diff --git a/app/admin/upload/actions.ts b/app/admin/upload/actions.ts
index 18eecb9..0b12f18 100644
--- a/app/admin/upload/actions.ts
+++ b/app/admin/upload/actions.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { requireAdmin } from "@/lib/auth/auth";
 import { db } from "@/db";
 import { videoUploadJobs, videoUploads } from "@/db/schema";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { sse } from "@/lib/realtime/sse";
 import { revalidatePath } from "next/cache";
 
 export async function createVideoUpload(formData: FormData) {
@@ -28,5 +29,11 @@ export async function retryVideoJob(jobId: string) {
 		.update(videoUploads)
 		.set({ status: "partial", updatedAt: new Date() })
 		.where(eq(videoUploads.id, job.uploadId));
+	await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
+		uploadId: job.uploadId,
+		jobId: job.id,
+		platform: job.platform,
+		status: "pending",
+	});
 	revalidatePath("/admin/upload/history");
 }
diff --git a/app/admin/upload/history/page.tsx b/app/admin/upload/history/page.tsx
index 72840b4..03db38c 100644
--- a/app/admin/upload/history/page.tsx
+++ b/app/admin/upload/history/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { RealtimeRefresh } from "@/components/realtime-refresh";
 import {
 	Card,
 	CardContent,
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ export default async function AdminUploadHistoryPage() {
 		]);
 
 	return (
+		<>
+			<RealtimeRefresh topic="uploads" />
 		<Card>
 			<CardHeader>
 				<CardTitle>Upload history</CardTitle>
@@ -92,5 +95,6 @@ export default async function AdminUploadHistoryPage() {
 				)}
 			</CardContent>
 		</Card>
+		</>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/app/admin/upload/video/page.tsx b/app/admin/upload/video/page.tsx
index 31c1018..e5834ac 100644
--- a/app/admin/upload/video/page.tsx
+++ b/app/admin/upload/video/page.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
 	getLatestYoutubeVideos,
 } from "@/lib/video/video-platforms";
 import { LatestCard } from "./latest-card";
+import { RealtimeRefresh } from "@/components/realtime-refresh";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 
@@ -13,9 +14,12 @@ export default async function AdminUploadVideoPage() {
 	]);
 
 	return (
+		<>
+			<RealtimeRefresh topic="uploads" debounceMs={500} />
 		<section className="grid gap-4 xl:grid-cols-2">
 			<LatestCard title="Latest YouTube videos" videos={youtube} />
 			<LatestCard title="Latest TikTok videos" videos={tiktok} />
 		</section>
+		</>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/components/realtime-refresh.tsx b/components/realtime-refresh.tsx
index b6cf965..bf43bb2 100644
--- a/components/realtime-refresh.tsx
+++ b/components/realtime-refresh.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ type FormRealtimeRefreshProps = {
   debounceMs?: number;
 };
 
+type UploadRealtimeRefreshProps = {
+  topic: "uploads";
+  debounceMs?: number;
+};
+
 type LeaderboardRealtimeRefreshProps =
   | {
       topic: "leaderboards";
@@ -30,12 +35,13 @@ type LeaderboardRealtimeRefreshProps =
 
 type RealtimeRefreshProps =
   | FormRealtimeRefreshProps
+  | UploadRealtimeRefreshProps
   | LeaderboardRealtimeRefreshProps;
 
 export function RealtimeRefresh(props: RealtimeRefreshProps) {
   const router = useRouter();
   const topic = props.topic;
-  const formId = topic === "leaderboards" ? undefined : props.formId;
+  const formId = topic === "forms" || topic === "submissions" ? props.formId : undefined;
   const leaderboard = topic === "leaderboards" ? props.leaderboard : undefined;
   const channelId = topic === "leaderboards" ? props.channelId : undefined;
   const debounceMs = props.debounceMs ?? (topic === "leaderboards" ? 500 : 150);
@@ -45,7 +51,9 @@ export function RealtimeRefresh(props: RealtimeRefreshProps) {
       ? leaderboard === "xp"
         ? { kind: "xp" as const }
         : { kind: "vc" as const, channelId }
-      : { kind: "form" as const, formId };
+      : topic === "uploads"
+        ? { kind: "uploads" as const }
+        : { kind: "form" as const, formId };
 
     return startRealtimeRefresh({
       filter,
@@ -60,6 +68,9 @@ export function RealtimeRefresh(props: RealtimeRefreshProps) {
         if (topic === "submissions") {
           return sse.submissions.sub("update", handlers.onForm, options);
         }
+        if (topic === "uploads") {
+          return sse.uploads.sub("update", handlers.onUpload, options);
+        }
         return sse.leaderboards.subMany({
           xp: handlers.onXp,
           vc: handlers.onVc,
diff --git a/lib/realtime/realtime-refresh.ts b/lib/realtime/realtime-refresh.ts
index 5b15119..9dccfe3 100644
--- a/lib/realtime/realtime-refresh.ts
+++ b/lib/realtime/realtime-refresh.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 export type RealtimeRefreshFilter =
   | { kind: "form"; formId?: string }
+  | { kind: "uploads" }
   | { kind: "xp" }
   | { kind: "vc"; channelId?: string };
 
 export type RealtimeRefreshHandlers = {
   onOpen: () => void;
   onForm: (event: { formId: string }) => void;
+  onUpload: () => void;
   onXp: () => void;
   onVc: (event: { channelId: string }) => void;
 };
@@ -50,6 +52,9 @@ export function startRealtimeRefresh({
     onXp() {
       if (filter.kind === "xp") scheduleRefresh();
     },
+    onUpload() {
+      if (filter.kind === "uploads") scheduleRefresh();
+    },
     onVc(event) {
       if (
         filter.kind === "vc"
diff --git a/lib/realtime/sse.test.ts b/lib/realtime/sse.test.ts
index 14f8d3c..dd25f66 100644
--- a/lib/realtime/sse.test.ts
+++ b/lib/realtime/sse.test.ts
@@ -37,3 +37,32 @@ describe("leaderboard SSE contract", () => {
     )).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+describe("upload SSE contract", () => {
+  test("registers an admin-only upload topic", () => {
+    expect(isSseTopic("uploads")).toBeTrue();
+    expect(sse.uploads.adminOnly).toBeTrue();
+  });
+
+  test("validates upload job status events", () => {
+    const message = JSON.stringify({
+      event: "update",
+      data: {
+        uploadId: "upload-1",
+        jobId: "job-1",
+        platform: "youtube",
+        status: "completed",
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(sse.uploads.parseRedisMessage(message)).toEqual({
+      event: "update",
+      data: {
+        uploadId: "upload-1",
+        jobId: "job-1",
+        platform: "youtube",
+        status: "completed",
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/realtime/sse.ts b/lib/realtime/sse.ts
index c73a7ac..7299902 100644
--- a/lib/realtime/sse.ts
+++ b/lib/realtime/sse.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,24 @@ export const sse = createSseEndpoints({
       }).strict(),
     },
   },
+  uploads: {
+    adminOnly: true,
+    events: {
+      update: z.object({
+        uploadId: z.string().min(1),
+        jobId: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+        platform: z.enum(["youtube", "tiktok"]).optional(),
+        status: z.enum([
+          "scheduled",
+          "processing",
+          "pending",
+          "completed",
+          "partial",
+          "failed",
+        ]),
+      }).strict(),
+    },
+  },
   leaderboards: {
     events: {
       xp: z.object({}).strict(),
diff --git a/lib/video/video-platforms.ts b/lib/video/video-platforms.ts
index 34c8f7d..3c6679a 100644
--- a/lib/video/video-platforms.ts
+++ b/lib/video/video-platforms.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 	type YoutubeSettings,
 } from "@/db/schema";
 import { and, desc, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { sse } from "@/lib/realtime/sse";
 
 const VIDEO_TYPES = new Set(["video/mp4", "video/quicktime", "video/webm"]);
 
@@ -338,6 +339,12 @@ export async function publishVideoJob(jobId: string) {
 			error: null,
 		})
 		.where(eq(videoUploadJobs.id, job.id));
+	await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
+		uploadId: upload.id,
+		jobId: job.id,
+		platform: job.platform,
+		status: "processing",
+	});
 	try {
 		const result =
 			job.platform === "youtube"
@@ -352,6 +359,12 @@ export async function publishVideoJob(jobId: string) {
 				completedAt: new Date(),
 			})
 			.where(eq(videoUploadJobs.id, job.id));
+		await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
+			uploadId: upload.id,
+			jobId: job.id,
+			platform: job.platform,
+			status: "completed",
+		});
 	} catch (error) {
 		const message =
 			error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Platform upload failed.";
@@ -359,6 +372,12 @@ export async function publishVideoJob(jobId: string) {
 			.update(videoUploadJobs)
 			.set({ status: "failed", error: message })
 			.where(eq(videoUploadJobs.id, job.id));
+		await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
+			uploadId: upload.id,
+			jobId: job.id,
+			platform: job.platform,
+			status: "failed",
+		});
 		throw error;
 	}
 }
@@ -398,5 +417,9 @@ export async function processDueVideoUploads() {
 			.update(videoUploads)
 			.set({ status: nextStatus, updatedAt: new Date() })
 			.where(eq(videoUploads.id, upload.id));
+		await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
+			uploadId: upload.id,
+			status: nextStatus,
+		});
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/video/video-upload-storage.ts b/lib/video/video-upload-storage.ts
index 40c2cfe..a77eb16 100644
--- a/lib/video/video-upload-storage.ts
+++ b/lib/video/video-upload-storage.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import "server-only";
 
 import { mkdir, readdir, stat, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { sse } from "@/lib/realtime/sse";
 import { db } from "@/db";
 import {
 	videoUploadJobs,
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ export async function saveVideoUpload(formData: FormData, discordId: string) {
 			{ uploadId: upload.id, platform: "tiktok" },
 		])
 		.returning({ id: videoUploadJobs.id });
+	await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
+		uploadId: upload.id,
+		status: scheduledAt ? "scheduled" : "processing",
+	});
 	if (!scheduledAt) {
 		await Promise.allSettled(jobs.map((job) => publishVideoJob(job.id)));
 		const remaining = await db.query.videoUploadJobs.findMany({
@@ -120,6 +125,10 @@ export async function saveVideoUpload(formData: FormData, discordId: string) {
 				updatedAt: new Date(),
 			})
 			.where(eq(videoUploads.id, upload.id));
+		await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
+			uploadId: upload.id,
+			status: remaining.length === 0 ? "completed" : "partial",
+		});
 	}
 	return upload.id;
 }