diff --git a/native/navigation/community-drawer-content.react.js b/native/navigation/community-drawer-content.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/community-drawer-content.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/community-drawer-content.react.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   childThreadInfos,
   communityThreadSelector,
 } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors';
+import { threadIsChannel } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils';
 import { type ThreadInfo, communitySubthreads } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import { useNavigateToThread } from '../chat/message-list-types';
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
         threadInfo: item.threadInfo,
         itemChildren: item.itemChildren,
         labelStyle: item.labelStyle,
+        hasSubchannelsButton: item.subchannelsButton,
       };
       return (
         <CommunityDrawerItemCommunity
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@
     threadInfo: community,
     itemChildren: [],
     labelStyle: labelStyles[0],
+    subchannelsButton: false,
   }));
   let queue = result.map(item => [item, 0]);
 
@@ -108,6 +111,9 @@
           threadInfo: childItem,
           itemChildren: [],
           labelStyle: labelStyles[Math.min(lvl + 1, labelStyles.length - 1)],
+          hasSubchannelsButton:
+            lvl + 1 === maxDepth &&
+            threadHasSubchannels(childItem, childThreadInfosMap),
         }));
       queue = queue.concat(
         item.itemChildren.map(childItem => [childItem, lvl + 1]),
@@ -117,6 +123,18 @@
   return result;
 }
 
+function threadHasSubchannels(
+  threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
+  childThreadInfosMap: { +[id: string]: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo> },
+) {
+  if (!childThreadInfosMap[threadInfo.id]?.length) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return childThreadInfosMap[threadInfo.id].some(thread =>
+    threadIsChannel(thread),
+  );
+}
+
 function appendSuffix(chats: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>): ThreadInfo[] {
   const result = [];
   const names = new Map<string, number>();
diff --git a/native/navigation/community-drawer-item.react.js b/native/navigation/community-drawer-item.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/community-drawer-item.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/community-drawer-item.react.js
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors';
 import type { TextStyle } from '../types/styles';
 import { ExpandButton, ExpandButtonDisabled } from './expand-buttons.react';
+import SubchannelsButton from './subchannels-button.react';
 
 export type CommunityDrawerItemData = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +itemChildren?: $ReadOnlyArray<CommunityDrawerItemData>,
   +labelStyle: TextStyle,
+  +hasSubchannelsButton: boolean,
 };
 
 export type DrawerItemProps = {
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@
 
 function CommunityDrawerItem(props: DrawerItemProps): React.Node {
   const {
-    itemData: { threadInfo, itemChildren, labelStyle },
+    itemData: { threadInfo, itemChildren, labelStyle, hasSubchannelsButton },
     navigateToThread,
     expanded,
     toggleExpanded,
@@ -49,19 +51,33 @@
     if (!expanded) {
       return null;
     }
+    if (hasSubchannelsButton) {
+      return (
+        <View style={styles.subchannelsButton}>
+          <SubchannelsButton threadInfo={threadInfo} />
+        </View>
+      );
+    }
     return <FlatList data={itemChildren} renderItem={renderItem} />;
-  }, [expanded, itemChildren, renderItem]);
+  }, [
+    expanded,
+    itemChildren,
+    renderItem,
+    hasSubchannelsButton,
+    styles.subchannelsButton,
+    threadInfo,
+  ]);
 
   const onExpandToggled = React.useCallback(() => {
     toggleExpanded(threadInfo.id);
   }, [toggleExpanded, threadInfo.id]);
 
   const itemExpandButton = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!itemChildren?.length) {
+    if (!itemChildren?.length && !hasSubchannelsButton) {
       return <ExpandButtonDisabled />;
     }
     return <ExpandButton onPress={onExpandToggled} expanded={expanded} />;
-  }, [itemChildren?.length, expanded, onExpandToggled]);
+  }, [itemChildren?.length, hasSubchannelsButton, onExpandToggled, expanded]);
 
   const onPress = React.useCallback(() => {
     navigateToThread({ threadInfo });
@@ -95,6 +111,10 @@
   textTouchableWrapper: {
     flex: 1,
   },
+  subchannelsButton: {
+    marginLeft: 24,
+    marginBottom: 6,
+  },
 };
 
 export type CommunityDrawerItemChatProps = {