diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
index ad3328f..ba928d2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Feed.tsx
@@ -656,6 +656,9 @@ export default function Feed({
           options={FEED_VIEWS.map((id) => ({ id, label: t("feed.view." + id), icon: VIEW_ICON[id] }))}
           onChange={setView}
           label={t("feed.viewLabel")}
+          // This toolbar is packed — show/content chips, source, count, sort — so the mode's name
+          // only earns its place once the window is wide.
+          labelClassName="hidden xl:inline"
         />
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.tsx b/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.tsx
index 4155e51..be47893 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/VideoCard.tsx
@@ -356,15 +356,17 @@ function VideoCard({
   // Two shapes for the count: the stacked layouts read it as prose ("1.5K views · 2 min ago"), so
   // they need the word; the row's column doesn't — a table doesn't repeat its unit on every line,
   // and the tooltip has the exact figure anyway. Same tooltip either way.
-  const viewsTitle = video.view_count != null ? `${video.view_count.toLocaleString()} ${t("card.views")}` : "";
-  const viewsCount = video.view_count != null && (
-    <span title={viewsTitle}>{formatViews(video.view_count)}</span>
-  );
-  const views = video.view_count != null && (
-    <span title={viewsTitle}>
-      {formatViews(video.view_count)} {t("card.views")}
-    </span>
-  );
+  // One span either way, so the exact-count tooltip covers all of whatever is rendered: the stacked
+  // layouts read it as prose and need the word, the row's column doesn't — a table doesn't repeat
+  // its unit on every line.
+  const viewsCell = (withWord: boolean) =>
+    video.view_count != null && (
+      <span title={`${video.view_count.toLocaleString()} ${t("card.views")}`}>
+        {formatViews(video.view_count)}
+        {withWord && ` ${t("card.views")}`}
+      </span>
+    );
+  const views = viewsCell(true);
   const published = (
     <>
       {relativeTime(video.published_at)}
@@ -478,7 +480,7 @@ function VideoCard({
               holds the widest bare form ("101.7K" at 48) in either language — dropping the word
               took this from 144 and handed the difference to the title. */}
           <div className="shrink-0 w-16 text-sm text-muted text-right tabular-nums truncate hidden lg:block">
-            {viewsCount}
+            {viewsCell(false)}
           </div>
           <div className="shrink-0 w-48 text-sm text-muted truncate hidden xl:block">{published}</div>
           {/* Thumb draws this over the image; with no image it goes on the row itself. */}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ViewSwitcher.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ViewSwitcher.tsx
index 45c8c38..ca16bda 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ViewSwitcher.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ViewSwitcher.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { Check, ChevronDown, type LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
+import clsx from "clsx";
 import { useDismiss } from "../lib/useDismiss";
 
 export interface ViewOption<T extends string> {
@@ -20,11 +21,17 @@ export default function ViewSwitcher<T extends string>({
   options,
   onChange,
   label,
+  labelClassName = "hidden",
 }: {
   value: T;
   options: readonly ViewOption<T>[];
   onChange: (v: T) => void;
   label: string;
+  /** Where the current mode's NAME is visible beside the icon — a Tailwind display class, e.g.
+   * `"hidden xl:inline"`. The caller sets it because only it knows how crowded its own toolbar is:
+   * the feed's is packed (show chips, content chips, source, count, sort) and can't spare the room
+   * until xl, while an emptier one could show it always. Defaults to icon-only. */
+  labelClassName?: string;
 }) {
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
   // Which item holds the roving tabindex; seeded to the active one when the menu opens.
@@ -103,9 +110,7 @@ export default function ViewSwitcher<T extends string>({
         className="shrink-0 inline-flex items-center gap-1 pl-2 pr-1 py-1.5 rounded-lg border border-border bg-card text-fg hover:border-accent hover:text-accent active:translate-y-px transition"
       >
         <CurrentIcon className="w-4 h-4 shrink-0" />
-        {/* Name the current mode where the toolbar has room; below xl it's a busy row (show chips,
-            content chips, source, count, sort) and the icon has to carry it alone. */}
-        <span className="hidden xl:inline text-sm whitespace-nowrap">{current.label}</span>
+        <span className={clsx("text-sm whitespace-nowrap", labelClassName)}>{current.label}</span>
         <ChevronDown className={`w-3 h-3 shrink-0 transition-transform ${open ? "rotate-180" : ""}`} />
       </button>
       {open && (