } from 'redux/actions/subscriptions';
 import { doSetClientSetting } from 'redux/actions/settings';
 import { makeSelectClientSetting } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
@@ -26,14 +30,18 @@ const select = state => ({
   allSubscriptions: selectSubscriptionClaims(state),
   unreadSubscriptions: selectUnreadSubscriptions(state),
   viewMode: selectViewMode(state),
+  firstRunCompleted: selectFirstRunCompleted(state),
+  showSuggestedSubs: selectshowSuggestedSubs(state),
 });
 
 export default connect(
   select,
   {
-    doUpdateUnreadSubscriptions,
     doFetchMySubscriptions,
     doSetClientSetting,
     doSetViewMode,
+    doFetchRecommendedSubscriptions,
+    doCompleteFirstRun,
+    doShowSuggestedSubs,
   }
 )(SubscriptionsPage);
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/internal/first-run.jsx b/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/internal/first-run.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12771bdda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/internal/first-run.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// @flow
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
+import Native from 'native';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+import SuggestedSubscriptions from 'component/subscribeSuggested';
+
+type Props = {
+  showSuggested: boolean,
+  loadingSuggested: boolean,
+  numberOfSubscriptions: number,
+  onFinish: () => void,
+  doShowSuggestedSubs: () => void,
+};
+
+export default (props: Props) => {
+  const {
+    showSuggested,
+    loadingSuggested,
+    numberOfSubscriptions,
+    doShowSuggestedSubs,
+    onFinish,
+  } = props;
+
+  return (
+    <Fragment>
+      <div className="page__empty--horizontal">
+        <img
+          alt="Friendly gerbil"
+          className="subscriptions__gerbil"
+          src={Native.imagePath('gerbil-happy.png')}
+        />
+        <div className="card__content">
+          <h2 className="card__title">
+            {numberOfSubscriptions > 0 ? __('Woohoo!') : __('No subscriptions... yet.')}
+          </h2>
+          <p className="card__subtitle">
+            {showSuggested
+              ? __('I hear these channels are pretty good.')
+              : __("I'll tell you where the good channels are if you find me a wheel.")}
+          </p>
+          {!showSuggested && (
+            <div className="card__actions">
+              <Button button="primary" label={__('Explore')} onClick={doShowSuggestedSubs} />
+            </div>
+          )}
+          {showSuggested &&
+            numberOfSubscriptions > 0 && (
+              <div className="card__actions">
+                <Button
+                  button="primary"
+                  onClick={onFinish}
+                  label={`${__('View your')} ${numberOfSubscriptions} ${
+                    numberOfSubscriptions > 1 ? __('subcriptions') : __('subscription')
+                  }`}
+                />
+              </div>
+            )}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      {showSuggested && !loadingSuggested && <SuggestedSubscriptions />}
+    </Fragment>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/internal/user-subscriptions.jsx b/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/internal/user-subscriptions.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1df738c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/internal/user-subscriptions.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+// @flow
+import type { ViewMode } from 'types/subscription';
+import type { Claim } from 'types/claim';
+import { VIEW_ALL, VIEW_LATEST_FIRST } from 'constants/subscriptions';
+import React, { Fragment } from 'react';
+import Button from 'component/button';
+import HiddenNsfwClaims from 'component/hiddenNsfwClaims';
+import FileList from 'component/fileList';
+import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
+import FileCard from 'component/fileCard';
+import { parseURI } from 'lbry-redux';
+import Native from 'native';
+import SuggestedSubscriptions from 'component/subscribeSuggested';
+
+type Props = {
+  viewMode: ViewMode,
+  doSetViewMode: ViewMode => void,
+  hasSubscriptions: boolean,
+  subscriptions: Array<{ uri: string, ...Claim }>,
+  autoDownload: boolean,
+  onChangeAutoDownload: (SyntheticInputEvent<*>) => void,
+  unreadSubscriptions: Array<{ channel: string, uris: Array<string> }>,
+};
+
+export default (props: Props) => {
+  const {
+    viewMode,
+    doSetViewMode,
+    hasSubscriptions,
+    subscriptions,
+    autoDownload,
+    onChangeAutoDownload,
+    unreadSubscriptions,
+  } = props;
+  return (
+    <Fragment>
+      <HiddenNsfwClaims
+        uris={subscriptions.reduce((arr, { name, claim_id: claimId }) => {
+          if (name && claimId) {
+            arr.push(`lbry://${name}#${claimId}`);
+          }
+          return arr;
+        }, [])}
+      />
+
+      {hasSubscriptions && (
+        <div className="card--space-between">
+          <div className="card__actions card__actions--no-margin">
+            <Button
+              disabled={viewMode === VIEW_ALL}
+              button="link"
+              label="All Subscriptions"
+              onClick={() => doSetViewMode(VIEW_ALL)}
+            />
+            <Button
+              button="link"
+              disabled={viewMode === VIEW_LATEST_FIRST}
+              label={__('Latest Only')}
+              onClick={() => doSetViewMode(VIEW_LATEST_FIRST)}
+            />
+          </div>
+          <FormField
+            type="checkbox"
+            name="auto_download"
+            onChange={onChangeAutoDownload}
+            checked={autoDownload}
+            prefix={__('Auto download')}
+          />
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {!hasSubscriptions && (
+        <Fragment>
+          <div className="page__empty--horizontal">
+            <img
+              alt="Sad gerbil"
+              className="subscriptions__gerbil"
+              src={Native.imagePath('gerbil-sad.png')}
+            />
+            <div className="card__content">
+              <h2 className="card__title">{__('Oh no! What happened to your subscriptions?')}</h2>
+              <p className="card__subtitle">{__('These channels look pretty cool.')}</p>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <SuggestedSubscriptions />
+        </Fragment>
+      )}
+
+      {hasSubscriptions && (
+        <div className="card__content">
+          {viewMode === VIEW_ALL && (
+            <Fragment>
+              <div className="card__title">{__('Your subscriptions')}</div>
+              <FileList hideFilter sortByHeight fileInfos={subscriptions} />
+            </Fragment>
+          )}
+
+          {viewMode === VIEW_LATEST_FIRST && (
+            <Fragment>
+              {unreadSubscriptions.length ? (
+                unreadSubscriptions.map(({ channel, uris }) => {
+                  const { claimName } = parseURI(channel);
+                  return (
+                    <section key={channel}>
+                      <div className="card__title">
+                        <Button
+                          button="link"
+                          navigate="/show"
+                          navigateParams={{ uri: channel }}
+                          label={claimName}
+                        />
+                      </div>
+                      <div className="card__list card__content">
+                        {uris.map(uri => <FileCard isNew key={uri} uri={uri} />)}
+                      </div>
+                    </section>
+                  );
+                })
+              ) : (
+                <Fragment>
+                  <div className="page__empty">
+                    <h3 className="card__title">{__('All caught up!')}</h3>
+                    <p className="card__subtitle">{__('You might like these channels.')}</p>
+                  </div>
+                  <SuggestedSubscriptions />
+                </Fragment>
+              )}
+            </Fragment>
+          )}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </Fragment>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/view.jsx b/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/view.jsx
index 5b7b80578..5359a1370 100644
--- a/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/page/subscriptions/view.jsx
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 // @flow
 import type { ViewMode } from 'types/subscription';
 import type { Claim } from 'types/claim';
-import { VIEW_ALL, VIEW_LATEST_FIRST } from 'constants/subscriptions';
-import * as settings from 'constants/settings';
-import * as React from 'react';
+import * as SETTINGS from 'constants/settings';
+import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 import Page from 'component/page';
-import Button from 'component/button';
-import FileList from 'component/fileList';
-import HiddenNsfwClaims from 'component/hiddenNsfwClaims';
-import { FormField } from 'component/common/form';
-import FileCard from 'component/fileCard';
-import { parseURI } from 'lbry-redux';
+import FirstRun from './internal/first-run';
+import UserSubscriptions from './internal/user-subscriptions';
 
 type Props = {
   subscribedChannels: Array<string>, // The channels a user is subscribed to
@@ -25,9 +20,15 @@ type Props = {
   doSetViewMode: ViewMode => void,
   doFetchMySubscriptions: () => void,
   doSetClientSetting: (string, boolean) => void,
+  doFetchRecommendedSubscriptions: () => void,
+  loadingSuggested: boolean,
+  firstRunCompleted: boolean,
+  doCompleteFirstRun: () => void,
+  doShowSuggestedSubs: () => void,
+  showSuggestedSubs: boolean,
 };
 
-export default class extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
+export default class extends PureComponent<Props> {
   constructor() {
     super();
 
@@ -35,56 +36,26 @@ export default class extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    const { doFetchMySubscriptions } = this.props;
+    const {
+      doFetchMySubscriptions,
+      doFetchRecommendedSubscriptions,
+      allSubscriptions,
+      firstRunCompleted,
+      doShowSuggestedSubs,
+    } = this.props;
     doFetchMySubscriptions();
+    doFetchRecommendedSubscriptions();
+
+    // For channels that already have subscriptions, show the suggested subs right away
+    // This can probably be removed at a future date, it is just to make it so the "view your x subscriptions" button shows up right away
+    // Existing users will still go through the "first run"
+    if (!firstRunCompleted && allSubscriptions.length) {
+      doShowSuggestedSubs();
+    }
   }
 
   onAutoDownloadChange(event: SyntheticInputEvent<*>) {
-    this.props.doSetClientSetting(settings.AUTO_DOWNLOAD, event.target.checked);
-  }
-
-  renderSubscriptions() {
-    const { viewMode, unreadSubscriptions, allSubscriptions } = this.props;
-
-    if (viewMode === VIEW_ALL) {
-      return (
-        <React.Fragment>
-          <div className="card__title">{__('Your subscriptions')}</div>
-          <FileList hideFilter sortByHeight fileInfos={allSubscriptions} />
-        </React.Fragment>
-      );
-    }
-    return (
-      <React.Fragment>
-        {unreadSubscriptions.length ? (
-          unreadSubscriptions.map(({ channel, uris }) => {
-            const { claimName } = parseURI(channel);
-            return (
-              <section key={channel}>
-                <div className="card__title">
-                  <Button
-                    button="link"
-                    navigate="/show"
-                    navigateParams={{ uri: channel }}
-                    label={claimName}
-                  />
-                </div>
-                <div className="card__list card__content">
-                  {uris.map(uri => <FileCard isNew key={uri} uri={uri} />)}
-                </div>
-              </section>
-            );
-          })
-        ) : (
-          <div className="page__empty">
-            <h3 className="card__title">{__('You are all caught up!')}</h3>
-            <div className="card__actions">
-              <Button button="primary" navigate="/discover" label={__('Explore new content')} />
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        )}
-      </React.Fragment>
-    );
+    this.props.doSetClientSetting(SETTINGS.AUTO_DOWNLOAD, event.target.checked);
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -95,58 +66,39 @@ export default class extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
       autoDownload,
       viewMode,
       doSetViewMode,
+      loadingSuggested,
+      firstRunCompleted,
+      doCompleteFirstRun,
+      doShowSuggestedSubs,
+      showSuggestedSubs,
+      unreadSubscriptions,
     } = this.props;
+    const numberOfSubscriptions = subscribedChannels && subscribedChannels.length;
 
     return (
       // Only pass in the loading prop if there are no subscriptions
       // If there are any, let the page update in the background
       // The loading prop removes children and shows a loading spinner
       <Page notContained loading={loading && !subscribedChannels}>
-        <HiddenNsfwClaims
-          uris={allSubscriptions.reduce((arr, { name, claim_id: claimId }) => {
-            if (name && claimId) {
-              arr.push(`lbry://${name}#${claimId}`);
-            }
-            return arr;
-          }, [])}
-        />
-        {!!subscribedChannels.length && (
-          <div className="card--space-between">
-            <div className="card__actions card__actions--no-margin">
-              <Button
-                disabled={viewMode === VIEW_ALL}
-                button="link"
-                label="All Subscriptions"
-                onClick={() => doSetViewMode(VIEW_ALL)}
-              />
-              <Button
-                button="link"
-                disabled={viewMode === VIEW_LATEST_FIRST}
-                label={__('Latest Only')}
-                onClick={() => doSetViewMode(VIEW_LATEST_FIRST)}
-              />
-            </div>
-            <FormField
-              type="checkbox"
-              name="auto_download"
-              onChange={this.onAutoDownloadChange}
-              checked={autoDownload}
-              prefix={__('Auto download')}
-            />
-          </div>
-        )}
-        {!subscribedChannels.length && (
-          <div className="page__empty">
-            <h3 className="card__title">
-              {__("It looks like you aren't subscribed to any channels yet.")}
-            </h3>
-            <div className="card__actions">
-              <Button button="primary" navigate="/discover" label={__('Explore new content')} />
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        )}
-        {!!subscribedChannels.length && (
-          <div className="card__content">{this.renderSubscriptions()}</div>
+        {firstRunCompleted ? (
+          <UserSubscriptions
+            viewMode={viewMode}
+            doSetViewMode={doSetViewMode}
+            hasSubscriptions={numberOfSubscriptions > 0}
+            subscriptions={allSubscriptions}
+            autoDownload={autoDownload}
+            onChangeAutoDownload={this.onAutoDownloadChange}
+            unreadSubscriptions={unreadSubscriptions}
+            loadingSuggested={loadingSuggested}
+          />
+        ) : (
+          <FirstRun
+            showSuggested={showSuggestedSubs}
+            doShowSuggestedSubs={doShowSuggestedSubs}
+            loadingSuggested={loadingSuggested}
+            numberOfSubscriptions={numberOfSubscriptions}
+            onFinish={doCompleteFirstRun}
+          />
         )}
       </Page>
     );
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/content.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/content.js
index 76b26b722..8a76e8213 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/content.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/content.js
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import {
   makeSelectChannelForClaimUri,
   parseURI,
   creditsToString,
-  doError
+  doError,
 } from 'lbry-redux';
 import { makeSelectClientSetting, selectosNotificationsEnabled } from 'redux/selectors/settings';
-import setBadge from 'util/setBadge';
-import setProgressBar from 'util/setProgressBar';
+import setBadge from 'util/set-badge';
+import setProgressBar from 'util/set-progress-bar';
 import analytics from 'analytics';
 
 const DOWNLOAD_POLL_INTERVAL = 250;
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/file.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/file.js
index b643c3d38..f10e9ddf9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/file.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/file.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from 'lbry-redux';
 import { doHideModal } from 'redux/actions/app';
 import { doHistoryBack } from 'redux/actions/navigation';
-import setProgressBar from 'util/setProgressBar';
+import setProgressBar from 'util/set-progress-bar';
 
 export function doOpenFileInFolder(path) {
   return () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/navigation.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/navigation.js
index 5c833feb4..1e331c00a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/navigation.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/navigation.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ACTIONS, selectHistoryIndex, selectHistoryStack } from 'lbry-redux';
-import { toQueryString } from 'util/query_params';
+import { toQueryString } from 'util/query-params';
 import analytics from 'analytics';
 
 export function doNavigate(path, params = {}, options = {}) {
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/subscriptions.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/subscriptions.js
index 8e8f8445e..d01f1adbc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/subscriptions.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/subscriptions.js
@@ -394,3 +394,33 @@ export const doCheckSubscriptionsInit = () => (dispatch: ReduxDispatch) => {
     data: { checkSubscriptionsTimer },
   });
 };
+
+export const doFetchRecommendedSubscriptions = () => (dispatch: ReduxDispatch) => {
+  dispatch({
+    type: ACTIONS.GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_START,
+  });
+
+  return Lbryio.call('subscription', 'suggest')
+    .then(suggested =>
+      dispatch({
+        type: ACTIONS.GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_SUCCESS,
+        data: suggested,
+      })
+    )
+    .catch(error =>
+      dispatch({
+        type: ACTIONS.GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_FAIL,
+        error,
+      })
+    );
+};
+
+export const doCompleteFirstRun = () => (dispatch: ReduxDispatch) =>
+  dispatch({
+    type: ACTIONS.SUBSCRIPTION_FIRST_RUN_COMPLETED,
+  });
+
+export const doShowSuggestedSubs = () => (dispatch: ReduxDispatch) =>
+  dispatch({
+    type: ACTIONS.VIEW_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS,
+  });
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/subscriptions.js b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/subscriptions.js
index b4ad80277..9dfcdab5f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/reducers/subscriptions.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/reducers/subscriptions.js
@@ -12,13 +12,18 @@ import type {
   DoRemoveSubscriptionUnreads,
   FetchedSubscriptionsSucess,
   SetViewMode,
+  GetSuggestedSubscriptionsSuccess,
 } from 'types/subscription';
 
 const defaultState: SubscriptionState = {
   subscriptions: [],
   unread: {},
+  suggested: {},
   loading: false,
   viewMode: VIEW_ALL,
+  loadingSuggested: false,
+  firstRunCompleted: false,
+  showSuggestedSubs: false,
 };
 
 export default handleActions(
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ export default handleActions(
       }
       return {
         ...state,
-        ...unread,
+        unread: { ...unread },
         subscriptions: newSubscriptions,
       };
     },
@@ -128,6 +133,30 @@ export default handleActions(
       ...state,
       viewMode: action.data,
     }),
+    [ACTIONS.GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_START]: (state: SubscriptionState): SubscriptionState => ({
+      ...state,
+      loadingSuggested: true,
+    }),
+    [ACTIONS.GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_SUCCESS]: (
+      state: SubscriptionState,
+      action: GetSuggestedSubscriptionsSuccess
+    ): SubscriptionState => ({
+      ...state,
+      suggested: action.data,
+      loadingSuggested: false,
+    }),
+    [ACTIONS.GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_FAIL]: (state: SubscriptionState): SubscriptionState => ({
+      ...state,
+      loadingSuggested: false,
+    }),
+    [ACTIONS.SUBSCRIPTION_FIRST_RUN_COMPLETED]: (state: SubscriptionState): SubscriptionState => ({
+      ...state,
+      firstRunCompleted: true,
+    }),
+    [ACTIONS.VIEW_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS]: (state: SubscriptionState): SubscriptionState => ({
+      ...state,
+      showSuggestedSubs: true,
+    }),
   },
   defaultState
 );
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/selectors/subscriptions.js b/src/renderer/redux/selectors/subscriptions.js
index 84030509c..873e4ade2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/selectors/subscriptions.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/selectors/subscriptions.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { SUGGESTED_FEATURED, SUGGESTED_TOP_SUBSCRIBED } from 'constants/subscriptions';
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 import {
   selectAllClaimsByChannel,
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   selectClaimsByUri,
   parseURI,
 } from 'lbry-redux';
+import { swapKeyAndValue } from 'util/swap-json';
 
 // Returns the entire subscriptions state
 const selectState = state => state.subscriptions || {};
@@ -20,6 +22,72 @@ export const selectIsFetchingSubscriptions = createSelector(selectState, state =
 // The current view mode on the subscriptions page
 export const selectViewMode = createSelector(selectState, state => state.viewMode);
 
+// Suggested subscriptions from internal apis
+export const selectSuggested = createSelector(selectState, state => state.suggested);
+export const selectLoadingSuggested = createSelector(selectState, state => state.loadingSuggested);
+export const selectSuggestedChannels = createSelector(
+  selectSubscriptions,
+  selectSuggested,
+  (userSubscriptions, suggested) => {
+    if (!suggested) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    // Swap the key/value because we will use the uri for everything, this just makes it easier
+    // suggested is returned from the api with the form:
+    // {
+    //   featured: { "Channel label": uri, ... },
+    //   top_subscribed: { "@channel": uri, ... }
+    //   top_bid: { "@channel": uri, ... }
+    // }
+    // To properly compare the suggested subscriptions from our current subscribed channels
+    // We only care about the uri, not the label
+
+    // We also only care about top_subscribed and featured
+    // top_bid could just be porn or a channel with no content
+    const topSubscribedSuggestions = swapKeyAndValue(suggested[SUGGESTED_TOP_SUBSCRIBED]);
+    const featuredSuggestions = swapKeyAndValue(suggested[SUGGESTED_FEATURED]);
+
+    // Make sure there are no duplicates
+    // If a uri isn't already in the suggested object, add it
+    const suggestedChannels = { ...topSubscribedSuggestions };
+
+    Object.keys(featuredSuggestions).forEach(uri => {
+      if (!suggestedChannels[uri]) {
+        const channelLabel = featuredSuggestions[uri];
+        suggestedChannels[uri] = channelLabel;
+      }
+    });
+
+    userSubscriptions.forEach(({ uri }) => {
+      // Note to passer bys:
+      // Maybe we should just remove the `lbry://` prefix from subscription uris
+      // Most places don't store them like that
+      const subscribedUri = uri.slice('lbry://'.length);
+
+      if (suggestedChannels[subscribedUri]) {
+        delete suggestedChannels[subscribedUri];
+      }
+    });
+
+    return Object.keys(suggestedChannels)
+      .map(uri => ({
+        uri,
+        label: suggestedChannels[uri],
+      }))
+      .slice(0, 5);
+  }
+);
+
+export const selectFirstRunCompleted = createSelector(
+  selectState,
+  state => state.firstRunCompleted
+);
+export const selectshowSuggestedSubs = createSelector(
+  selectState,
+  state => state.showSuggestedSubs
+);
+
 // Fetching any claims that are a part of a users subscriptions
 export const selectSubscriptionsBeingFetched = createSelector(
   selectSubscriptions,
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/_gui.scss b/src/renderer/scss/_gui.scss
index a60c78bf5..632138d93 100644
--- a/src/renderer/scss/_gui.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/_gui.scss
@@ -192,9 +192,19 @@ p:not(:first-of-type) {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   margin-top: 200px;
+  margin-bottom: 100px;
   text-align: center;
 }
 
+// Empty pages that display columns of content
+.page__empty--horizontal {
+  max-width: 60vw;
+  margin: auto;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  text-align: left;
+}
+
 .columns {
   display: flex;
   justify-content: space-between;
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/component/_subscriptions.scss b/src/renderer/scss/component/_subscriptions.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e815a9e39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/component/_subscriptions.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// The gerbil is tied to subscriptions currently, but this style should move to it's own file once
+// the gerbil is added in more places with different layouts
+.subscriptions__gerbil {
+  height: 250px;
+  width: 210px;
+}
+
+.subscriptions__suggested {
+  animation: expand 0.2s;
+  width: 100%;
+  margin-top: $spacing-vertical;
+}
+
+@-webkit-keyframes expand {
+  0% {
+    margin-top: 200px;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  100% {
+    margin-top: $spacing-vertical;
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/store.js b/src/renderer/store.js
index 1e3f2b990..a8ab129c9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/store.js
+++ b/src/renderer/store.js
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ const compressor = createCompressor();
 // We were caching so much data the app was locking up
 // We can't add this back until we can perform this in a non-blocking way
 // const saveClaimsFilter = createFilter('claims', ['byId', 'claimsByUri']);
-const subscriptionsFilter = createFilter('subscriptions', ['subscriptions', 'unread', 'viewMode']);
 const contentFilter = createFilter('content', ['positions', 'history']);
 const fileInfoFilter = createFilter('fileInfo', [
   'fileListPublishedSort',
@@ -116,14 +115,7 @@ const persistOptions = {
   whitelist: ['subscriptions', 'publish', 'wallet', 'content', 'fileInfo', 'app'],
   // Order is important. Needs to be compressed last or other transforms can't
   // read the data
-  transforms: [
-    subscriptionsFilter,
-    walletFilter,
-    contentFilter,
-    fileInfoFilter,
-    appFilter,
-    compressor,
-  ],
+  transforms: [walletFilter, contentFilter, fileInfoFilter, appFilter, compressor],
   debounce: 10000,
   storage: localForage,
 };
diff --git a/src/renderer/types/subscription.js b/src/renderer/types/subscription.js
index 4970b16b8..8fd3bdc40 100644
--- a/src/renderer/types/subscription.js
+++ b/src/renderer/types/subscription.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import {
   NOTIFY_ONLY,
   VIEW_ALL,
   VIEW_LATEST_FIRST,
+  SUGGESTED_TOP_BID,
+  SUGGESTED_TOP_SUBSCRIBED,
+  SUGGESTED_FEATURED,
 } from 'constants/subscriptions';
 
 export type Subscription = {
@@ -31,11 +34,21 @@ export type UnreadSubscriptions = {
 
 export type ViewMode = VIEW_LATEST_FIRST | VIEW_ALL;
 
+export type SuggestedType = SUGGESTED_TOP_BID | SUGGESTED_TOP_SUBSCRIBED | SUGGESTED_FEATURED;
+
+export type SuggestedSubscriptions = {
+  [SuggestedType]: string,
+};
+
 export type SubscriptionState = {
   subscriptions: Array<Subscription>,
   unread: UnreadSubscriptions,
   loading: boolean,
   viewMode: ViewMode,
+  suggested: SuggestedSubscriptions,
+  loadingSuggested: boolean,
+  firstRunCompleted: boolean,
+  showSuggestedSubs: boolean,
 };
 
 //
@@ -94,6 +107,11 @@ export type SetViewMode = {
   data: ViewMode,
 };
 
+export type GetSuggestedSubscriptionsSuccess = {
+  type: ACTIONS.GET_SUGGESTED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_START,
+  data: SuggestedSubscriptions,
+};
+
 export type Action =
   | DoChannelSubscribe
   | DoChannelUnsubscribe
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/contextMenu.js b/src/renderer/util/context-menu.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/renderer/util/contextMenu.js
rename to src/renderer/util/context-menu.js
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/formatCredits.js b/src/renderer/util/format-credits.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/renderer/util/formatCredits.js
rename to src/renderer/util/format-credits.js
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/getMediaType.js b/src/renderer/util/get-media-type.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/renderer/util/getMediaType.js
rename to src/renderer/util/get-media-type.js
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/parseData.js b/src/renderer/util/parse-data.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/renderer/util/parseData.js
rename to src/renderer/util/parse-data.js
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/query_params.js b/src/renderer/util/query-params.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/renderer/util/query_params.js
rename to src/renderer/util/query-params.js
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/setBadge.js b/src/renderer/util/set-badge.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/renderer/util/setBadge.js
rename to src/renderer/util/set-badge.js
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/setProgressBar.js b/src/renderer/util/set-progress-bar.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/renderer/util/setProgressBar.js
rename to src/renderer/util/set-progress-bar.js
diff --git a/src/renderer/util/swap-json.js b/src/renderer/util/swap-json.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b52a9a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/util/swap-json.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export function swapKeyAndValue(dict) {
+  const ret = {};
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+  for (const key in dict) {
+    if (dict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+      ret[dict[key]] = key;
+    }
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
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