diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
index 18191422f..32819ef69 100644
--- a/css/style.css
+++ b/css/style.css
@@ -448,6 +448,12 @@ a.hide-announcement {
   -webkit-flex: 1;
   flex: 1;
 }
+#watcher-status:not(:empty)::before {
+  content: "(";
+}
+#watcher-status:not(:empty)::after {
+  content: ")";
+}
 #watched-threads:not(:hover) {
   max-height: 150px;
   overflow: hidden;
diff --git a/html/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.html b/html/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.html
index d3878c4cd..8ea19b356 100644
--- a/html/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.html
+++ b/html/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div>
-  <span class="move">Thread Watcher</span>
+  <span class="move">Thread Watcher <span id="watcher-status"></span></span>
   <a class="menu-button" href="javascript:;">[<i></i>]</a>
 </div>
 <div id="watched-threads"></div>
diff --git a/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee b/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee
index 98193166e..ff36315c5 100644
--- a/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee
+++ b/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ ThreadWatcher =
     @dialog = UI.dialog 'thread-watcher', 'top: 50px; left: 0px;', """
     <%= grunt.file.read('html/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.html').replace(/>\s+</g, '><').trim() %>
     """
-    @list = @dialog.lastElementChild
+    @status = $ '#watcher-status', @dialog
+    @list   = @dialog.lastElementChild
 
     $.on d, 'QRPostSuccessful',   @cb.post
     $.on d, 'ThreadUpdate',       @cb.threadUpdate if g.VIEW is 'thread'
@@ -81,15 +82,28 @@ ThreadWatcher =
       # Update 404 status.
       ThreadWatcher.add thread
 
+  fetchCount:
+    fetched:  0
+    fetching: 0
   fetchAllStatus: ->
-    # XXX need visual feedback
+    ThreadWatcher.status.textContent = '...'
     for thread in ThreadWatcher.getAll()
       ThreadWatcher.fetchStatus thread
     return
   fetchStatus: ({boardID, threadID, data}) ->
     return if data.isDead
+    {fetchCount} = ThreadWatcher
+    fetchCount.fetching++
     $.ajax "//api.4chan.org/#{boardID}/res/#{threadID}.json",
-      onload: ->
+      onloadend: ->
+        fetchCount.fetched++
+        if fetchCount.fetched is fetchCount.fetching
+          fetchCount.fetched = 0
+          fetchCount.fetching = 0
+          status = ''
+        else
+          status = "#{Math.round fetchCount.fetched / fetchCount.fetching * 100}%"
+        ThreadWatcher.status.textContent = status
         return if @status isnt 404
         if Conf['Auto Prune']
           ThreadWatcher.rm boardID, threadID