diff --git a/app/helpers/action_tracker_helper.rb b/app/helpers/action_tracker_helper.rb
index ef21767..f8b0885 100644
--- a/app/helpers/action_tracker_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/action_tracker_helper.rb
@@ -14,13 +14,23 @@ module ActionTrackerHelper
     }
   end
 
+  def new_follower_description ta
+    n_('has followed 1 new profile:<br />%{name}', 'has followed %{num} new profiles:<br />%{name}', ta.get_follower_name.size).html_safe % {
+      num: ta.get_follower_name.size,
+      name: safe_join(ta.collect_group_with_index(:follower_name) do |n,i|
+        link_to image_tag(ta.get_follower_profile_custom_icon[i] || default_or_themed_icon("/images/icons-app/person-icon.png")),
+          ta.get_follower_url[i], title: n
+      end)
+    }
+  end
+
   def join_community_description ta
-    n_('has joined 1 community:<br />%{name}'.html_safe, 'has joined %{num} communities:<br />%{name}'.html_safe, ta.get_resource_name.size) % {
+    n_('has joined 1 community:<br />%{name}', 'has joined %{num} communities:<br />%{name}', ta.get_resource_name.size).html_safe % {
       num: ta.get_resource_name.size,
-      name: ta.collect_group_with_index(:resource_name) do |n,i|
+      name: safe_join(ta.collect_group_with_index(:resource_name) do |n,i|
        link = link_to image_tag(ta.get_resource_profile_custom_icon[i] || default_or_themed_icon("/images/icons-app/community-icon.png")),
                 ta.get_resource_url[i], title: n
-      end.join.html_safe
+      end)
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/app/jobs/notify_activity_to_profiles_job.rb b/app/jobs/notify_activity_to_profiles_job.rb
index b9a5a80..a104bd2 100644
--- a/app/jobs/notify_activity_to_profiles_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/notify_activity_to_profiles_job.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ class NotifyActivityToProfilesJob < Struct.new(:tracked_action_id)
     # Notify all friends
     ActionTrackerNotification.connection.execute("insert into action_tracker_notifications(profile_id, action_tracker_id) select f.friend_id, #{tracked_action.id} from friendships as f where person_id=#{tracked_action.user.id} and f.friend_id not in (select atn.profile_id from action_tracker_notifications as atn where atn.action_tracker_id = #{tracked_action.id})")
 
+    # Notify all followers
+    ActionTrackerNotification.connection.execute("INSERT INTO action_tracker_notifications(profile_id, action_tracker_id) SELECT f.follower_id, #{tracked_action.id} FROM profile_followers AS f WHERE profile_id=#{tracked_action.user.id} AND (f.follower_id NOT IN (SELECT atn.profile_id FROM action_tracker_notifications AS atn WHERE atn.action_tracker_id = #{tracked_action.id})) AND (f.follower_id IN SELECT friendships.friend_id FROM friendships WHERE friendships.person_id = #{tracked_action.user.id} OR SELECT profiles.public FROM profiles where id=#{tracked_action.user.id})")
+
     if tracked_action.user.is_a? Organization
       ActionTrackerNotification.connection.execute "insert into action_tracker_notifications(profile_id, action_tracker_id) " +
       "select distinct accessor_id, #{tracked_action.id} from role_assignments where resource_id = #{tracked_action.user.id} and resource_type='Profile' " +
diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 323e5b6..eb87533 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -580,9 +580,14 @@ class Person < Profile
     person.has_permission?(:manage_friends, self)
   end
 
+  def following_profiles
+    Profile.following_profiles self
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def followed_by?(profile)
-    self == profile || self.is_a_friend?(profile)
+    self == profile || self.is_a_friend?(profile) || self.followers.include(profile)
   end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/models/profile.rb b/app/models/profile.rb
index b0f75db..499291c 100644
--- a/app/models/profile.rb
+++ b/app/models/profile.rb
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ class Profile < ApplicationRecord
   scope :more_active, -> { order 'activities_count DESC' }
   scope :more_recent, -> { order "created_at DESC" }
 
+  scope :following_profiles, -> person {
+    distinct.select('profiles.*').
+    joins('join profile_followers ON profile_followers.profile_id = profiles.id').
+    where('profile_followers.follower_id = ?', person.id)
+  }
+
   acts_as_trackable :dependent => :destroy
 
   has_many :profile_activities
@@ -215,6 +221,9 @@ class Profile < ApplicationRecord
 
   has_many :email_templates, :foreign_key => :owner_id
 
+  has_many :profile_followers
+  has_many :followers, :class_name => 'Person', :through => :profile_followers
+
   # Although this should be a has_one relation, there are no non-silly names for
   # a foreign key on article to reference the template to which it is
   # welcome_page... =P
@@ -1136,5 +1145,4 @@ private :generate_url, :url_options
   def allow_invitation_from(person)
     false
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/app/models/profile_follower.rb b/app/models/profile_follower.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c979e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/profile_follower.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class ProfileFollower < ApplicationRecord
+  track_actions :new_follower, :after_create, :keep_params => ["follower.name", "follower.url", "follower.profile_custom_icon"], :custom_user => :profile
+
+  belongs_to :profile, :foreign_key => :profile_id
+  belongs_to :follower, :class_name => 'Person', :foreign_key => :follower_id
+
+  validates_presence_of :profile_id, :follower_id
+
+end
diff --git a/app/views/profile/_new_follower.html.erb b/app/views/profile/_new_follower.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cc3227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/profile/_new_follower.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<%= render :partial => 'default_activity', :locals => { :activity => activity, :tab_action => tab_action } %>
diff --git a/config/initializers/action_tracker.rb b/config/initializers/action_tracker.rb
index 7080775..9bfcfa3 100644
--- a/config/initializers/action_tracker.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/action_tracker.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ ActionTrackerConfig.verbs = {
     type: :groupable
   },
 
+  new_follower: {
+    type: :groupable
+  },
+
   join_community: {
     type: :groupable
   },
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160608123748_create_profile_followers_table.rb b/db/migrate/20160608123748_create_profile_followers_table.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5419d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160608123748_create_profile_followers_table.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class CreateProfileFollowersTable < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :profile_followers do |t|
+      t.column :profile_id,     :integer
+      t.column :follower_id,     :integer
+    end
+  end
+end
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