diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 29db5b1..92d958a 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -29,14 +29,9 @@
           maxlength="50"
           required
         />
-        
+
         <label for="join-session-colour">Colour:</label>
-        <input
-          type="color"
-          id="join-session-colour"
-          value="#7ed0ff"
-          required
-        />
+        <input type="color" id="join-session-colour" value="#7ed0ff" required />
 
         <label for="join-session-id">Session ID:</label>
         <input
@@ -55,6 +50,7 @@
 
     <div id="video-container"></div>
     <div id="chatbox-container">
+      <div id="viewer-list"></div>
       <div id="chatbox"></div>
       <form id="chatbox-send">
         <input type="text" placeholder="Message..." />
diff --git a/frontend/lib/chat.mjs b/frontend/lib/chat.mjs
index 52ca8bf..2b48b7f 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/chat.mjs
+++ b/frontend/lib/chat.mjs
@@ -267,3 +267,20 @@ const beep = () => {
   oscillator.start(context.currentTime);
   oscillator.stop(context.currentTime + 0.22);
 };
+
+export const updateViewerList = (viewers) => {
+  const listContainer = document.querySelector("#viewer-list");
+
+  // empty out the current list
+  listContainer.innerHTML = "";
+
+  // display the updated list
+  for (const viewer of viewers) {
+    const viewerElem = document.createElement("div");
+    const content = document.createElement("strong");
+    content.textContent = viewer.nickname;
+    content.style = `color: #${viewer.colour}`;
+    viewerElem.appendChild(content);
+    listContainer.appendChild(viewerElem);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/frontend/lib/watch-session.mjs b/frontend/lib/watch-session.mjs
index 680ce66..f817f4b 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/watch-session.mjs
+++ b/frontend/lib/watch-session.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { setupVideo } from "./video.mjs?v=8";
-import { setupChat, logEventToChat } from "./chat.mjs?v=8";
+import { setupChat, logEventToChat, updateViewerList } from "./chat.mjs?v=8";
 
 /**
  * @param {string} sessionId
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ const setupIncomingEvents = (video, socket) => {
             setDebounce();
             setVideoTime(event.data);
             break;
+          case "UpdateViewerList":
+            updateViewerList(event.data);
+            break;
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/frontend/styles.css b/frontend/styles.css
index e8dc8c3..dc1448d 100644
--- a/frontend/styles.css
+++ b/frontend/styles.css
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ button.small-button {
   overflow-y: scroll;
 }
 
+#viewer-list {
+  padding: 0.5em 2em;
+  /* TODO: turn this into max-height instead of fixed height without breaking the chatbox height */
+  height: 4em;
+  overflow-y: scroll;
+  color: rgb(126, 208, 255);
+  border-bottom: var(--fg);
+  border-bottom-style: solid;
+}
+
 #chatbox-container {
   background-color: #222;
 }
@@ -196,6 +206,6 @@ button.small-button {
   }
 
   #chatbox {
-    height: calc(100vh - 5em) !important;
+    height: calc(100vh - 5em - 4em) !important;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/events.rs b/src/events.rs
index faa7c2e..8dbc5f6 100644
--- a/src/events.rs
+++ b/src/events.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
+#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Viewer {
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub nickname: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub colour: Option<String>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "op", content = "data")]
 pub enum WatchEventData {
@@ -17,6 +25,7 @@ pub enum WatchEventData {
     UserLeave,
     ChatMessage(String),
     Ping(String),
+    UpdateViewerList(Vec<Viewer>),
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/src/viewer_connection.rs b/src/viewer_connection.rs
index 00c1113..fb62b02 100644
--- a/src/viewer_connection.rs
+++ b/src/viewer_connection.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 use warp::ws::{Message, WebSocket};
 
 use crate::{
-    events::{WatchEvent, WatchEventData},
+    events::{Viewer, WatchEvent, WatchEventData},
     utils::truncate_str,
     watch_session::{get_session, handle_watch_event_data},
 };
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ pub async fn ws_subscribe(session_uuid: Uuid, nickname: String, colour: String,
     )
     .await;
 
+    update_viewer_list(session_uuid).await;
+
     while let Some(Ok(message)) = viewer_ws_rx.next().await {
         let event: WatchEventData = match message
             .to_str()
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ pub async fn ws_subscribe(session_uuid: Uuid, nickname: String, colour: String,
     .await;
 
     CONNECTED_VIEWERS.write().await.remove(&viewer_id);
+    update_viewer_list(session_uuid).await;
 }
 
 pub async fn ws_publish(session_uuid: Uuid, skip_viewer_id: Option<usize>, event: WatchEvent) {
@@ -127,3 +130,27 @@ pub async fn ws_publish(session_uuid: Uuid, skip_viewer_id: Option<usize>, event
         });
     }
 }
+
+async fn update_viewer_list(session_uuid: Uuid) {
+    let mut viewers = Vec::new();
+
+    for viewer in CONNECTED_VIEWERS.read().await.values() {
+        if viewer.session == session_uuid {
+            viewers.push(Viewer {
+                nickname: viewer.nickname.clone(),
+                colour: viewer.colour.clone(),
+            })
+        }
+    }
+
+    ws_publish(
+        session_uuid,
+        None,
+        WatchEvent::new(
+            String::from("server"),
+            String::from(""),
+            WatchEventData::UpdateViewerList(viewers),
+        ),
+    )
+    .await;
+}