diff --git a/native/chat/chat-constants.js b/native/chat/chat-constants.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-constants.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-constants.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 };
 
 export const inlineEngagementStyle = {
-  height: 38,
   marginTop: 5,
   marginBottom: 3,
   topOffset: -10,
diff --git a/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js b/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-item-height-measurer.react.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import type { MeasurementTask } from './chat-context-provider.react.js';
 import { useComposedMessageMaxWidth } from './composed-message-width.js';
+import { dummyNodeForInlineEngagementHeightMeasurement } from './inline-engagement.react.js';
 import { dummyNodeForRobotextMessageHeightMeasurement } from './inner-robotext-message.react.js';
 import { dummyNodeForTextMessageHeightMeasurement } from './inner-text-message.react.js';
 import type { NativeChatMessageItem } from './message-data.react.js';
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@
       sidebar: getInlineEngagementSidebarText(threadCreatedFromMessage),
       reactions: reactionsToRawString(reactions),
     });
+  } else if (threadCreatedFromMessage || Object.keys(reactions).length > 0) {
+    // we enter this condition when the item is a multimedia message with an
+    // inline engagement
+    return JSON.stringify({
+      sidebar: getInlineEngagementSidebarText(threadCreatedFromMessage),
+      reactions: reactionsToRawString(reactions),
+    });
   }
   return null;
 };
@@ -62,24 +70,37 @@
     item.itemType === 'message',
     'NodeHeightMeasurer asked for dummy for non-message item',
   );
-  const { messageInfo, hasBeenEdited } = item;
+  const { messageInfo, hasBeenEdited, threadCreatedFromMessage, reactions } =
+    item;
+
   if (messageInfo.type === messageTypes.TEXT) {
     const label = getMessageLabel(hasBeenEdited, messageInfo.threadID);
     return dummyNodeForTextMessageHeightMeasurement(
       messageInfo.text,
       label,
-      item.threadCreatedFromMessage,
-      item.reactions,
+      threadCreatedFromMessage,
+      reactions,
     );
   } else if (item.robotext) {
     return dummyNodeForRobotextMessageHeightMeasurement(
       item.robotext,
-      item.messageInfo.threadID,
-      item.threadCreatedFromMessage,
-      item.reactions,
+      messageInfo.threadID,
+      threadCreatedFromMessage,
+      reactions,
+    );
+  } else if (threadCreatedFromMessage || Object.keys(reactions).length > 0) {
+    // we enter this condition when the item is a multimedia message with an
+    // inline engagement
+
+    return dummyNodeForInlineEngagementHeightMeasurement(
+      threadCreatedFromMessage,
+      reactions,
     );
   }
-  invariant(false, 'NodeHeightMeasurer asked for dummy for non-text message');
+  invariant(
+    false,
+    'NodeHeightMeasurer asked for dummy for multimedia message with no inline engagement',
+  );
 };
 
 function ChatItemHeightMeasurer(props: Props) {
@@ -130,6 +151,7 @@
           reactions: item.reactions,
           hasBeenEdited: item.hasBeenEdited,
           isPinned: item.isPinned,
+          inlineEngagementHeight: height,
           ...sizes,
         };
       }
diff --git a/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js b/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
--- a/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import type { ChatMessageInfoItemWithHeight } from '../types/chat-types.js';
 
+function dummyNodeForInlineEngagementHeightMeasurement(
+  sidebarInfo: ?ThreadInfo,
+  reactions: ReactionInfo,
+): React.Element<typeof View> {
+  return (
+    <View>
+      <DummyInlineEngagementNode
+        sidebarInfo={sidebarInfo}
+        reactions={reactions}
+      />
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
 type DummyInlineEngagementNodeProps = {
   ...React.ElementConfig<typeof View>,
   +editedLabel?: ?string,
@@ -547,4 +561,9 @@
   );
 }
 
-export { InlineEngagement, TooltipInlineEngagement, DummyInlineEngagementNode };
+export {
+  InlineEngagement,
+  TooltipInlineEngagement,
+  DummyInlineEngagementNode,
+  dummyNodeForInlineEngagementHeightMeasurement,
+};
diff --git a/native/chat/multimedia-message-utils.js b/native/chat/multimedia-message-utils.js
--- a/native/chat/multimedia-message-utils.js
+++ b/native/chat/multimedia-message-utils.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import type { MediaInfo } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import type { MultimediaMessageInfo } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 
-import { inlineEngagementStyle, clusterEndHeight } from './chat-constants.js';
+import { clusterEndHeight } from './chat-constants.js';
 import { failedSendHeight } from './failed-send.react.js';
 import { authorNameHeight } from './message-header.react.js';
 import type {
@@ -104,10 +104,19 @@
 function multimediaMessageItemHeight(
   item: ChatMultimediaMessageInfoItem,
 ): number {
-  const { messageInfo, contentHeight, startsCluster, endsCluster } = item;
+  const {
+    messageInfo,
+    contentHeight,
+    startsCluster,
+    endsCluster,
+    inlineEngagementHeight,
+  } = item;
+
   const { creator } = messageInfo;
   const { isViewer } = creator;
-  let height = 5 + contentHeight; // 5 from marginBottom in ComposedMessage
+
+  // 5 from marginBottom in ComposedMessage
+  let height = 5 + contentHeight;
   if (!isViewer && startsCluster) {
     height += authorNameHeight;
   }
@@ -117,11 +126,8 @@
   if (multimediaMessageSendFailed(item)) {
     height += failedSendHeight;
   }
-  if (item.threadCreatedFromMessage || Object.keys(item.reactions).length > 0) {
-    height +=
-      inlineEngagementStyle.height +
-      inlineEngagementStyle.marginTop +
-      inlineEngagementStyle.marginBottom;
+  if (inlineEngagementHeight) {
+    height += inlineEngagementHeight;
   }
   return height;
 }
diff --git a/native/types/chat-types.js b/native/types/chat-types.js
--- a/native/types/chat-types.js
+++ b/native/types/chat-types.js
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
   +isPinned: ?boolean,
 };
 
+// We "measure" the contentHeight of a multimedia message using the media
+// dimensions. This means for multimedia messages we only need to actually
+// measure the inline engagement node
 export type MultimediaContentSizes = {
   +imageHeight: number,
   +contentHeight: number,
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@
   +reactions: ReactionInfo,
   +hasBeenEdited: ?boolean,
   +isPinned: ?boolean,
+  +inlineEngagementHeight: ?number,
 };
 
 export type ChatMessageInfoItemWithHeight =