diff --git a/src/views/appstore.html b/src/views/appstore.html
index 226d70ce2..a9f6db9d7 100644
--- a/src/views/appstore.html
+++ b/src/views/appstore.html
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@
             </form>
         </div>
         <br/>
+        <a href="" class="appstore-category-link" ng-click="showCategory($event);" ng-class="{'category-active': category === 'featured' }" category="featured">Popular</a>
         <a href="" class="appstore-category-link" ng-click="showCategory($event);" ng-class="{'category-active': category === '' }" category="">All</a>
         <br/>
         <a href="" class="appstore-category-link" ng-click="showCategory($event);" ng-class="{'category-active': category === 'analytics' }" category="analytics"><i class="fa fa-bar-chart"></i> Analytics</a>
diff --git a/src/views/appstore.js b/src/views/appstore.js
index df7152dd0..509d3a790 100644
--- a/src/views/appstore.js
+++ b/src/views/appstore.js
@@ -363,21 +363,19 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppStoreController', ['$scope', '$loca
 
         $scope.cachedCategory = $scope.category;
 
-        $scope.ready = false;
-
         AppStore.getAppsFast(function (error, apps) {
             if (error) return $timeout($scope.showCategory.bind(null, event), 1000);
 
             if (!$scope.category) {
                 $scope.apps = apps;
+            } else if ($scope.category === 'featured') {
+                $scope.apps = apps.filter(function (app) { return app.featured; });
             } else {
                 $scope.apps = apps.filter(function (app) {
                     return app.manifest.tags.some(function (tag) { return $scope.category === tag; });
                 });
             }
 
-            $scope.ready = true;
-
             document.getElementById('appstoreGrid').scrollIntoView();
         });
     };
@@ -533,9 +531,13 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('AppStoreController', ['$scope', '$loca
             fetchUsers();
             fetchGroups();
 
+            // start with featured apps listing
+            $scope.showCategory(null, 'featured');
+
             // domains is required since we populate the dropdown with domains[0]
             Client.getDomains(function (error, result) {
                 if (error) console.error(error);
+
                 $scope.domains = result;
 
                 // show install app dialog immediately if an app id was passed in the query