diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/empty_state/empty_state.module.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/empty_state/empty_state.module.scss
index 1707b3bc08..bdab2f2732 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/empty_state/empty_state.module.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/empty_state/empty_state.module.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
 }
 
 .content {
+  svg,
+  img {
+    width: 240px;
+    max-width: 100%;
+    margin-bottom: 16px;
+  }
+
   h3 {
     font-size: 17px;
     font-weight: 500;
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/empty_state/index.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/empty_state/index.tsx
index 93f034f3e9..59210bbc87 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/empty_state/index.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/empty_state/index.tsx
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import classes from './empty_state.module.scss';
  */
 
 export const EmptyState: React.FC<{
-  title?: string | React.ReactElement;
-  message?: string | React.ReactElement;
+  image?: React.ReactNode;
+  title?: React.ReactNode;
+  message?: React.ReactNode;
   children?: React.ReactNode;
 }> = ({
+  image,
   title = (
     <FormattedMessage id='empty_state.no_results' defaultMessage='No results' />
   ),
@@ -21,10 +23,13 @@ export const EmptyState: React.FC<{
 }) => {
   return (
     <div className={classes.wrapper}>
-      <div className={classes.content}>
-        <h3>{title}</h3>
-        {!!message && <p>{message}</p>}
-      </div>
+      {(title || message || image) && (
+        <div className={classes.content}>
+          {image}
+          {!!title && <h3>{title}</h3>}
+          {!!message && <p>{message}</p>}
+        </div>
+      )}
 
       {children}
     </div>
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/components/empty_message.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/components/empty_message.tsx
index 1a38022ea6..301283b520 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/components/empty_message.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/components/empty_message.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 
 import { useParams } from 'react-router';
+import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 
-import { LimitedAccountHint } from 'flavours/glitch/features/account_timeline/components/limited_account_hint';
-import { me } from 'flavours/glitch/initial_state';
+import { EmptyState } from '@/flavours/glitch/components/empty_state';
+import { LimitedAccountHint } from '@/flavours/glitch/features/account_timeline/components/limited_account_hint';
+import { areCollectionsEnabled } from '@/flavours/glitch/features/collections/utils';
+import { useCurrentAccountId } from '@/flavours/glitch/hooks/useAccountId';
+import { useTheme } from '@/flavours/glitch/hooks/useTheme';
+import ElephantDarkImage from '@/images/elephant_ui_dark.svg?react';
+import ElephantLightImage from '@/images/elephant_ui_light.svg?react';
 
 interface EmptyMessageProps {
   suspended: boolean;
@@ -19,21 +25,59 @@ export const EmptyMessage: React.FC<EmptyMessageProps> = ({
   blockedBy,
 }) => {
   const { acct } = useParams<{ acct?: string }>();
+  const me = useCurrentAccountId();
+  const theme = useTheme();
+  const ElephantImage =
+    theme === 'dark' ? ElephantDarkImage : ElephantLightImage;
+
   if (!accountId) {
     return null;
   }
 
+  let title: React.ReactNode = null;
   let message: React.ReactNode = null;
 
+  const hasCollections = areCollectionsEnabled();
+
+  const image = <ElephantImage />;
+
   if (me === accountId) {
-    message = (
-      <FormattedMessage
-        id='empty_column.account_featured.me'
-        defaultMessage='You have not featured anything yet. Did you know that you can feature your hashtags you use the most, and even your friend’s accounts on your profile?'
-      />
-    );
+    if (hasCollections) {
+      // Return only here to insert the "Create a collection" button as the action for the empty state.
+      return (
+        <EmptyState
+          image={image}
+          title={
+            <FormattedMessage
+              id='empty_column.account_featured_self.no_collections'
+              defaultMessage='No collections yet'
+            />
+          }
+        >
+          <Link to='/collections/new' className='button'>
+            <FormattedMessage
+              id='empty_column.account_featured_self.no_collections_button'
+              defaultMessage='Create a collection'
+            />
+          </Link>
+        </EmptyState>
+      );
+    } else {
+      title = (
+        <FormattedMessage
+          id='empty_column.account_featured_self.pre_collections'
+          defaultMessage='Stay tuned for Collections'
+        />
+      );
+      message = (
+        <FormattedMessage
+          id='empty_column.account_featured_self.pre_collections_desc'
+          defaultMessage='Collections (coming in Mastodon 4.6) allows you to create your own curated lists of accounts to recommend to others.'
+        />
+      );
+    }
   } else if (suspended) {
-    message = (
+    title = (
       <FormattedMessage
         id='empty_column.account_suspended'
         defaultMessage='Account suspended'
@@ -42,32 +86,56 @@ export const EmptyMessage: React.FC<EmptyMessageProps> = ({
   } else if (hidden) {
     message = <LimitedAccountHint accountId={accountId} />;
   } else if (blockedBy) {
-    message = (
+    title = (
       <FormattedMessage
         id='empty_column.account_unavailable'
         defaultMessage='Profile unavailable'
       />
     );
-  } else if (acct) {
-    message = (
-      <FormattedMessage
-        id='empty_column.account_featured.other'
-        defaultMessage='{acct} has not featured anything yet. Did you know that you can feature your hashtags you use the most, and even your friend’s accounts on your profile?'
-        values={{ acct }}
-      />
-    );
   } else {
-    message = (
+    // Standard other account empty state.
+    title = (
       <FormattedMessage
-        id='empty_column.account_featured_other.unknown'
-        defaultMessage='This account has not featured anything yet.'
+        id='empty_column.account_featured_other.title'
+        defaultMessage='Nothing to see here'
       />
     );
+    if (hasCollections) {
+      if (acct) {
+        message = (
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id='empty_column.account_featured_other.no_collections_desc'
+            defaultMessage='{acct} hasn’t created any collections yet.'
+            values={{ acct }}
+          />
+        );
+      } else {
+        message = (
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id='empty_column.account_featured_unknown.no_collections_desc'
+            defaultMessage='This account hasn’t created any collections yet.'
+          />
+        );
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (acct) {
+        message = (
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id='empty_column.account_featured.other'
+            defaultMessage='{acct} hasn’t featured anything yet.'
+            values={{ acct }}
+          />
+        );
+      } else {
+        message = (
+          <FormattedMessage
+            id='empty_column.account_featured_unknown.other'
+            defaultMessage='This account hasn’t featured anything yet.'
+          />
+        );
+      }
+    }
   }
 
-  return (
-    <div className='empty-column-indicator'>
-      <span>{message}</span>
-    </div>
-  );
+  return <EmptyState title={title} message={message} image={image} />;
 };
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/components/featured_tag.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/components/featured_tag.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 274a4c10eb..0000000000
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/components/featured_tag.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import { defineMessages, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
-
-import type { Map as ImmutableMap } from 'immutable';
-
-import { Hashtag } from 'flavours/glitch/components/hashtag';
-
-export type TagMap = ImmutableMap<
-  'id' | 'name' | 'url' | 'statuses_count' | 'last_status_at' | 'accountId',
-  string | null
->;
-
-interface FeaturedTagProps {
-  tag: TagMap;
-  account: string;
-}
-
-const messages = defineMessages({
-  lastStatusAt: {
-    id: 'account.featured_tags.last_status_at',
-    defaultMessage: 'Last post on {date}',
-  },
-  empty: {
-    id: 'account.featured_tags.last_status_never',
-    defaultMessage: 'No posts',
-  },
-});
-
-export const FeaturedTag: React.FC<FeaturedTagProps> = ({ tag, account }) => {
-  const intl = useIntl();
-  const name = tag.get('name') ?? '';
-  const count = Number.parseInt(tag.get('statuses_count') ?? '');
-  return (
-    <Hashtag
-      key={name}
-      name={name}
-      to={`/@${account}/tagged/${name}`}
-      uses={count}
-      withGraph={false}
-      description={
-        count > 0
-          ? intl.formatMessage(messages.lastStatusAt, {
-              date: intl.formatDate(tag.get('last_status_at') ?? '', {
-                month: 'short',
-                day: '2-digit',
-                year: 'numeric',
-              }),
-            })
-          : intl.formatMessage(messages.empty)
-      }
-    />
-  );
-};
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/index.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/index.tsx
index eb420097ee..60e9531318 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/index.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_featured/index.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { List as ImmutableList } from 'immutable';
 
 import { useAccount } from '@/flavours/glitch/hooks/useAccount';
 import { fetchEndorsedAccounts } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/accounts';
-import { fetchFeaturedTags } from 'flavours/glitch/actions/featured_tags';
 import { Account } from 'flavours/glitch/components/account';
 import { ColumnBackButton } from 'flavours/glitch/components/column_back_button';
 import { LoadingIndicator } from 'flavours/glitch/components/loading_indicator';
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ import { CollectionListItem } from '../collections/detail/collection_list_item';
 import { areCollectionsEnabled } from '../collections/utils';
 
 import { EmptyMessage } from './components/empty_message';
-import { FeaturedTag } from './components/featured_tag';
-import type { TagMap } from './components/featured_tag';
 
 const AccountFeatured: React.FC<{ multiColumn: boolean }> = ({
   multiColumn,
@@ -55,26 +52,15 @@ const AccountFeatured: React.FC<{ multiColumn: boolean }> = ({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (accountId) {
-      void dispatch(fetchFeaturedTags({ accountId }));
       void dispatch(fetchEndorsedAccounts({ accountId }));
+
       if (areCollectionsEnabled()) {
         void dispatch(fetchAccountCollections({ accountId }));
       }
     }
   }, [accountId, dispatch]);
 
-  const isLoading = useAppSelector(
-    (state) =>
-      !accountId ||
-      !!state.user_lists.getIn(['featured_tags', accountId, 'isLoading']),
-  );
-  const featuredTags = useAppSelector(
-    (state) =>
-      state.user_lists.getIn(
-        ['featured_tags', accountId, 'items'],
-        ImmutableList(),
-      ) as ImmutableList<TagMap>,
-  );
+  const isLoading = !accountId;
   const featuredAccountIds = useAppSelector(
     (state) =>
       state.user_lists.getIn(
@@ -106,13 +92,7 @@ const AccountFeatured: React.FC<{ multiColumn: boolean }> = ({
     );
   }
 
-  const noTags = featuredTags.isEmpty();
-
-  if (
-    noTags &&
-    featuredAccountIds.isEmpty() &&
-    listedCollections.length === 0
-  ) {
+  if (featuredAccountIds.isEmpty() && listedCollections.length === 0) {
     return (
       <AccountFeaturedWrapper accountId={accountId}>
         <EmptyMessage
@@ -156,28 +136,6 @@ const AccountFeatured: React.FC<{ multiColumn: boolean }> = ({
             </ItemList>
           </>
         )}
-        {!noTags && (
-          <>
-            <h4 className='column-subheading'>
-              <FormattedMessage
-                id='account.featured.hashtags'
-                defaultMessage='Hashtags'
-              />
-            </h4>
-            <ItemList>
-              {featuredTags.map((tag, index) => (
-                <Article
-                  focusable
-                  key={tag.get('id')}
-                  aria-posinset={index + 1}
-                  aria-setsize={featuredTags.size}
-                >
-                  <FeaturedTag tag={tag} account={account?.acct ?? ''} />
-                </Article>
-              ))}
-            </ItemList>
-          </>
-        )}
         {!featuredAccountIds.isEmpty() && (
           <>
             <h4 className='column-subheading'>
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_timeline/components/tabs.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_timeline/components/tabs.tsx
index 9d6229d8ba..d37c5db812 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_timeline/components/tabs.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/account_timeline/components/tabs.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { NavLink } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useAccount } from '@/flavours/glitch/hooks/useAccount';
 import { useAccountId } from '@/flavours/glitch/hooks/useAccountId';
 
+import { areCollectionsEnabled } from '../../collections/utils';
+
 import classes from './redesign.module.scss';
 
 const isActive: Required<NavLinkProps>['isActive'] = (match, location) =>
@@ -39,7 +41,14 @@ export const AccountTabs: FC = () => {
       )}
       {show_featured && (
         <NavLink exact to={`/@${acct}/featured`}>
-          <FormattedMessage id='account.featured' defaultMessage='Featured' />
+          {areCollectionsEnabled() ? (
+            <FormattedMessage
+              id='account.featured.collections'
+              defaultMessage='Collections'
+            />
+          ) : (
+            <FormattedMessage id='account.featured' defaultMessage='Featured' />
+          )}
         </NavLink>
       )}
     </div>
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/hooks/useTheme.ts b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/hooks/useTheme.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c67efaf58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/hooks/useTheme.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { isDarkMode } from '../utils/theme';
+
+export function useTheme() {
+  const [darkMode, setDarkMode] = useState(() => isDarkMode());
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const mutationObserver = new MutationObserver(() => {
+      setDarkMode(isDarkMode());
+    });
+    mutationObserver.observe(document.documentElement, {
+      attributes: true,
+      attributeFilter: ['data-color-scheme'],
+    });
+
+    return () => {
+      mutationObserver.disconnect();
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return darkMode ? 'dark' : 'light';
+}