diff --git a/app/models/user_settings.rb b/app/models/user_settings.rb
index 4eb61199a9..5b167c4b91 100644
--- a/app/models/user_settings.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_settings.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class UserSettings
     setting :expand_content_warnings, default: false
     setting :display_media, default: 'default', in: %w(default show_all hide_all)
     setting :display_media_expand, default: true
-    setting :auto_play, default: false
+    setting :auto_play, default: true
   end
 
   namespace :notification_emails do