diff --git a/app/soapbox/hooks/__tests__/useDimensions.test.ts b/app/soapbox/hooks/__tests__/useDimensions.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec86d691a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/hooks/__tests__/useDimensions.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { renderHook, act } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
+
+import { useDimensions } from '../useDimensions';
+
+let listener: ((rect: any) => void) | undefined = undefined;
+
+(window as any).ResizeObserver = class ResizeObserver {
+  constructor(ls) {
+    listener = ls;
+  }
+
+  observe() {}
+  disconnect() {}
+};
+
+describe('useDimensions()', () => {
+  it('defaults to 0', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useDimensions());
+
+    act(() => {
+      const div = document.createElement('div');
+      (result.current[0] as any)(div);
+    });
+
+    expect(result.current[1]).toMatchObject({
+      width: 0,
+      height: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('measures the dimensions of a DOM element', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useDimensions());
+
+    act(() => {
+      const div = document.createElement('div');
+      (result.current[0] as any)(div);
+    });
+
+    act(() => {
+      listener!([
+        {
+          contentRect: {
+            width: 200,
+            height: 200,
+          },
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    expect(result.current[1]).toMatchObject({
+      width: 200,
+      height: 200,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('disconnects on unmount', () => {
+    const disconnect = jest.fn();
+    (window as any).ResizeObserver = class ResizeObserver {
+      observe() {}
+      disconnect() {
+        disconnect();
+      }
+    };
+
+    const { result, unmount } = renderHook(() => useDimensions());
+
+    act(() => {
+      const div = document.createElement('div');
+      (result.current[0] as any)(div);
+    });
+
+    expect(disconnect).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+    unmount();
+    expect(disconnect).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/soapbox/hooks/index.ts b/app/soapbox/hooks/index.ts
index c25cb082a..2cd767c2d 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/hooks/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export { useAccount } from './useAccount';
 export { useAppDispatch } from './useAppDispatch';
 export { useAppSelector } from './useAppSelector';
+export { useDimensions } from './useDimensions';
 export { useFeatures } from './useFeatures';
 export { useOnScreen } from './useOnScreen';
 export { useOwnAccount } from './useOwnAccount';
diff --git a/app/soapbox/hooks/useDimensions.ts b/app/soapbox/hooks/useDimensions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ba699925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/hooks/useDimensions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { Ref, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+
+type UseDimensionsRect = { width: number, height: number };
+type UseDimensionsResult = [Ref<HTMLDivElement>, any]
+
+const defaultState: UseDimensionsRect = {
+  width: 0,
+  height: 0,
+};
+
+const useDimensions = (): UseDimensionsResult => {
+  const [element, ref] = useState<Element | null>(null);
+  const [rect, setRect] = useState<UseDimensionsRect>(defaultState);
+
+  const observer = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      new (window as any).ResizeObserver((entries: any) => {
+        if (entries[0]) {
+          const { width, height } = entries[0].contentRect;
+          setRect({ width, height });
+        }
+      }),
+    [],
+  );
+
+  useEffect((): any => {
+    if (!element) return null;
+    observer.observe(element);
+
+    return () => {
+      observer.disconnect();
+    };
+  }, [element]);
+
+  return [ref, rect];
+};
+
+export { useDimensions };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c438abc7..31b4b956a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.16.4",
+    "@testing-library/react-hooks": "^8.0.1",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.0.3",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.15.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.15.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f13fa58a4..b88349ff0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2329,6 +2329,14 @@
     lodash "^4.17.15"
     redent "^3.0.0"
 
+"@testing-library/react-hooks@^8.0.1":
+  version "8.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@testing-library/react-hooks/-/react-hooks-8.0.1.tgz#0924bbd5b55e0c0c0502d1754657ada66947ca12"
+  integrity sha512-Aqhl2IVmLt8IovEVarNDFuJDVWVvhnr9/GCU6UUnrYXwgDFF9h2L2o2P9KBni1AST5sT6riAyoukFLyjQUgD/g==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+    react-error-boundary "^3.1.0"
+
 "@testing-library/react@^12.1.4":
   version "12.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@testing-library/react/-/react-12.1.4.tgz#09674b117e550af713db3f4ec4c0942aa8bbf2c0"
@@ -9616,6 +9624,13 @@ react-dom@^17.0.2:
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     scheduler "^0.20.2"
 
+react-error-boundary@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-error-boundary/-/react-error-boundary-3.1.4.tgz#255db92b23197108757a888b01e5b729919abde0"
+  integrity sha512-uM9uPzZJTF6wRQORmSrvOIgt4lJ9MC1sNgEOj2XGsDTRE4kmpWxg7ENK9EWNKJRMAOY9z0MuF4yIfl6gp4sotA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.5"
+
 react-event-listener@^0.6.0:
   version "0.6.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-event-listener/-/react-event-listener-0.6.6.tgz#758f7b991cad9086dd39fd29fad72127e1d8962a"