diff --git a/app/models/user_settings.rb b/app/models/user_settings.rb
index 5e32e9b61d..4eb61199a9 100644
--- a/app/models/user_settings.rb
+++ b/app/models/user_settings.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class UserSettings
     setting :reduce_motion, default: false
     setting :expand_content_warnings, default: false
     setting :display_media, default: 'default', in: %w(default show_all hide_all)
-    setting :display_media_expand, default: false
+    setting :display_media_expand, default: true
     setting :auto_play, default: false
   end