diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/celery.html b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/celery.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2bd95601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/celery.html
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+{% extends 'settings/layout.html' %}
+{% load humanize %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load celery_tags %}
+
+{% block title %}{% trans "Celery Status" %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block header %}{% trans "Celery Status" %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block panel %}
+
+{% if queues %}
+<section class="block content">
+    <h2>{% trans "Queues" %}</h2>
+    <div class="columns has-text-centered">
+        <div class="column is-4">
+            <div class="notification">
+                <p class="header">{% trans "Low priority" %}</p>
+                <p class="title is-5">{{ queues.low_priority|intcomma }}</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="column is-4">
+            <div class="notification">
+                <p class="header">{% trans "Medium priority" %}</p>
+                <p class="title is-5">{{ queues.medium_priority|intcomma }}</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="column is-4">
+            <div class="notification">
+                <p class="header">{% trans "High priority" %}</p>
+                <p class="title is-5">{{ queues.high_priority|intcomma }}</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</section>
+{% else %}
+<div class="notification is-danger is-flex is-align-items-start">
+    <span class="icon icon-warning is-size-4 pr-3" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+    <span>
+        {% trans "Could not connect to Redis broker" %}
+    </span>
+</div>
+
+{% endif %}
+
+{% if stats %}
+<section class="block content">
+    <h2>{% trans "Active Tasks" %}</h2>
+    {% for worker in active_tasks.values %}
+        <div class="table-container">
+            <table class="table is-striped is-fullwidth">
+                <tr>
+                    <th>{% trans "ID" %}</th>
+                    <th>{% trans "Task name" %}</th>
+                    <th>{% trans "Run time" %}</th>
+                    <th>{% trans "Priority" %}</th>
+                </tr>
+                {% if not worker %}
+                <tr>
+                    <td colspan="4">
+                        <em>{% trans "No active tasks" %}</em>
+                    </td>
+                </tr>
+                {% endif %}
+                {% for task in worker %}
+                <tr>
+                    <td>{{ task.id }}</td>
+                    <td>{{ task.name|shortname }}</td>
+                    <td>{{ task.time_start|runtime }}</td>
+                    <td>{{ task.delivery_info.routing_key }}</td>
+                </tr>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </table>
+        </div>
+    {% endfor %}
+</section>
+
+<section class="block content">
+    <h2>{% trans "Workers" %}</h2>
+
+    {% for worker_name, worker in stats.items %}
+    <div class="notification">
+        <h3>{{ worker_name }}</h3>
+        {% trans "Uptime:" %} {{ worker.uptime|uptime }}
+    </div>
+    {% endfor %}
+</section>
+
+{% else %}
+
+<div class="notification is-danger is-flex is-align-items-start">
+    <span class="icon icon-warning is-size-4 pr-3" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+    <span>
+        {% trans "Could not connect to Celery" %}
+    </span>
+</div>
+{% endif %}
+
+{% if errors %}
+<div class="block content">
+    <h2>{% trans "Errors" %}</h2>
+    {% for error in errors %}
+    <pre>{{ error }}</pre>
+{% endfor %}
+
+</div>
+{% endif %}
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/layout.html b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/layout.html
index 862de9585..ffb21d4a6 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/settings/layout.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/settings/layout.html
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@
             </li>
         </ul>
         {% endif %}
+        {% if perms.edit_instance_settings %}
+        <h2 class="menu-label">{% trans "System" %}</h2>
+        <ul class="menu-list">
+            <li>
+                {% url 'settings-celery' as url %}
+                <a href="{{ url }}"{% if url in request.path %} class="is-active" aria-selected="true"{% endif %}>{% trans "Celery status" %}</a>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+        {% endif %}
         {% if perms.bookwyrm.edit_instance_settings %}
         <h2 class="menu-label">{% trans "Instance Settings" %}</h2>
         <ul class="menu-list">
diff --git a/bookwyrm/templatetags/celery_tags.py b/bookwyrm/templatetags/celery_tags.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6168d048e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/templatetags/celery_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+""" template filters for really common utilities """
+import datetime
+from django import template
+
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter(name="uptime")
+def uptime(seconds):
+    """Seconds uptime to a readable format"""
+    return str(datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds))
+
+
+@register.filter(name="runtime")
+def runtime(timestamp):
+    """How long has it been?"""
+    return datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp)
+
+
+@register.filter(name="shortname")
+def shortname(name):
+    """removes bookwyrm.celery..."""
+    return ".".join(name.split(".")[-2:])
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/views/admin/test_celery.py b/bookwyrm/tests/views/admin/test_celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f658763c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/views/admin/test_celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+""" test for app action functionality """
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
+from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.client import RequestFactory
+
+from bookwyrm import models, views
+from bookwyrm.management.commands import initdb
+from bookwyrm.tests.validate_html import validate_html
+
+
+class CeleryStatusViews(TestCase):
+    """every response to a get request, html or json"""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """we need basic test data and mocks"""
+        self.factory = RequestFactory()
+        with patch("bookwyrm.suggested_users.rerank_suggestions_task.delay"), patch(
+            "bookwyrm.activitystreams.populate_stream_task.delay"
+        ), patch("bookwyrm.lists_stream.populate_lists_task.delay"):
+            self.local_user = models.User.objects.create_user(
+                "mouse@local.com",
+                "mouse@mouse.mouse",
+                "password",
+                local=True,
+                localname="mouse",
+            )
+        initdb.init_groups()
+        initdb.init_permissions()
+        group = Group.objects.get(name="admin")
+        self.local_user.groups.set([group])
+        models.SiteSettings.objects.create()
+
+    def test_celery_status_get(self):
+        """there are so many views, this just makes sure it LOADS"""
+        view = views.CeleryStatus.as_view()
+        request = self.factory.get("")
+        request.user = self.local_user
+
+        result = view(request)
+        self.assertIsInstance(result, TemplateResponse)
+        validate_html(result.render())
+        self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/urls.py b/bookwyrm/urls.py
index 26e13f751..449b1d723 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/urls.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/urls.py
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ urlpatterns = [
         views.Report.as_view(),
         name="report-link",
     ),
+    re_path(
+        r"^settings/celery/?$", views.CeleryStatus.as_view(), name="settings-celery"
+    ),
     # landing pages
     re_path(r"^about/?$", views.about, name="about"),
     re_path(r"^privacy/?$", views.privacy, name="privacy"),
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
index 337f280e4..257adc932 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from .admin.announcements import Announcements, Announcement
 from .admin.announcements import EditAnnouncement, delete_announcement
 from .admin.automod import AutoMod, automod_delete, run_automod
 from .admin.automod import schedule_automod_task, unschedule_automod_task
+from .admin.celery_status import CeleryStatus
 from .admin.dashboard import Dashboard
 from .admin.federation import Federation, FederatedServer
 from .admin.federation import AddFederatedServer, ImportServerBlocklist
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/admin/celery_status.py b/bookwyrm/views/admin/celery_status.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7da148a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/admin/celery_status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+""" celery status """
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
+from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
+from django.views import View
+import redis
+
+from celerywyrm import settings
+from bookwyrm.tasks import app as celery
+
+r = redis.Redis(
+    host=settings.REDIS_BROKER_HOST,
+    port=settings.REDIS_BROKER_PORT,
+    password=settings.REDIS_BROKER_PASSWORD,
+    db=settings.REDIS_BROKER_DB_INDEX,
+)
+
+# pylint: disable= no-self-use
+@method_decorator(login_required, name="dispatch")
+@method_decorator(
+    permission_required("bookwyrm.edit_instance_settings", raise_exception=True),
+    name="dispatch",
+)
+class CeleryStatus(View):
+    """Are your tasks running? Well you'd better go catch them"""
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        """See workers and active tasks"""
+        errors = []
+        try:
+            inspect = celery.control.inspect()
+            stats = inspect.stats()
+            active_tasks = inspect.active()
+        # pylint: disable=broad-except
+        except Exception as err:
+            stats = active_tasks = None
+            errors.append(err)
+
+        try:
+            queues = {
+                "low_priority": r.llen("low_priority"),
+                "medium_priority": r.llen("medium_priority"),
+                "high_priority": r.llen("high_priority"),
+            }
+        # pylint: disable=broad-except
+        except Exception as err:
+            queues = None
+            errors.append(err)
+
+        data = {
+            "stats": stats,
+            "active_tasks": active_tasks,
+            "queues": queues,
+            "errors": errors,
+        }
+        return TemplateResponse(request, "settings/celery.html", data)