diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9dc821bc6..5b79a62c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 - Bugfix: Fixed viewer list not closing after pressing escape key. (#3734)
 - Bugfix: Fixed links with no thumbnail having previous link's thumbnail. (#3720)
 - Dev: Use Game Name returned by Get Streams instead of querying it from the Get Games API. (#3662)
+- Dev: Batch checking live status for all channels after startup. (#3757)
 
 ## 2.3.5
 
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp
index ce8bc10d1..0f6feba57 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp
@@ -188,11 +188,6 @@ TwitchChannel::TwitchChannel(const QString &name)
     });
     this->chattersListTimer_.start(5 * 60 * 1000);
 
-    QObject::connect(&this->liveStatusTimer_, &QTimer::timeout, [=] {
-        this->refreshLiveStatus();
-    });
-    this->liveStatusTimer_.start(60 * 1000);
-
     // debugging
 #if 0
     for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.hpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.hpp
index c6264d3c8..12f74374a 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.hpp
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ private:
     // --
     QString lastSentMessage_;
     QObject lifetimeGuard_;
-    QTimer liveStatusTimer_;
     QTimer chattersListTimer_;
     QElapsedTimer titleRefreshedTimer_;
     QElapsedTimer clipCreationTimer_;
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.cpp
index 5c4da60a0..2869a1850 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ void TwitchIrcServer::initialize(Settings &settings, Paths &paths)
 
     this->bttv.loadEmotes();
     this->ffz.loadEmotes();
+
+    /* Refresh all twitch channel's live status in bulk every 30 seconds after starting chatterino */
+    QObject::connect(&this->bulkLiveStatusTimer_, &QTimer::timeout, [=] {
+        this->bulkRefreshLiveStatus();
+    });
+    this->bulkLiveStatusTimer_.start(30 * 1000);
 }
 
 void TwitchIrcServer::initializeConnection(IrcConnection *connection,
@@ -296,6 +302,64 @@ std::shared_ptr<Channel> TwitchIrcServer::getChannelOrEmptyByID(
     return Channel::getEmpty();
 }
 
+namespace {
+    // TODO: combine this with getEmoteSetBatches in TwitchAccount.cpp, maybe some templated thing
+    std::vector<QStringList> getChannelsInBatches(QStringList channels)
+    {
+        constexpr int batchSize = 100;
+
+        int batchCount = (channels.size() / batchSize) + 1;
+
+        std::vector<QStringList> batches;
+        batches.reserve(batchCount);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < batchCount; i++)
+        {
+            QStringList batch;
+
+            // I hate you, msvc
+            int last = (std::min)(batchSize, channels.size() - batchSize * i);
+            for (int j = 0; j < last; j++)
+            {
+                batch.push_back(channels.at(j + (batchSize * i)));
+            }
+            batches.emplace_back(batch);
+        }
+
+        return batches;
+    }
+}  // namespace
+
+void TwitchIrcServer::bulkRefreshLiveStatus()
+{
+    QStringList userIDs;
+    this->forEachChannel([&userIDs](ChannelPtr chan) {
+        auto twitchChan = dynamic_cast<TwitchChannel *>(chan.get());
+        if (!twitchChan->roomId().isEmpty())
+            userIDs.push_back(twitchChan->roomId());
+    });
+
+    for (const auto &batch : getChannelsInBatches(userIDs))
+    {
+        getHelix()->fetchStreams(
+            batch, QStringList(),
+            [this](std::vector<HelixStream> streams) {
+                for (const auto &stream : streams)
+                {
+                    auto chan = this->getChannelOrEmptyByID(stream.userId);
+                    if (chan->getType() != Channel::Type::Twitch)
+                        continue;
+
+                    auto twitchChan = dynamic_cast<TwitchChannel *>(chan.get());
+                    twitchChan->parseLiveStatus(true, stream);
+                }
+            },
+            []() {
+                // failure
+            });
+    }
+}
+
 QString TwitchIrcServer::cleanChannelName(const QString &dirtyChannelName)
 {
     if (dirtyChannelName.startsWith('#'))
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.hpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.hpp
index 8f519d4aa..fd693a206 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchIrcServer.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ public:
 
     std::shared_ptr<Channel> getChannelOrEmptyByID(const QString &channelID);
 
+    void bulkRefreshLiveStatus();
+
     Atomic<QString> lastUserThatWhisperedMe;
 
     const ChannelPtr whispersChannel;
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ private:
 
     BttvEmotes bttv;
     FfzEmotes ffz;
+    QTimer bulkLiveStatusTimer_;
 
     pajlada::Signals::SignalHolder signalHolder_;
 };