diff --git a/packages/mobile/src/screens/explore-screen/components/TrendingGenres.tsx b/packages/mobile/src/screens/explore-screen/components/TrendingGenres.tsx
index e047cba5f1e..ddcb4ebc08c 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/src/screens/explore-screen/components/TrendingGenres.tsx
+++ b/packages/mobile/src/screens/explore-screen/components/TrendingGenres.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { usePopularGenres } from '@audius/common/api'
 import { exploreMessages as messages } from '@audius/common/messages'
 import { trendingPageActions } from '@audius/common/store'
 import { toTrendingGenreValue } from '@audius/common/utils'
-import { ScrollView } from 'react-native'
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux'
 
 import { Flex, SelectablePill, Skeleton } from '@audius/harmony-native'
@@ -53,33 +52,21 @@ export const TrendingGenres = () => {
   return (
     <InViewWrapper>
       <ExploreSection title={messages.trendingGenres}>
-        <ScrollView
-          horizontal
-          showsHorizontalScrollIndicator={false}
-          keyboardShouldPersistTaps='handled'
-        >
-          <Flex row gap='s' alignItems='center'>
-            {showSkeleton
-              ? Array.from({ length: SKELETON_COUNT }).map((_, i) => (
-                  <Skeleton
-                    key={i}
-                    h={36}
-                    w={96}
-                    borderRadius='2xl'
-                    noShimmer
-                  />
-                ))
-              : topGenres.map((genre) => (
-                  <SelectablePill
-                    key={genre.value}
-                    type='button'
-                    size='large'
-                    label={genre.label}
-                    onPress={() => handleGenrePress(genre.value)}
-                  />
-                ))}
-          </Flex>
-        </ScrollView>
+        <Flex row wrap='wrap' gap='s' alignItems='center'>
+          {showSkeleton
+            ? Array.from({ length: SKELETON_COUNT }).map((_, i) => (
+                <Skeleton key={i} h={36} w={96} borderRadius='2xl' noShimmer />
+              ))
+            : topGenres.map((genre) => (
+                <SelectablePill
+                  key={genre.value}
+                  type='button'
+                  size='large'
+                  label={genre.label}
+                  onPress={() => handleGenrePress(genre.value)}
+                />
+              ))}
+        </Flex>
       </ExploreSection>
     </InViewWrapper>
   )
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/trending-page/components/desktop/TrendingPageContent.tsx b/packages/web/src/pages/trending-page/components/desktop/TrendingPageContent.tsx
index b36945235fe..dd93e2df529 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/trending-page/components/desktop/TrendingPageContent.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/trending-page/components/desktop/TrendingPageContent.tsx
@@ -159,12 +159,20 @@ const TrendingPageContent = ({ containerRef }: TrendingPageContentProps) => {
     [dispatch]
   )
 
+  // A `?genre=` in the URL is the user's intent for this visit and must win
+  // over whatever genre an earlier trending visit left behind in redux —
+  // otherwise arriving from Explore with `?genre=Jazz` silently keeps showing
+  // the previous genre. With no genre in the URL, redux still wins so the last
+  // filter is remembered (and gets written back to the URL by the sync effect
+  // below).
+  const genreFromUrlOnMount = useRef(parseUrlParams().genre)
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const { genre, timeRange } = parseUrlParams()
-    if (trendingGenre) {
-      updateGenreUrlParam(trendingGenre, replaceRouteCallback)
-    } else if (isValidGenre(genre)) {
-      dispatch(trendingPageActions.setTrendingGenre(genre as any))
+    if (isValidGenre(genre)) {
+      dispatch(
+        trendingPageActions.setTrendingGenre(toTrendingGenreValue(genre))
+      )
     }
     if (isValidTimeRange(timeRange)) {
       dispatch(trendingPageActions.setTrendingTimeRange(timeRange as TimeRange))
@@ -177,6 +185,13 @@ const TrendingPageContent = ({ containerRef }: TrendingPageContentProps) => {
   }, [trendingTimeRange, replaceRouteCallback])
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    // Skip the first run when the URL already carries the genre: redux has not
+    // caught up with the effect above yet, and writing the stale value back
+    // would clobber the incoming param.
+    if (isValidGenre(genreFromUrlOnMount.current)) {
+      genreFromUrlOnMount.current = null
+      return
+    }
     updateGenreUrlParam(trendingGenre, replaceRouteCallback)
   }, [trendingGenre, replaceRouteCallback])
 
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/trending-page/components/mobile/TrendingPageContent.tsx b/packages/web/src/pages/trending-page/components/mobile/TrendingPageContent.tsx
index 50c14d39ad3..39f7e2197f3 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/trending-page/components/mobile/TrendingPageContent.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/trending-page/components/mobile/TrendingPageContent.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import { useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import {
+  useCallback,
+  useContext,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState
+} from 'react'
 
 import {
   getTrendingQueryKey,
@@ -13,7 +20,11 @@ import {
   trendingPageActions,
   trendingPageSelectors
 } from '@audius/common/store'
-import { route, toTrendingGenre } from '@audius/common/utils'
+import {
+  route,
+  toTrendingGenre,
+  toTrendingGenreValue
+} from '@audius/common/utils'
 import {
   FilterButton,
   Flex,
@@ -136,12 +147,20 @@ const TrendingPageMobileContent = ({
     dispatch(pushRoute(TRENDING_GENRES_ROUTE))
   }, [dispatch])
 
+  // A `?genre=` in the URL is the user's intent for this visit and must win
+  // over whatever genre an earlier trending visit left behind in redux —
+  // otherwise arriving from Explore with `?genre=Jazz` silently keeps showing
+  // the previous genre. With no genre in the URL, redux still wins so the last
+  // filter is remembered (and gets written back to the URL by the sync effect
+  // below).
+  const genreFromUrlOnMount = useRef(parseUrlParams().genre)
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const { genre, timeRange } = parseUrlParams()
-    if (trendingGenre) {
-      updateGenreUrlParam(trendingGenre, replaceRouteCallback)
-    } else if (isValidGenre(genre)) {
-      dispatch(trendingPageActions.setTrendingGenre(genre as any))
+    if (isValidGenre(genre)) {
+      dispatch(
+        trendingPageActions.setTrendingGenre(toTrendingGenreValue(genre))
+      )
     }
     if (isValidTimeRange(timeRange)) {
       dispatch(trendingPageActions.setTrendingTimeRange(timeRange as TimeRange))
@@ -152,6 +171,13 @@ const TrendingPageMobileContent = ({
     updateTimeRangeUrlParam(trendingTimeRange, replaceRouteCallback)
   }, [trendingTimeRange, replaceRouteCallback])
   useEffect(() => {
+    // Skip the first run when the URL already carries the genre: redux has not
+    // caught up with the effect above yet, and writing the stale value back
+    // would clobber the incoming param.
+    if (isValidGenre(genreFromUrlOnMount.current)) {
+      genreFromUrlOnMount.current = null
+      return
+    }
     updateGenreUrlParam(trendingGenre, replaceRouteCallback)
   }, [trendingGenre, replaceRouteCallback])