diff --git a/src/components/note/preview/messageImage.tsx b/src/components/note/preview/messageImage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ed79684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/note/preview/messageImage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import Image from 'next/image';
+import { memo } from 'react';
+
+export const MessageImagePreview = memo(function MesssageImagePreview({ url }: { url: string }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="relative mb-2 mt-3 h-full w-2/3 rounded-lg border border-zinc-800 xl:w-2/3">
+      <Image
+        src={url}
+        alt={url}
+        width="0"
+        height="0"
+        sizes="100vw"
+        className="h-auto w-full rounded-lg object-cover"
+        priority
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/hooks/useDecryptMessage.tsx b/src/utils/hooks/useDecryptMessage.tsx
index e6fa43d2..2a3a4a55 100644
--- a/src/utils/hooks/useDecryptMessage.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/hooks/useDecryptMessage.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { messageParser } from '@utils/parser';
+
 import { nip04 } from 'nostr-tools';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
@@ -30,5 +32,5 @@ export const useDecryptMessage = (
     decrypt().catch(console.error);
   }, [decrypt]);
 
-  return content;
+  return content.length > 0 ? messageParser(content) : '';
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/parser.tsx b/src/utils/parser.tsx
index 3c9944a9..3cf80a9a 100644
--- a/src/utils/parser.tsx
+++ b/src/utils/parser.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ImagePreview } from '@components/note/preview/image';
+import { MessageImagePreview } from '@components/note/preview/messageImage';
 import { VideoPreview } from '@components/note/preview/video';
 import { NoteQuote } from '@components/note/quote';
 import { UserMention } from '@components/user/mention';
@@ -53,3 +54,35 @@ export const contentParser = (noteContent, noteTags) => {
 
   return parsedContent;
 };
+
+export const messageParser = (noteContent) => {
+  let parsedContent = noteContent;
+
+  // handle urls
+  parsedContent = reactStringReplace(parsedContent, /(https?:\/\/\S+)/g, (match, i) => {
+    if (match.match(/\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|webp)$/i)) {
+      // image url
+      return <MessageImagePreview key={match + i} url={match} />;
+    } else if (match.match(/(www\.)?(youtube\.com\/watch\?v=|youtu\.be\/)([a-zA-Z0-9_-]{11})/i)) {
+      // youtube
+      return <VideoPreview key={match + i} url={match} />;
+    } else if (match.match(/\.(mp4|webm)$/i)) {
+      // video
+      return <VideoPreview key={match + i} url={match} />;
+    } else {
+      return (
+        <a key={match + i} href={match} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
+          {match}
+        </a>
+      );
+    }
+  });
+  // handle #-hashtags
+  parsedContent = reactStringReplace(parsedContent, /#(\w+)/g, (match, i) => (
+    <span key={match + i} className="cursor-pointer text-fuchsia-500">
+      #{match}
+    </span>
+  ));
+
+  return parsedContent;
+};