diff --git a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/data/HistoryStore.kt b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/data/HistoryStore.kt
index 1eb1bd2f8..7e12e200f 100644
--- a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/data/HistoryStore.kt
+++ b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/data/HistoryStore.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ data class WatchHistoryItem(
     val uploader: String,
     val thumbnail: String?,
     val watchedAt: Long,
+    // How many times WE'VE played this video. Defaults to 1 so entries
+    // serialized before vc=74 (no field) deserialize as a single watch.
+    // Incremented in recordWatch when the videoId is already in history.
+    val playCount: Int = 1,
 )
 
 private const val PREFS = "straw_history"
@@ -62,13 +66,18 @@ class HistoryStore(context: Context) {
     val searches: StateFlow<List<String>> = _searches.asStateFlow()
 
     fun recordWatch(item: WatchHistoryItem) {
-        val now = item.copy(watchedAt = System.currentTimeMillis())
+        val ts = System.currentTimeMillis()
         // Atomic read-modify-write — two concurrent recordWatch calls
         // both reading the same `current` and one clobbering the other
-        // is exactly the bug updateAndGet avoids.
+        // is exactly the bug updateAndGet avoids. The play count is
+        // carried forward from the prior entry + 1, computed INSIDE the
+        // CAS lambda so concurrent watches each increment correctly
+        // (item.playCount from the caller is ignored — store wins).
         val next = _watches.updateAndGet { current ->
+            val prior = current.firstOrNull { it.videoId == item.videoId }?.playCount ?: 0
+            val merged = item.copy(watchedAt = ts, playCount = prior + 1)
             val without = current.filterNot { it.videoId == item.videoId }
-            (listOf(now) + without).take(maxWatches())
+            (listOf(merged) + without).take(maxWatches())
         }
         sp.edit().putString(KEY_WATCHES, json.encodeToString(next)).apply()
     }
diff --git a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt
index c15c21185..6c0332ea1 100644
--- a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt
+++ b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/detail/VideoDetailScreen.kt
@@ -433,6 +433,26 @@ fun VideoDetailScreen(
                     }
                 }
 
+                // "Watched N times" — our own play count, sitting under the
+                // view count (vc=74). collectAsState is called unconditionally
+                // (stable composable call); only the Text is gated, and only
+                // once we've actually played it. Sourced from HistoryStore by
+                // this video's id.
+                val watchedVideoId = extractYtVideoId(streamUrl)
+                val watchHist by com.sulkta.straw.data.History.get().watches.collectAsState()
+                val plays = remember(watchHist, watchedVideoId) {
+                    if (watchedVideoId == null) 0
+                    else watchHist.firstOrNull { it.videoId == watchedVideoId }?.playCount ?: 0
+                }
+                if (plays > 0) {
+                    Spacer(modifier = Modifier.height(6.dp))
+                    Text(
+                        text = "▶ Watched $plays time${if (plays == 1) "" else "s"}",
+                        style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+                    )
+                }
+
                 Spacer(modifier = Modifier.height(16.dp))
                 // Action bar — uniform tonal pills in a single horizontally
                 // scrollable row so they never wrap into a ragged block. The
diff --git a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/player/ThumbnailProgress.kt b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/player/ThumbnailProgress.kt
index ab0000149..0f1f1586f 100644
--- a/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/player/ThumbnailProgress.kt
+++ b/strawApp/src/main/kotlin/com/sulkta/straw/feature/player/ThumbnailProgress.kt
@@ -70,10 +70,24 @@ fun BoxScope.ThumbnailProgressOverlay(videoId: String?) {
     val entry by remember(videoId) {
         derivedStateOf { positions[videoId] }
     }
-    val resolved = entry ?: return
-    if (resolved.durationMs <= 0L) return
-    val fraction = (resolved.positionMs.toFloat() / resolved.durationMs.toFloat())
-        .coerceIn(0f, 1f)
+    // "Watched" = videoId is in our watch history. Keep a full red bar on
+    // watched videos even once the live resume point is gone, so finished
+    // videos stay visibly marked (vc=74 — Cobb: "red bar should remain on
+    // watched videos"). A live resume entry still wins when present (shows
+    // where you actually left off mid-watch). derivedStateOf isolates each
+    // row to its own videoId so a new watch doesn't recompose every row's
+    // bar needlessly.
+    val watches by com.sulkta.straw.data.History.get().watches.collectAsState()
+    val watched by remember(videoId) {
+        derivedStateOf { watches.any { it.videoId == videoId } }
+    }
+    val resolved = entry
+    val fraction: Float = when {
+        resolved != null && resolved.durationMs > 0L ->
+            (resolved.positionMs.toFloat() / resolved.durationMs.toFloat()).coerceIn(0f, 1f)
+        watched -> 1f
+        else -> return
+    }
     Box(
         modifier = Modifier
             .align(Alignment.BottomStart)