diff --git a/src/app/feeds.ts b/src/app/feeds.ts
index fb9e8e56..0272ad5d 100644
--- a/src/app/feeds.ts
+++ b/src/app/feeds.ts
@@ -415,14 +415,21 @@ const makeFeedLoader = (load: () => Promise<FeedSpan>) => {
 
         if (found > 0) break
       }
-
-      state.set({status: "idle"})
     } finally {
       running = false
     }
   }
 
-  return {subscribe: state.subscribe, run}
+  // A run covers a few spans and the scroller starts another one a moment later, so settling at
+  // the end of a run blinks the spinner once per page. What ends a load is the trigger going
+  // quiet — the list grown long enough that nothing more is wanted.
+  const settle = () => {
+    if (!running && isFeedLoading(get(state))) {
+      state.set({status: "idle"})
+    }
+  }
+
+  return {subscribe: state.subscribe, run, settle}
 }
 
 // A loader triggered by proximity to the end of a scroll container, which is how every list in
@@ -441,6 +448,7 @@ export const makeScrollLoader = (
     threshold: 5000,
     ...options,
     onScroll: loader.run,
+    onSettle: loader.settle,
   })
 
   return {subscribe: loader.subscribe, stop: scroller.stop}
diff --git a/src/lib/html.ts b/src/lib/html.ts
index 9a3b526e..975e3106 100644
--- a/src/lib/html.ts
+++ b/src/lib/html.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ export const copyToClipboard = (text: string) => {
 
 export type ScrollerOpts = {
   onScroll: () => any
+  // Called by a check that decides nothing more is wanted, which is the only signal that paging
+  // has stopped rather than paused between requests.
+  onSettle?: () => any
   element: Element
   threshold?: number
   reverse?: boolean
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ export type Scroller = {
 
 export const createScroller = ({
   onScroll,
+  onSettle,
   element,
   delay = 1000,
   threshold = 2000,
@@ -134,6 +138,8 @@ export const createScroller = ({
         // Only trigger loading the first time we reach the threshold
         if (shouldLoad) {
           await onScroll()
+        } else {
+          onSettle?.()
         }
       }
     } catch (error) {