diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/media_gallery.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/media_gallery.jsx
index 64250236d8..b0f60080e8 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/media_gallery.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/media_gallery.jsx
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ import { formatTime } from 'mastodon/features/video';
 
 import { autoPlayGif, displayMedia, useBlurhash } from '../initial_state';
 
+const colCount = function(size) {
+  return Math.max(Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(size)), 2);
+};
+
+const rowCount = function(size) {
+  return Math.ceil(size / colCount(size));
+};
+
 class Item extends PureComponent {
 
   static propTypes = {
@@ -93,14 +101,18 @@ class Item extends PureComponent {
     let badges = [], thumbnail;
 
     let width  = 50;
-    let height = 100;
+    let height = 50;
 
-    if (size === 1) {
+    const cols = colCount(size);
+    const remaining = (-size % cols + cols) % cols;
+    const largeCount = Math.floor(remaining / 3); // width=2, height=2
+    const mediumCount = remaining % 3; // height=2
+
+    if (size === 1 || index < largeCount) {
       width = 100;
-    }
-
-    if (size === 4 || (size === 3 && index > 0)) {
-      height = 50;
+      height = 100;
+    } else if (size === 2 || index < largeCount + mediumCount) {
+      height = 100;
     }
 
     const description = attachment.getIn(['translation', 'description']) || attachment.get('description');
@@ -308,6 +320,11 @@ class MediaGallery extends PureComponent {
     if (this.isFullSizeEligible()) {
       style.aspectRatio = `${this.props.media.getIn([0, 'meta', 'small', 'aspect'])}`;
     } else {
+      const cols = colCount(media.size);
+      const rows = rowCount(media.size);
+      style.gridTemplateColumns = `repeat(${cols}, 1fr)`;
+      style.gridTemplateRows = `repeat(${rows}, 1fr)`;
+
       style.aspectRatio = '3 / 2';
     }
 
diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index 06bc940949..3d607926a5 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
       object: @object
     )
 
-    attachment_ids = process_attachments.take(Status::MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT).map(&:id)
+    attachment_ids = process_attachments.take(Status::REMOTE_MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT).map(&:id)
 
     @params = {
       uri: @status_parser.uri,
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
     as_array(@object['attachment']).each do |attachment|
       media_attachment_parser = ActivityPub::Parser::MediaAttachmentParser.new(attachment)
 
-      next if media_attachment_parser.remote_url.blank? || media_attachments.size >= Status::MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT
+      next if media_attachment_parser.remote_url.blank? || media_attachments.size >= Status::REMOTE_MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT
 
       begin
         media_attachment = MediaAttachment.create(
diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index 5e89fc3531..5f85dc8281 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
   include Status::Visibility
 
   MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT = 4
+  REMOTE_MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT = 16
 
   QUOTE_APPROVAL_POLICY_FLAGS = {
     unknown: (1 << 0),
@@ -278,6 +279,10 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     @emojis = CustomEmoji.from_text(fields.join(' '), account.domain)
   end
 
+  def media_attachments_limit
+    local? ? MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT : REMOTE_MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT
+  end
+
   def ordered_media_attachments
     if ordered_media_attachment_ids.nil?
       # NOTE: sort Ruby-side to avoid hitting the database when the status is
@@ -286,7 +291,7 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
     else
       map = media_attachments.index_by(&:id)
       ordered_media_attachment_ids.filter_map { |media_attachment_id| map[media_attachment_id] }
-    end.take(MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT)
+    end.take(media_attachments_limit)
   end
 
   def replies_count
diff --git a/app/models/status_edit.rb b/app/models/status_edit.rb
index a64ef34905..8016433158 100644
--- a/app/models/status_edit.rb
+++ b/app/models/status_edit.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class StatusEdit < ApplicationRecord
         map = status.media_attachments.index_by(&:id)
         ordered_media_attachment_ids.map.with_index { |media_attachment_id, index| PreservedMediaAttachment.new(media_attachment: map[media_attachment_id], description: media_descriptions[index]) }
       end
-    end.take(Status::MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT)
+    end.take(status.media_attachments_limit)
   end
 
   def proper
diff --git a/app/services/activitypub/process_status_update_service.rb b/app/services/activitypub/process_status_update_service.rb
index aceb17f2d1..9f780bb259 100644
--- a/app/services/activitypub/process_status_update_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/activitypub/process_status_update_service.rb
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class ActivityPub::ProcessStatusUpdateService < BaseService
     as_array(@json['attachment']).each do |attachment|
       media_attachment_parser = ActivityPub::Parser::MediaAttachmentParser.new(attachment)
 
-      next if media_attachment_parser.remote_url.blank? || @next_media_attachments.size > Status::MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT
+      next if media_attachment_parser.remote_url.blank? || @next_media_attachments.size > Status::REMOTE_MEDIA_ATTACHMENTS_LIMIT
 
       begin
         media_attachment   = previous_media_attachments.find { |previous_media_attachment| previous_media_attachment.remote_url == media_attachment_parser.remote_url }