diff --git a/native/markdown/markdown-user-mention.react.js b/native/markdown/markdown-user-mention.react.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3be8c9494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/markdown/markdown-user-mention.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// @flow
+
+import { useFocusEffect } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { Text } from 'react-native';
+
+import { useMarkdownOnPressUtils } from './markdown-utils.js';
+import { getMarkdownStyles } from './styles.js';
+import { useNavigateToUserProfileBottomSheet } from '../user-profile/user-profile-utils.js';
+
+type TextProps = React.ElementConfig<typeof Text>;
+type Props = {
+  +children: React.Node,
+  +userID: string,
+  +useDarkStyle: boolean,
+  ...TextProps,
+};
+
+function MarkdownUserMention(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { userID, useDarkStyle, ...rest } = props;
+
+  const { messageKey, isRevealed, onLongPressHandler, markdownContext } =
+    useMarkdownOnPressUtils();
+
+  const markdownStyles = React.useMemo(
+    () => getMarkdownStyles(useDarkStyle ? 'dark' : 'light'),
+    [useDarkStyle],
+  );
+
+  const { setUserProfileBottomSheetActive } = markdownContext;
+
+  const navigateToUserProfileBottomSheet =
+    useNavigateToUserProfileBottomSheet();
+
+  const onFocusCallback = React.useCallback(() => {
+    if (!messageKey) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setUserProfileBottomSheetActive({ [messageKey]: false });
+  }, [messageKey, setUserProfileBottomSheetActive]);
+
+  useFocusEffect(onFocusCallback);
+
+  const onPressUser = React.useCallback(() => {
+    if (!messageKey) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setUserProfileBottomSheetActive({ [messageKey]: true });
+    navigateToUserProfileBottomSheet(userID);
+  }, [
+    messageKey,
+    navigateToUserProfileBottomSheet,
+    setUserProfileBottomSheetActive,
+    userID,
+  ]);
+
+  const markdownUserMention = React.useMemo(
+    () => (
+      <Text
+        onPress={isRevealed ? onPressUser : null}
+        onLongPress={isRevealed ? onLongPressHandler : null}
+        style={markdownStyles.bold}
+        {...rest}
+      />
+    ),
+    [isRevealed, onLongPressHandler, onPressUser, rest, markdownStyles.bold],
+  );
+
+  return markdownUserMention;
+}
+
+export default MarkdownUserMention;
diff --git a/native/markdown/rules.react.js b/native/markdown/rules.react.js
index bb911266a..039477636 100644
--- a/native/markdown/rules.react.js
+++ b/native/markdown/rules.react.js
@@ -1,444 +1,448 @@
 // @flow
 
 import _memoize from 'lodash/memoize.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Text, View, Platform } from 'react-native';
 import * as SimpleMarkdown from 'simple-markdown';
 
 import * as SharedMarkdown from 'lib/shared/markdown.js';
 import { chatMentionRegex } from 'lib/shared/mention-utils.js';
 import type {
   RelativeMemberInfo,
   ThreadInfo,
   ChatMentionCandidates,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 
 import MarkdownChatMention from './markdown-chat-mention.react.js';
 import MarkdownLink from './markdown-link.react.js';
 import MarkdownParagraph from './markdown-paragraph.react.js';
 import MarkdownSpoiler from './markdown-spoiler.react.js';
+import MarkdownUserMention from './markdown-user-mention.react.js';
 import { getMarkdownStyles } from './styles.js';
 
 export type MarkdownRules = {
   +simpleMarkdownRules: SharedMarkdown.ParserRules,
   +emojiOnlyFactor: ?number,
   // We need to use a Text container for Entry because it needs to match up
   // exactly with TextInput. However, if we use a Text container, we can't
   // support styles for things like blockQuote, which rely on rendering as a
   // View, and Views can't be nested inside Texts without explicit height and
   // width
   +container: 'View' | 'Text',
 };
 
 // Entry requires a seamless transition between Markdown and TextInput
 // components, so we can't do anything that would change the position of text
 const inlineMarkdownRules: boolean => MarkdownRules = _memoize(useDarkStyle => {
   const styles = getMarkdownStyles(useDarkStyle ? 'dark' : 'light');
   const simpleMarkdownRules = {
     // Matches 'https://google.com' during parse phase and returns a 'link' node
     url: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.url,
       // simple-markdown is case-sensitive, but we don't want to be
       match: SimpleMarkdown.inlineRegex(SharedMarkdown.urlRegex),
     },
     // Matches '[Google](https://google.com)' during parse phase and handles
     // rendering all 'link' nodes, including for 'autolink' and 'url'
     link: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.link,
       match: () => null,
       react(
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) {
         return (
           <MarkdownLink
             key={state.key}
             style={styles.link}
             target={node.target}
           >
             {output(node.content, state)}
           </MarkdownLink>
         );
       },
     },
     // Each line gets parsed into a 'paragraph' node. The AST returned by the
     // parser will be an array of one or more 'paragraph' nodes
     paragraph: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.paragraph,
       // simple-markdown's default RegEx collapses multiple newlines into one.
       // We want to keep the newlines, but when rendering within a View, we
       // strip just one trailing newline off, since the View adds vertical
       // spacing between its children
       match: (source: string, state: SharedMarkdown.State) => {
         if (state.inline) {
           return null;
         } else if (state.container === 'View') {
           return SharedMarkdown.paragraphStripTrailingNewlineRegex.exec(source);
         } else {
           return SharedMarkdown.paragraphRegex.exec(source);
         }
       },
       parse(
         capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture,
         parse: SharedMarkdown.Parser,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) {
         let content = capture[1];
         if (state.container === 'View') {
           // React Native renders empty lines with less height. We want to
           // preserve the newline characters, so we replace empty lines with a
           // single space
           content = content.replace(/^$/m, ' ');
         }
         return {
           content: SimpleMarkdown.parseInline(parse, content, state),
         };
       },
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <MarkdownParagraph key={state.key} style={state.textStyle}>
           {output(node.content, state)}
         </MarkdownParagraph>
       ),
     },
     // This is the leaf node in the AST returned by the parse phase
     text: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.text,
   };
   return {
     simpleMarkdownRules,
     emojiOnlyFactor: null,
     container: 'Text',
   };
 });
 
 // We allow the most markdown features for TextMessage, which doesn't have the
 // same requirements as Entry
 const fullMarkdownRules: boolean => MarkdownRules = _memoize(useDarkStyle => {
   const styles = getMarkdownStyles(useDarkStyle ? 'dark' : 'light');
   const inlineRules = inlineMarkdownRules(useDarkStyle);
   const simpleMarkdownRules = {
     ...inlineRules.simpleMarkdownRules,
     // Matches '<https://google.com>' during parse phase and returns a 'link'
     // node
     autolink: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.autolink,
     // Matches '[Google](https://google.com)' during parse phase and handles
     // rendering all 'link' nodes, including for 'autolink' and 'url'
     link: {
       ...inlineRules.simpleMarkdownRules.link,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.link.match,
     },
     mailto: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.mailto,
     em: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.em,
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <Text key={state.key} style={styles.italics}>
           {output(node.content, state)}
         </Text>
       ),
     },
     strong: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.strong,
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <Text key={state.key} style={styles.bold}>
           {output(node.content, state)}
         </Text>
       ),
     },
     u: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.u,
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <Text key={state.key} style={styles.underline}>
           {output(node.content, state)}
         </Text>
       ),
     },
     del: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.del,
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <Text key={state.key} style={styles.strikethrough}>
           {output(node.content, state)}
         </Text>
       ),
     },
     spoiler: {
       order: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.paragraph.order - 1,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.inlineRegex(SharedMarkdown.spoilerRegex),
       parse(
         capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture,
         parse: SharedMarkdown.Parser,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) {
         const content = capture[1];
         return {
           content: SimpleMarkdown.parseInline(parse, content, state),
         };
       },
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <MarkdownSpoiler
           key={state.key}
           spoilerIdentifier={state.key}
           text={output(node.content, state)}
         />
       ),
     },
     inlineCode: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.inlineCode,
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <Text key={state.key} style={styles.inlineCode}>
           {node.content}
         </Text>
       ),
     },
     heading: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.heading,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.blockRegex(
         SharedMarkdown.headingStripFollowingNewlineRegex,
       ),
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react(
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) {
         const headingStyle = styles['h' + node.level];
         return (
           <Text key={state.key} style={[state.textStyle, headingStyle]}>
             {output(node.content, state)}
           </Text>
         );
       },
     },
     blockQuote: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.blockQuote,
       // match end of blockQuote by either \n\n or end of string
       match: SharedMarkdown.matchBlockQuote(
         SharedMarkdown.blockQuoteStripFollowingNewlineRegex,
       ),
       parse: SharedMarkdown.parseBlockQuote,
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => {
         const { isNestedQuote } = state;
         const backgroundColor = isNestedQuote ? '#00000000' : '#00000066';
         const borderLeftColor = (Platform.select({
           ios: '#00000066',
           default: isNestedQuote ? '#00000066' : '#000000A3',
         }): string);
 
         return (
           <View
             key={state.key}
             style={[styles.blockQuote, { backgroundColor, borderLeftColor }]}
           >
             {output(node.content, { ...state, isNestedQuote: true })}
           </View>
         );
       },
     },
     codeBlock: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.codeBlock,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.blockRegex(
         SharedMarkdown.codeBlockStripTrailingNewlineRegex,
       ),
       parse(capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture) {
         return {
           content: capture[1].replace(/^ {4}/gm, ''),
         };
       },
       // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
       react: (
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) => (
         <View key={state.key} style={styles.codeBlock}>
           <Text style={[state.textStyle, styles.codeBlockText]}>
             {node.content}
           </Text>
         </View>
       ),
     },
     fence: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.fence,
       match: SimpleMarkdown.blockRegex(
         SharedMarkdown.fenceStripTrailingNewlineRegex,
       ),
       parse: (capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture) => ({
         type: 'codeBlock',
         content: capture[2],
       }),
     },
     json: {
       order: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.paragraph.order - 1,
       match: (source: string, state: SharedMarkdown.State) => {
         if (state.inline) {
           return null;
         }
         return SharedMarkdown.jsonMatch(source);
       },
       parse: (capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture) => {
         const jsonCapture: SharedMarkdown.JSONCapture = (capture: any);
         return {
           type: 'codeBlock',
           content: SharedMarkdown.jsonPrint(jsonCapture),
         };
       },
     },
     list: {
       ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.list,
       match: SharedMarkdown.matchList,
       parse: SharedMarkdown.parseList,
       react(
         node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
         output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
         state: SharedMarkdown.State,
       ) {
         const children = node.items.map((item, i) => {
           const content = output(item, state);
           const bulletValue = node.ordered ? node.start + i + '. ' : '\u2022 ';
           return (
             <View key={i} style={styles.listRow}>
               <Text style={[state.textStyle, styles.listBulletStyle]}>
                 {bulletValue}
               </Text>
               <View style={styles.insideListView}>{content}</View>
             </View>
           );
         });
 
         return <View key={state.key}>{children}</View>;
       },
     },
     escape: SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.escape,
   };
   return {
     ...inlineRules,
     simpleMarkdownRules,
     emojiOnlyFactor: 2,
     container: 'View',
   };
 });
 
 function useTextMessageRulesFunc(
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   chatMentionCandidates: ChatMentionCandidates,
 ): (useDarkStyle: boolean) => MarkdownRules {
   const { members } = threadInfo;
   return React.useMemo(
     () =>
       _memoize<[boolean], MarkdownRules>((useDarkStyle: boolean) =>
         textMessageRules(members, chatMentionCandidates, useDarkStyle),
       ),
     [members, chatMentionCandidates],
   );
 }
 
 function textMessageRules(
   members: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
   chatMentionCandidates: ChatMentionCandidates,
   useDarkStyle: boolean,
 ): MarkdownRules {
-  const styles = getMarkdownStyles(useDarkStyle ? 'dark' : 'light');
   const baseRules = fullMarkdownRules(useDarkStyle);
   const membersMap = SharedMarkdown.createMemberMapForUserMentions(members);
 
   return {
     ...baseRules,
     simpleMarkdownRules: {
       ...baseRules.simpleMarkdownRules,
       userMention: {
         ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.strong,
         match: SharedMarkdown.matchUserMentions(membersMap),
         parse: (capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture) =>
           SharedMarkdown.parseUserMentions(membersMap, capture),
         // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
         react: (
           node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
           output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
           state: SharedMarkdown.State,
         ) => (
-          <Text key={state.key} style={styles.bold}>
+          <MarkdownUserMention
+            key={state.key}
+            userID={node.userID}
+            useDarkStyle={useDarkStyle}
+          >
             {node.content}
-          </Text>
+          </MarkdownUserMention>
         ),
       },
       chatMention: {
         ...SimpleMarkdown.defaultRules.strong,
         match: SimpleMarkdown.inlineRegex(chatMentionRegex),
         parse: (capture: SharedMarkdown.Capture) =>
           SharedMarkdown.parseChatMention(chatMentionCandidates, capture),
         // eslint-disable-next-line react/display-name
         react: (
           node: SharedMarkdown.SingleASTNode,
           output: SharedMarkdown.Output<SharedMarkdown.ReactElement>,
           state: SharedMarkdown.State,
         ) =>
           node.hasAccessToChat ? (
             <MarkdownChatMention key={state.key} threadInfo={node.threadInfo}>
               {node.content}
             </MarkdownChatMention>
           ) : (
             <Text key={state.key}>{node.content}</Text>
           ),
       },
     },
   };
 }
 
 let defaultTextMessageRules = null;
 
 function getDefaultTextMessageRules(
   overrideDefaultChatMentionCandidates: ChatMentionCandidates = {},
 ): MarkdownRules {
   if (Object.keys(overrideDefaultChatMentionCandidates).length > 0) {
     return textMessageRules([], overrideDefaultChatMentionCandidates, false);
   }
   if (!defaultTextMessageRules) {
     defaultTextMessageRules = textMessageRules([], {}, false);
   }
   return defaultTextMessageRules;
 }
 
 export {
   inlineMarkdownRules,
   useTextMessageRulesFunc,
   getDefaultTextMessageRules,
 };