diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/BackfillIdenticons.php b/app/Console/Commands/BackfillIdenticons.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed7709f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/BackfillIdenticons.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use App\Jobs\UpdateUserIdenticonStatus;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+class BackfillIdenticons extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * The name and signature of the console command.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'app:backfill-identicons';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Backfills the github_has_identicon column for users';
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        User::whereNotNull('github_id')
+            ->chunk(100, function ($users) {
+                foreach ($users as $user) {
+                    UpdateUserIdenticonStatus::dispatch($user);
+                }
+
+                sleep(2);
+            });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
index 3f7e292f6..97d415547 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Http\Requests\RegisterRequest;
 use App\Jobs\RegisterUser;
+use App\Jobs\UpdateUserIdenticonStatus;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Providers\AppServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Registered;
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ protected function create(RegisterRequest $request): User
     {
         $this->dispatchSync(RegisterUser::fromRequest($request));
 
-        return User::findByEmailAddress($request->emailAddress());
+        $user = User::findByEmailAddress($request->emailAddress());
+
+        $this->dispatch(new UpdateUserIdenticonStatus($user));
+
+        return $user;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
index 3a844c5b7..269dcb9c1 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public function show()
         $communityMembers = Cache::remember(
             'communityMembers',
             now()->addMinutes(5),
-            fn () => User::notBanned()->inRandomOrder()->take(100)->get()->chunk(20)
+            fn () => User::notBanned()->withAvatar()->inRandomOrder()->take(100)->get()->chunk(20)
         );
 
         $totalUsers = Cache::remember('totalUsers', now()->addDay(), fn () => number_format(User::notBanned()->count()));
diff --git a/app/Jobs/UnVerifyAuthor.php b/app/Jobs/UnVerifyAuthor.php
index ec742a952..9ab35b19c 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/UnVerifyAuthor.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/UnVerifyAuthor.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Queue\Queueable;
 
-class UnVerifyAuthor implements ShouldQueue
+final class UnVerifyAuthor implements ShouldQueue
 {
     use Queueable;
 
diff --git a/app/Jobs/UpdateUserIdenticonStatus.php b/app/Jobs/UpdateUserIdenticonStatus.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b863e52aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Jobs/UpdateUserIdenticonStatus.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Jobs;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Queue\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+use App\Models\User;
+use App\Social\GithubUserApi;
+
+final class UpdateUserIdenticonStatus implements ShouldQueue
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+    public function __construct(protected User $user) {}
+
+    public function handle(GithubUserApi $github): void
+    {
+        $hasIdenticon = $github->hasIdenticon($this->user->githubId());
+
+        $this->user->update(['github_has_identicon' => $hasIdenticon]);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/Jobs/VerifyAuthor.php b/app/Jobs/VerifyAuthor.php
index 89dbf332a..6ffc319a3 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/VerifyAuthor.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/VerifyAuthor.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Queue\Queueable;
 
-class VerifyAuthor implements ShouldQueue
+final class VerifyAuthor implements ShouldQueue
 {
     use Queueable;
 
diff --git a/app/Models/User.php b/app/Models/User.php
index c43b35dad..ab8ef3fac 100644
--- a/app/Models/User.php
+++ b/app/Models/User.php
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ final class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
         'remember_token',
         'bio',
         'banned_reason',
+        'github_has_identicon'
     ];
 
     /**
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ protected function casts(): array
         return [
             'allowed_notifications' => 'array',
             'author_verified_at' => 'datetime',
+            'github_has_identicon' => 'boolean',
         ];
     }
 
@@ -113,6 +115,11 @@ public function githubUsername(): string
         return $this->github_username ?? '';
     }
 
+    public function hasIdenticon(): bool
+    {
+        return (bool) $this->github_has_identicon;
+    }
+
     public function twitter(): ?string
     {
         return $this->twitter;
@@ -411,6 +418,11 @@ public function scopeModerators(Builder $query)
         ]);
     }
 
+    public function scopeWithAvatar(Builder $query)
+    {
+        return $query->where('github_has_identicon', false);
+    }
+
     public function scopeNotBanned(Builder $query)
     {
         return $query->whereNull('banned_at');
diff --git a/app/Social/GithubUserApi.php b/app/Social/GithubUserApi.php
index e7580ca21..21cf9ee0e 100644
--- a/app/Social/GithubUserApi.php
+++ b/app/Social/GithubUserApi.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Http\Client\ConnectionException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 
-class GithubUserApi
+final class GithubUserApi
 {
     public function find(int|string $id): ?GitHubUser
     {
@@ -14,4 +14,22 @@ public function find(int|string $id): ?GitHubUser
 
         return $response->failed() ? null : new GitHubUser($response->json());
     }
+
+    public function hasIdenticon(int|string $id): bool
+    {
+        $response = Http::retry(3, 300, fn ($exception) => $exception instanceof ConnectionException)
+            ->get("https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/{$id}?v=4&s=40");
+
+        if ($response->failed()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (! $info = getimagesizefromstring($response->body())) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        [$width, $height] = $info;
+
+        return ! ($width === 420 && $height === 420);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/database/factories/UserFactory.php b/database/factories/UserFactory.php
index 8f5c3609b..406393cb4 100644
--- a/database/factories/UserFactory.php
+++ b/database/factories/UserFactory.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public function definition(): array
             'remember_token' => Str::random(10),
             'github_id' => $this->faker->unique()->numberBetween(10000, 99999),
             'github_username' => $this->faker->unique()->userName(),
+            'github_has_identicon' => $this->faker->boolean(),
             'twitter' => $this->faker->unique()->userName(),
             'bluesky' => $this->faker->unique()->userName(),
             'website' => 'https://laravel.io',
diff --git a/database/migrations/2025_09_11_152525_add_has_identicon_to_users_table.php b/database/migrations/2025_09_11_152525_add_has_identicon_to_users_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dedb4763d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2025_09_11_152525_add_has_identicon_to_users_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->boolean('github_has_identicon')->after('github_username')->default(false);
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/database/seeders/UserSeeder.php b/database/seeders/UserSeeder.php
index 5c3fe18a4..d30dfdd4d 100644
--- a/database/seeders/UserSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeders/UserSeeder.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public function run(): void
         DB::beginTransaction();
 
         User::factory()
-            ->count(100)
+            ->count(300)
             ->has(Thread::factory()->count(2), 'threadsRelation')
             ->has(
                 Article::factory()
diff --git a/resources/views/components/avatar.blade.php b/resources/views/components/avatar.blade.php
index ac27d4f23..db261e951 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/avatar.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/avatar.blade.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ])
 
 <?php
-$src = $user->githubId()
+$src = $user->githubId() && ! $user->hasIdenticon()
     ? sprintf('https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/%s', $user->githubId())
     : asset('https://laravel.io/images/laravelio-icon-gray.svg');
 ?>