diff --git a/frontend/app/components/SocialIcon.vue b/frontend/app/components/SocialIcon.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a876087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/app/components/SocialIcon.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+// The official brand marks, inlined at build time from the simple-icons
+// package (CC0) rather than redrawn here. Importing the three files directly
+// keeps the other ~3000 icons out of the bundle.
+import facebookMark from 'simple-icons/icons/facebook.svg?raw'
+import instagramMark from 'simple-icons/icons/instagram.svg?raw'
+import xMark from 'simple-icons/icons/x.svg?raw'
+
+const MARKS = {
+  X: xMark,
+  Instagram: instagramMark,
+  Facebook: facebookMark,
+} as const
+
+const props = defineProps<{ name: keyof typeof MARKS }>()
+
+const mark = computed(() => MARKS[props.name])
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <!-- eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-v-html -- build-time asset, not user input -->
+  <span class="icon" aria-hidden="true" v-html="mark" />
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.icon {
+  flex: none;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  width: 0.95rem;
+  height: 0.95rem;
+}
+
+.icon :deep(svg) {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  fill: currentColor;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/frontend/app/layouts/default.vue b/frontend/app/layouts/default.vue
index 95926f9..1d7d1ee 100644
--- a/frontend/app/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/frontend/app/layouts/default.vue
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ const { data: categories } = await useFetch<Category[]>('/api/categories', {
           <p class="kicker">{{ $t('site.follow') }}</p>
           <ul>
             <li v-for="social in SOCIAL_LINKS" :key="social.name">
-              <a :href="social.url" target="_blank" rel="noopener me">{{ social.name }}</a>
+              <a class="social" :href="social.url" target="_blank" rel="noopener me">
+                <SocialIcon :name="social.name" />
+                <span>{{ social.name }}</span>
+              </a>
             </li>
           </ul>
         </nav>
@@ -224,6 +227,22 @@ const { data: categories } = await useFetch<Category[]>('/api/categories', {
   text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
 }
 
+.social {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.55rem;
+}
+
+/* Keep the underline on the label, not stretched across the icon. */
+.social:hover {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.social:hover span {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
+}
+
 .copyright {
   padding-top: 1.75rem;
   text-align: center;
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index c308e5f..c23c53a 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         "@nuxtjs/i18n": "^10.6.0",
         "marked": "^18.0.11",
         "nuxt": "^4.5.2",
+        "simple-icons": "^16.28.0",
         "vue": "^3.5.41",
         "vue-router": "^5.2.0"
       },
@@ -10241,6 +10242,25 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/steveukx/git-js?sponsor=1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/simple-icons": {
+      "version": "16.28.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-icons/-/simple-icons-16.28.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sQPR5AtK/ijRjou7zw7mlLp08oB6FH7i0lOy5XJ2zp9mJs/yejgiOn7KvQoe2q4YJIx6VmgUSW5AOefebPt5kg==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "opencollective",
+          "url": "https://opencollective.com/simple-icons"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/simple-icons"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "CC0-1.0",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.12.18"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/sirv": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sirv/-/sirv-3.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 7a029be..69cb7f5 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "@nuxtjs/i18n": "^10.6.0",
     "marked": "^18.0.11",
     "nuxt": "^4.5.2",
+    "simple-icons": "^16.28.0",
     "vue": "^3.5.41",
     "vue-router": "^5.2.0"
   },