diff --git a/src/components/social/FollowingSystem.tsx b/src/components/social/FollowingSystem.tsx
index 37ca0b29..7bb4a746 100644
--- a/src/components/social/FollowingSystem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/social/FollowingSystem.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client';
 import Image from 'next/image';
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { Search, UserCircle } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useFollowUser } from '@/hooks/useSocialFeatures';
 import { apiClient } from '@/lib/api';
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ function UserRow({ user }: { user: SocialUser }) {
       <button
         onClick={isFollowing ? unfollow : follow}
         disabled={loading}
-        className={`px-3 py-1 rounded-lg text-xs font-medium transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 ${
-          isFollowing
-            ? 'border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-800'
-            : 'bg-blue-600 text-white hover:bg-blue-500'
-        }`}
+        className={`px-3 py-1 rounded-lg text-xs font-medium transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 ${isFollowing
+          ? 'border border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-600 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-800'
+          : 'bg-blue-600 text-white hover:bg-blue-500'
+          }`}
       >
         {isFollowing ? 'Unfollow' : 'Follow'}
       </button>
@@ -56,8 +55,18 @@ export default function FollowingSystem({ userId }: FollowingSystemProps) {
   const [tab, setTab] = useState<ListTab>('followers');
   const [users, setUsers] = useState<SocialUser[]>([]);
   const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
+  const [debouncedQuery, setDebouncedQuery] = useState('');
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
 
+  // Debounce the search input query by 300ms
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      setDebouncedQuery(query);
+    }, 300);
+
+    return () => clearTimeout(timer);
+  }, [query]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     setLoading(true);
     apiClient
@@ -67,7 +76,11 @@ export default function FollowingSystem({ userId }: FollowingSystemProps) {
       .finally(() => setLoading(false));
   }, [tab, userId]);
 
-  const filtered = users.filter((u) => u.name.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase()));
+  // Memoize the filtered user results based on the debounced query
+  const filtered = useMemo(() => {
+    const lowercaseQuery = debouncedQuery.toLowerCase();
+    return users.filter((u) => u.name.toLowerCase().includes(lowercaseQuery));
+  }, [users, debouncedQuery]);
 
   return (
     <div className="bg-white dark:bg-gray-900 rounded-xl border border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700">
@@ -77,11 +90,10 @@ export default function FollowingSystem({ userId }: FollowingSystemProps) {
           <button
             key={t}
             onClick={() => setTab(t)}
-            className={`flex-1 py-3 text-sm font-medium capitalize transition-colors ${
-              tab === t
-                ? 'border-b-2 border-blue-600 text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400'
-                : 'text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-700 dark:hover:text-gray-200'
-            }`}
+            className={`flex-1 py-3 text-sm font-medium capitalize transition-colors ${tab === t
+              ? 'border-b-2 border-blue-600 text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400'
+              : 'text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-700 dark:hover:text-gray-200'
+              }`}
           >
             {t}
           </button>
@@ -118,4 +130,4 @@ export default function FollowingSystem({ userId }: FollowingSystemProps) {
       </div>
     </div>
   );
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/components/social/TopicFeed.tsx b/src/components/social/TopicFeed.tsx
index cfeb9bd4..13eda963 100644
--- a/src/components/social/TopicFeed.tsx
+++ b/src/components/social/TopicFeed.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState, useMemo } from 'react';
 import Link from 'next/link';
 import Image from 'next/image';
 import {
@@ -62,11 +62,10 @@ function SortBar({ current, onChange, postCount }: SortBarProps) {
           key={value}
           onClick={() => onChange(value)}
           aria-pressed={current === value}
-          className={`flex items-center gap-1.5 px-3 py-1.5 rounded-md text-sm font-medium transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-blue-500 ${
-            current === value
+          className={`flex items-center gap-1.5 px-3 py-1.5 rounded-md text-sm font-medium transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-blue-500 ${current === value
               ? 'bg-white dark:bg-gray-700 text-gray-900 dark:text-white shadow-sm'
               : 'text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-700 dark:hover:text-gray-200'
-          }`}
+            }`}
         >
           {icon}
           {label}
@@ -82,6 +81,8 @@ interface TopicFeedProps {
   slug: string;
 }
 
+const ESTIMATED_ROW_HEIGHT = 140; // Approximate height per post item in pixels
+
 export default function TopicFeed({ slug }: TopicFeedProps) {
   const {
     topic,
@@ -97,7 +98,28 @@ export default function TopicFeed({ slug }: TopicFeedProps) {
     followLoading,
     error,
   } = useTopicFeed(slug);
+
   const sentinelRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [scrollTop, setScrollTop] = useState(0);
+  const [containerHeight, setContainerHeight] = useState(600);
+
+  // Track container scroll and viewport height for virtualization
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleScroll = () => {
+      if (containerRef.current) {
+        setScrollTop(containerRef.current.scrollTop);
+      }
+    };
+    const el = containerRef.current;
+    if (el) {
+      setContainerHeight(el.clientHeight || 600);
+      el.addEventListener('scroll', handleScroll, { passive: true });
+    }
+    return () => {
+      if (el) el.removeEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
+    };
+  }, []);
 
   // Infinite scroll via IntersectionObserver
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -113,6 +135,22 @@ export default function TopicFeed({ slug }: TopicFeedProps) {
     return () => observer.disconnect();
   }, [loadMore]);
 
+  // Virtualization window calculations
+  const totalPosts = posts.length;
+  const buffer = 5;
+  const startIndex = Math.max(0, Math.floor(scrollTop / ESTIMATED_ROW_HEIGHT) - buffer);
+  const endIndex = Math.min(
+    totalPosts,
+    Math.ceil((scrollTop + containerHeight) / ESTIMATED_ROW_HEIGHT) + buffer
+  );
+
+  const virtualPosts = useMemo(() => {
+    return posts.slice(startIndex, endIndex);
+  }, [posts, startIndex, endIndex]);
+
+  const topSpacerHeight = startIndex * ESTIMATED_ROW_HEIGHT;
+  const bottomSpacerHeight = Math.max(0, (totalPosts - endIndex) * ESTIMATED_ROW_HEIGHT);
+
   return (
     <div className="space-y-4">
       {/* Topic header */}
@@ -150,11 +188,10 @@ export default function TopicFeed({ slug }: TopicFeedProps) {
                 onClick={toggleFollow}
                 disabled={followLoading}
                 aria-label={topic.isFollowing ? `Unfollow #${topic.name}` : `Follow #${topic.name}`}
-                className={`shrink-0 px-4 py-1.5 rounded-full text-sm font-semibold transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-blue-500 disabled:opacity-60 ${
-                  topic.isFollowing
+                className={`shrink-0 px-4 py-1.5 rounded-full text-sm font-semibold transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-blue-500 disabled:opacity-60 ${topic.isFollowing
                     ? 'bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-800 text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 hover:bg-red-50 hover:text-red-600 dark:hover:bg-red-900/30 dark:hover:text-red-400'
                     : 'bg-blue-600 text-white hover:bg-blue-700'
-                }`}
+                  }`}
               >
                 {followLoading ? '…' : topic.isFollowing ? 'Following' : 'Follow'}
               </button>
@@ -181,8 +218,11 @@ export default function TopicFeed({ slug }: TopicFeedProps) {
       {/* Sort bar */}
       <SortBar current={sort} onChange={setSort} postCount={topic?.postCount} />
 
-      {/* Posts list */}
-      <div className="bg-white dark:bg-gray-900 rounded-xl border border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700 divide-y divide-gray-100 dark:divide-gray-800">
+      {/* Posts list container with virtualization */}
+      <div
+        ref={containerRef}
+        className="bg-white dark:bg-gray-900 rounded-xl border border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700 divide-y divide-gray-100 dark:divide-gray-800 max-h-[800px] overflow-y-auto relative"
+      >
         {/* Initial loading skeletons */}
         {loading &&
           posts.length === 0 &&
@@ -226,8 +266,11 @@ export default function TopicFeed({ slug }: TopicFeedProps) {
           </div>
         )}
 
-        {/* Post items */}
-        {posts.map((post) => (
+        {/* Virtualized Top Spacer */}
+        {topSpacerHeight > 0 && <div style={{ height: `${topSpacerHeight}px` }} aria-hidden="true" />}
+
+        {/* Virtualized Post items */}
+        {virtualPosts.map((post) => (
           <article
             key={post.id}
             className="p-4 hover:bg-gray-50 dark:hover:bg-gray-800/50 transition-colors"
@@ -318,6 +361,9 @@ export default function TopicFeed({ slug }: TopicFeedProps) {
           </article>
         ))}
 
+        {/* Virtualized Bottom Spacer */}
+        {bottomSpacerHeight > 0 && <div style={{ height: `${bottomSpacerHeight}px` }} aria-hidden="true" />}
+
         {/* Infinite scroll sentinel */}
         {hasMore && <div ref={sentinelRef} className="h-4" aria-hidden="true" />}
 
@@ -331,4 +377,4 @@ export default function TopicFeed({ slug }: TopicFeedProps) {
       </div>
     </div>
   );
-}
+}
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