diff --git a/apps/landing/src/app/[locale]/page.tsx b/apps/landing/src/app/[locale]/page.tsx
index 5a73785f2..df98734a0 100644
--- a/apps/landing/src/app/[locale]/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/landing/src/app/[locale]/page.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   getHeroTimelineItems,
   getLandingMetrics,
   TRUSTED_COMPANIES,
+  TRUSTED_RESEARCH_INSTITUTIONS,
 } from '~/lib/landing-data'
 
 type LocaleParams = { locale?: string }
@@ -27,7 +28,11 @@ export default async function Home({
   return (
     <>
       <LandingHero items={heroItems} />
-      <TrustedBy companies={TRUSTED_COMPANIES} metrics={metrics} />
+      <TrustedBy
+        companies={TRUSTED_COMPANIES}
+        researchers={TRUSTED_RESEARCH_INSTITUTIONS}
+        metrics={metrics}
+      />
       <Features discoverSources={DISCOVER_FALLBACK} />
       {/* <ViewsShowcase /> */}
       {/* <Audience /> */}
diff --git a/apps/landing/src/components/widgets/landing/TrustedBy.tsx b/apps/landing/src/components/widgets/landing/TrustedBy.tsx
index 3dbffd84d..22f828e66 100644
--- a/apps/landing/src/components/widgets/landing/TrustedBy.tsx
+++ b/apps/landing/src/components/widgets/landing/TrustedBy.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { LandingMetrics, TrustedCompany } from '~/lib/landing-data'
 
 type TrustedByProps = {
   companies: TrustedCompany[]
+  researchers: TrustedCompany[]
   metrics: LandingMetrics
 }
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ const formatCompact = (value: number) => compactFormatter.format(value)
 
 export const TrustedBy: Component<TrustedByProps> = ({
   companies,
+  researchers,
   metrics,
 }) => {
   const trustedT = useTranslations('landing.trustedBy')
@@ -34,34 +36,36 @@ export const TrustedBy: Component<TrustedByProps> = ({
     },
   ]
 
+  const renderTrustRow = (items: TrustedCompany[], eyebrow: string) => (
+    <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-5 text-center">
+      <p className="text-[11px] font-medium uppercase tracking-[0.28em] text-accent/90">
+        {eyebrow}
+      </p>
+
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-x-8 gap-y-4">
+        {items.map((item) => (
+          <div key={item.name} className="inline-flex items-center gap-2.5">
+            <div className="flex size-8 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-background-secondary p-1">
+              <img
+                src={`https://icons.folo.is/${item.host}`}
+                alt={item.name}
+                className="size-full rounded-full object-cover grayscale"
+                loading="lazy"
+              />
+            </div>
+            <span className="text-sm font-medium text-text">{item.name}</span>
+          </div>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+
   return (
     <section className="mx-auto mt-14 w-full max-w-[var(--container-max-width-2xl)] px-4 md:mt-16 lg:mt-20">
       <div className="flex flex-col gap-16">
-        <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-5 text-center">
-          <p className="text-[11px] font-medium uppercase tracking-[0.28em] text-accent/90">
-            {trustedT('eyebrow')}
-          </p>
-
-          <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-x-8 gap-y-4">
-            {companies.map((company) => (
-              <div
-                key={company.name}
-                className="inline-flex items-center gap-2.5"
-              >
-                <div className="flex size-8 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-background-secondary p-1">
-                  <img
-                    src={`https://icons.folo.is/${company.host}`}
-                    alt={company.name}
-                    className="size-full rounded-full object-cover grayscale"
-                    loading="lazy"
-                  />
-                </div>
-                <span className="text-sm font-medium text-text">
-                  {company.name}
-                </span>
-              </div>
-            ))}
-          </div>
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-8">
+          {renderTrustRow(companies, trustedT('eyebrow'))}
+          {renderTrustRow(researchers, trustedT('researchersEyebrow'))}
         </div>
 
         <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4 text-center">
diff --git a/apps/landing/src/lib/landing-data.test.ts b/apps/landing/src/lib/landing-data.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bb2be6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/landing/src/lib/landing-data.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { TRUSTED_RESEARCH_INSTITUTIONS } from './landing-data'
+
+describe('TRUSTED_RESEARCH_INSTITUTIONS', () => {
+  it('keeps the QS-sorted top 10 institutions stable', () => {
+    expect(TRUSTED_RESEARCH_INSTITUTIONS).toHaveLength(10)
+    expect(TRUSTED_RESEARCH_INSTITUTIONS.map((item) => item.name)).toEqual([
+      'MIT',
+      'Stanford',
+      'Oxford',
+      'Harvard',
+      'Cambridge',
+      'NUS',
+      'UCL',
+      'NTU Singapore',
+      'Peking University',
+      'UPenn',
+    ])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/landing/src/lib/landing-data.ts b/apps/landing/src/lib/landing-data.ts
index 75bba2989..d368c6a16 100644
--- a/apps/landing/src/lib/landing-data.ts
+++ b/apps/landing/src/lib/landing-data.ts
@@ -343,6 +343,19 @@ export const TRUSTED_COMPANIES: TrustedCompany[] = [
   { name: 'NVIDIA', host: 'nvidia.com', users: 4 },
 ]
 
+export const TRUSTED_RESEARCH_INSTITUTIONS: TrustedCompany[] = [
+  { name: 'MIT', host: 'mit.edu', users: 1 },
+  { name: 'Stanford', host: 'stanford.edu', users: 2 },
+  { name: 'Oxford', host: 'ox.ac.uk', users: 1 },
+  { name: 'Harvard', host: 'harvard.edu', users: 4 },
+  { name: 'Cambridge', host: 'cam.ac.uk', users: 1 },
+  { name: 'NUS', host: 'nus.edu.sg', users: 11 },
+  { name: 'UCL', host: 'ucl.ac.uk', users: 2 },
+  { name: 'NTU Singapore', host: 'ntu.edu.sg', users: 6 },
+  { name: 'Peking University', host: 'pku.edu.cn', users: 41 },
+  { name: 'UPenn', host: 'upenn.edu', users: 5 },
+]
+
 const LANDING_METRICS_FALLBACK: LandingMetrics = {
   feeds: 1267577,
   entries: 300849952,
diff --git a/apps/landing/src/messages/en.json b/apps/landing/src/messages/en.json
index 4bec2f4ca..a2b958319 100644
--- a/apps/landing/src/messages/en.json
+++ b/apps/landing/src/messages/en.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     },
     "trustedBy": {
       "eyebrow": "Trusted by teams at",
+      "researchersEyebrow": "Trusted by researchers at",
       "headline": "Teams already using Folo.",
       "body": "We sampled production work-email registrations to find the companies that have already started reading with Folo."
     },
diff --git a/apps/landing/src/messages/jp.json b/apps/landing/src/messages/jp.json
index eb9a303ec..a20bab613 100644
--- a/apps/landing/src/messages/jp.json
+++ b/apps/landing/src/messages/jp.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     },
     "trustedBy": {
       "eyebrow": "導入が進むチーム",
+      "researchersEyebrow": "導入が進む研究者",
       "headline": "すでに Folo を使うチームがあります。",
       "body": "本番環境の業務用メール登録サンプルをもとに、Folo を使い始めている企業を抽出しました。"
     },
diff --git a/apps/landing/src/messages/zh.json b/apps/landing/src/messages/zh.json
index 25ec1cb66..5fb615033 100644
--- a/apps/landing/src/messages/zh.json
+++ b/apps/landing/src/messages/zh.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     },
     "trustedBy": {
       "eyebrow": "已被这些团队采用",
+      "researchersEyebrow": "已被这些研究者采用",
       "headline": "已经有团队在用 Folo。",
       "body": "我们基于生产环境中的工作邮箱注册样本，整理出了这些已经开始使用 Folo 的公司。"
     },