diff --git a/wowlet_backend/factory.py b/wowlet_backend/factory.py
index 272deee..f4a40a6 100644
--- a/wowlet_backend/factory.py
+++ b/wowlet_backend/factory.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async def _setup_tasks(app: Quart):
     from wowlet_backend.tasks import (
         BlockheightTask, HistoricalPriceTask, FundingProposalsTask,
         CryptoRatesTask, FiatRatesTask, RedditTask, RPCNodeCheckTask,
-        XmrigTask, SuchWowTask, WowletReleasesTask)
+        XmrigTask, SuchWowTask, WowletReleasesTask, ForumThreadsTask)
 
     asyncio.create_task(BlockheightTask().start())
     asyncio.create_task(HistoricalPriceTask().start())
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ async def _setup_tasks(app: Quart):
     asyncio.create_task(XmrigTask().start())
     asyncio.create_task(SuchWowTask().start())
     asyncio.create_task(WowletReleasesTask().start())
+    asyncio.create_task(ForumThreadsTask().start())
 
     if settings.COIN_SYMBOL in ["xmr", "wow"]:
         asyncio.create_task(FundingProposalsTask().start())
diff --git a/wowlet_backend/tasks/__init__.py b/wowlet_backend/tasks/__init__.py
index 0333417..8f2a903 100644
--- a/wowlet_backend/tasks/__init__.py
+++ b/wowlet_backend/tasks/__init__.py
@@ -167,3 +167,4 @@ from wowlet_backend.tasks.rpc_nodes import RPCNodeCheckTask
 from wowlet_backend.tasks.xmrig import XmrigTask
 from wowlet_backend.tasks.suchwow import SuchWowTask
 from wowlet_backend.tasks.wowlet import WowletReleasesTask
+from wowlet_backend.tasks.forum import ForumThreadsTask
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diff --git a/wowlet_backend/tasks/forum.py b/wowlet_backend/tasks/forum.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..315f910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wowlet_backend/tasks/forum.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright (c) 2020, The Monero Project.
+# Copyright (c) 2020, dsc@xmr.pm
+
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from typing import List
+from dateutil.parser import parse
+
+import settings
+from wowlet_backend.utils import httpget
+from wowlet_backend.tasks import WowletTask
+
+
+class ForumThreadsTask(WowletTask):
+    """Fetch recent forum threads."""
+    def __init__(self, interval: int = 300):
+        from wowlet_backend.factory import app
+        super(ForumThreadsTask, self).__init__(interval)
+
+        self._cache_key = "forum"
+        self._cache_expiry = self.interval * 10
+
+        # url
+        self._http_endpoint = "https://forum.wownero.com/latest.json"
+
+        self._websocket_cmd = "forum"
+
+    async def task(self):
+        from wowlet_backend.factory import app
+
+        blob = await httpget(self._http_endpoint, json=True)
+
+        users = {z['id']: z for z in blob["users"]}
+
+        topics = []
+        for topic in blob['topic_list']['topics']:
+            if topic.get("pinned_globally", True):
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                u = next(z for z in topic["posters"] if "original poster" in z['description'].lower())['user_id']
+                href = f"https://forum.wownero.com/t/{topic['slug']}"
+                topics.append({
+                    "id": topic["id"],
+                    "title": topic["title"],
+                    "comments": topic["posts_count"] - 1,
+                    "created_at": parse(topic["created_at"]).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"),
+                    "author": users[u]['username'],
+                    "permalink": href
+                })
+            except Exception as ex:
+                app.logger.error(f"skipping a forum topic; {ex}")
+
+        return topics[:25]
diff --git a/wowlet_backend/utils.py b/wowlet_backend/utils.py
index f3c8af4..0324c85 100644
--- a/wowlet_backend/utils.py
+++ b/wowlet_backend/utils.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async def feather_data():
         data = json.loads(data)
         return data
 
-    keys = ["blockheights", "funding_proposals", "crypto_rates", "fiat_rates", "reddit", "rpc_nodes", "xmrig", "xmrto_rates", "suchwow"]
+    keys = ["blockheights", "funding_proposals", "crypto_rates", "fiat_rates", "reddit", "rpc_nodes", "xmrig", "xmrto_rates", "suchwow", "forum"]
     data = {keys[i]: json.loads(val) if val else None for i, val in enumerate(await cache.mget(*keys))}
 
     # @TODO: for backward-compat reasons we're including some legacy keys which can be removed after 1.0 release