diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/explore/components/story.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/explore/components/story.jsx
index 42b65e7dcc..92eb41cff8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/explore/components/story.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/explore/components/story.jsx
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { PureComponent } from 'react';
 
+import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
+
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 
 import { Blurhash } from 'mastodon/components/blurhash';
 import { accountsCountRenderer } from 'mastodon/components/hashtag';
+import { RelativeTimestamp } from 'mastodon/components/relative_timestamp';
 import { ShortNumber } from 'mastodon/components/short_number';
 import { Skeleton } from 'mastodon/components/skeleton';
 
@@ -15,9 +18,12 @@ export default class Story extends PureComponent {
     title: PropTypes.string,
     lang: PropTypes.string,
     publisher: PropTypes.string,
+    publishedAt: PropTypes.string,
+    author: PropTypes.string,
     sharedTimes: PropTypes.number,
     thumbnail: PropTypes.string,
     blurhash: PropTypes.string,
+    expanded: PropTypes.bool,
   };
 
   state = {
@@ -27,16 +33,16 @@ export default class Story extends PureComponent {
   handleImageLoad = () => this.setState({ thumbnailLoaded: true });
 
   render () {
-    const { url, title, lang, publisher, sharedTimes, thumbnail, blurhash } = this.props;
+    const { expanded, url, title, lang, publisher, author, publishedAt, sharedTimes, thumbnail, blurhash } = this.props;
 
     const { thumbnailLoaded } = this.state;
 
     return (
-      <a className='story' href={url} target='blank' rel='noopener'>
+      <a className={classNames('story', { expanded })} href={url} target='blank' rel='noopener'>
         <div className='story__details'>
-          <div className='story__details__publisher' lang={lang}>{publisher ? publisher : <Skeleton width={50} />}</div>
+          <div className='story__details__publisher'>{publisher ? <span lang={lang}>{publisher}</span> : <Skeleton width={50} />}{publishedAt && <> · <RelativeTimestamp timestamp={publishedAt} /></>}</div>
           <div className='story__details__title' lang={lang}>{title ? title : <Skeleton />}</div>
-          <div className='story__details__shared'>{typeof sharedTimes === 'number' ? <ShortNumber value={sharedTimes} renderer={accountsCountRenderer} /> : <Skeleton width={100} />}</div>
+          <div className='story__details__shared'>{author && <><FormattedMessage id='link_preview.author' defaultMessage='By {name}' values={{ name: <strong>{author}</strong> }} /> · </>}{typeof sharedTimes === 'number' ? <ShortNumber value={sharedTimes} renderer={accountsCountRenderer} /> : <Skeleton width={100} />}</div>
         </div>
 
         <div className='story__thumbnail'>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/explore/links.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/explore/links.jsx
index 6f402decbf..489ab6dd61 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/explore/links.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/explore/links.jsx
@@ -55,13 +55,16 @@ class Links extends PureComponent {
       <div className='explore__links'>
         {banner}
 
-        {isLoading ? (<LoadingIndicator />) : links.map(link => (
+        {isLoading ? (<LoadingIndicator />) : links.map((link, i) => (
           <Story
             key={link.get('id')}
+            expanded={i === 0}
             lang={link.get('language')}
             url={link.get('url')}
             title={link.get('title')}
             publisher={link.get('provider_name')}
+            publishedAt={link.get('published_at')}
+            author={link.get('author_name')}
             sharedTimes={link.getIn(['history', 0, 'accounts']) * 1 + link.getIn(['history', 1, 'accounts']) * 1}
             thumbnail={link.get('image')}
             blurhash={link.get('blurhash')}
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index e75e55fb33..2d1d4aa47c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -8164,8 +8164,9 @@ noscript {
   align-items: center;
   color: $primary-text-color;
   text-decoration: none;
-  padding: 15px 0;
+  padding: 15px;
   border-bottom: 1px solid lighten($ui-base-color, 8%);
+  gap: 15px;
 
   &:last-child {
     border-bottom: 0;
@@ -8174,33 +8175,40 @@ noscript {
   &:hover,
   &:active,
   &:focus {
-    background-color: lighten($ui-base-color, 4%);
+    color: $highlight-text-color;
+
+    .story__details__publisher,
+    .story__details__shared {
+      color: $highlight-text-color;
+    }
   }
 
   &__details {
-    padding: 0 15px;
     flex: 1 1 auto;
 
     &__publisher {
       color: $darker-text-color;
-      margin-bottom: 4px;
+      margin-bottom: 8px;
     }
 
     &__title {
       font-size: 19px;
       line-height: 24px;
       font-weight: 500;
-      margin-bottom: 4px;
+      margin-bottom: 8px;
     }
 
     &__shared {
       color: $darker-text-color;
     }
+
+    strong {
+      font-weight: 500;
+    }
   }
 
   &__thumbnail {
     flex: 0 0 auto;
-    margin: 0 15px;
     position: relative;
     width: 120px;
     height: 120px;
@@ -8211,7 +8219,7 @@ noscript {
     }
 
     img {
-      border-radius: 4px;
+      border-radius: 8px;
       display: block;
       margin: 0;
       width: 100%;
@@ -8220,7 +8228,7 @@ noscript {
     }
 
     &__preview {
-      border-radius: 4px;
+      border-radius: 8px;
       display: block;
       margin: 0;
       width: 100%;
@@ -8236,6 +8244,23 @@ noscript {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  &.expanded {
+    flex-direction: column;
+
+    .story__thumbnail {
+      order: 1;
+      width: 100%;
+      height: auto;
+      aspect-ratio: 1.91 / 1;
+    }
+
+    .story__details {
+      order: 2;
+      width: 100%;
+      flex: 0 0 auto;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 .server-banner {