diff --git a/packages/common/src/store/pages/chat/selectors.ts b/packages/common/src/store/pages/chat/selectors.ts
index be773e66f4..f88986f5be 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/store/pages/chat/selectors.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/store/pages/chat/selectors.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import { User } from 'models/User'
 import { accountSelectors } from 'store/account'
 import { cacheUsersSelectors } from 'store/cache'
 import { CommonState } from 'store/reducers'
-import { decodeHashId } from 'utils/hashIds'
-import { Maybe } from 'utils/typeUtils'
+import { decodeHashId, encodeHashId } from 'utils/hashIds'
+import { Maybe, removeNullable } from 'utils/typeUtils'
 
 import { chatMessagesAdapter, chatsAdapter } from './slice'
 import { ChatPermissionAction } from './types'
@@ -168,6 +168,30 @@ export const getSingleOtherChatUser = (
   return getOtherChatUsers(state, chatId)[0]
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets a list of the users the current user has chats with.
+ * Note that this only takes the first user of each chat that doesn't match the current one,
+ * so this will need to be adjusted when we do group chats.
+ */
+export const getUserList = createSelector(
+  [getUserId, getChats, getHasMoreChats, getChatsStatus],
+  (currentUserId, chats, hasMore, chatsStatus) => {
+    const chatUserListIds = chats
+      .map(
+        (c) =>
+          c.chat_members
+            .filter((u) => decodeHashId(u.user_id) !== currentUserId)
+            .map((u) => decodeHashId(u.user_id))[0]
+      )
+      .filter(removeNullable)
+    return {
+      userIds: chatUserListIds,
+      hasMore,
+      loading: chatsStatus === Status.LOADING
+    }
+  }
+)
+
 export const getChatMessageByIndex = (
   state: CommonState,
   chatId: string,
@@ -228,6 +252,7 @@ export const getCanCreateChat = createSelector(
     getBlockees,
     getBlockers,
     getChatPermissions,
+    getChats,
     (state: CommonState, { userId }: { userId: Maybe<ID> }) => {
       if (!userId) return null
       const usersMap = getUsers(state, { ids: [userId] })
@@ -239,6 +264,7 @@ export const getCanCreateChat = createSelector(
     blockees,
     blockers,
     chatPermissions,
+    chats,
     user
   ): { canCreateChat: boolean; callToAction: ChatPermissionAction } => {
     if (!currentUserId) {
@@ -254,13 +280,24 @@ export const getCanCreateChat = createSelector(
       }
     }
 
+    // Check for existing chat, since unblocked users with existing chats
+    // don't need permission to continue chatting.
+    // Use a callback fn to prevent iteration until necessary to improve perf
+    // Note: this only works if the respective chat has been fetched already, like in chatsUserList
+    const encodedUserId = encodeHashId(user.user_id)
+    const hasExistingChat = () =>
+      !!chats.find((c) =>
+        c.chat_members.find((u) => u.user_id === encodedUserId)
+      )
+
     const userPermissions = chatPermissions[user.user_id]
     const isBlockee = blockees.includes(user.user_id)
     const isBlocker = blockers.includes(user.user_id)
     const canCreateChat =
       !isBlockee &&
       !isBlocker &&
-      (userPermissions?.current_user_has_permission ?? true)
+      ((userPermissions?.current_user_has_permission ?? true) ||
+        hasExistingChat())
 
     let action = ChatPermissionAction.NOT_APPLICABLE
     if (!canCreateChat) {
diff --git a/packages/common/src/store/ui/create-chat-modal/index.ts b/packages/common/src/store/ui/create-chat-modal/index.ts
index 7393586a4f..1f632f5e34 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/store/ui/create-chat-modal/index.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/store/ui/create-chat-modal/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Action } from '@reduxjs/toolkit'
 import { createModal } from '../modals/createModal'
 
 export type CreateChatModalState = {
+  defaultUserList?: 'followers' | 'chats'
   presetMessage?: string
   onCancelAction?: Action
 }
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ export type CreateChatModalState = {
 const createChatModal = createModal<CreateChatModalState>({
   reducerPath: 'createChatModal',
   initialState: {
-    isOpen: false
+    isOpen: false,
+    defaultUserList: 'followers'
   },
   sliceSelector: (state) => state.ui.modalsWithState
 })
diff --git a/packages/mobile/src/components/share-drawer/ShareDrawer.tsx b/packages/mobile/src/components/share-drawer/ShareDrawer.tsx
index 442a17db14..a94f67e3db 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/src/components/share-drawer/ShareDrawer.tsx
+++ b/packages/mobile/src/components/share-drawer/ShareDrawer.tsx
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ export const ShareDrawer = () => {
   const handleShareToDirectMessage = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!content) return
     navigation.navigate('ChatUserList', {
-      presetMessage: getContentUrl(content)
+      presetMessage: getContentUrl(content),
+      defaultUserList: 'chats'
     })
     track(make({ eventName: Name.CHAT_ENTRY_POINT, source: 'share' }))
   }, [content, navigation])
diff --git a/packages/mobile/src/screens/app-screen/AppTabScreen.tsx b/packages/mobile/src/screens/app-screen/AppTabScreen.tsx
index b3c21e84e4..2c78702ebc 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/src/screens/app-screen/AppTabScreen.tsx
+++ b/packages/mobile/src/screens/app-screen/AppTabScreen.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import type {
   NotificationType,
   RepostType,
   SearchPlaylist,
-  SearchTrack
+  SearchTrack,
+  CreateChatModalState
 } from '@audius/common'
 import { FeatureFlags } from '@audius/common'
 import type { EventArg, NavigationState } from '@react-navigation/native'
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ export type AppTabScreenParamList = {
   ChatUserList:
     | {
         presetMessage?: string
+        defaultUserList?: CreateChatModalState['defaultUserList']
       }
     | undefined
   Chat: {
diff --git a/packages/mobile/src/screens/chat-screen/ChatUserListScreen.tsx b/packages/mobile/src/screens/chat-screen/ChatUserListScreen.tsx
index d15e4c8bb2..26fe90fa2a 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/src/screens/chat-screen/ChatUserListScreen.tsx
+++ b/packages/mobile/src/screens/chat-screen/ChatUserListScreen.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
-import type { User } from '@audius/common'
+import type { CreateChatModalState, User } from '@audius/common'
 import {
   FOLLOWERS_USER_LIST_TAG,
   Status,
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   searchUsersModalActions,
   searchUsersModalSelectors,
   statusIsNotFinalized,
+  chatSelectors,
   useProxySelector,
   userListActions
 } from '@audius/common'
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ const { searchUsers } = searchUsersModalActions
 const { getUserList } = searchUsersModalSelectors
 const { getUsers } = cacheUsersSelectors
 const { fetchBlockees, fetchBlockers, fetchPermissions } = chatActions
+const { getUserList: getChatsUserList } = chatSelectors
+const { getUserList: getFollowersUserList } = followersUserListSelectors
 
 const DEBOUNCE_MS = 150
 
@@ -141,12 +144,17 @@ const ListEmpty = () => {
   )
 }
 
-const useDefaultUserList = () => {
+const useDefaultUserList = (
+  defaultUserList: CreateChatModalState['defaultUserList']
+) => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch()
   const currentUser = useSelector(getAccountUser)
-  const { hasMore, loading, userIds } = useSelector(
-    followersUserListSelectors.getUserList
-  )
+  const followersUserList = useSelector(getFollowersUserList)
+  const chatsUserList = useSelector(getChatsUserList)
+
+  const { hasMore, loading, userIds } =
+    defaultUserList === 'chats' ? chatsUserList : followersUserList
+
   const loadMore = useCallback(() => {
     if (currentUser) {
       dispatch(followersUserListActions.setFollowers(currentUser?.user_id))
@@ -190,7 +198,8 @@ export const ChatUserListScreen = () => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch()
   const { params } = useRoute<'ChatUserList'>()
   const presetMessage = params?.presetMessage
-  const defaultUserList = useDefaultUserList()
+  const defaultUserListType = params?.defaultUserList
+  const defaultUserList = useDefaultUserList(defaultUserListType)
   const queryUserList = useQueryUserList(query)
 
   const hasQuery = query.length > 0
diff --git a/packages/web/src/components/share-modal/ShareModal.tsx b/packages/web/src/components/share-modal/ShareModal.tsx
index f09667daa4..2a87e4f4fa 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/components/share-modal/ShareModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/components/share-modal/ShareModal.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ export const ShareModal = () => {
     openCreateChatModal({
       // Just care about the link
       presetMessage: (await getTwitterShareText(content, false)).link,
-      onCancelAction: setVisibility({ modal: 'Share', visible: true })
+      onCancelAction: setVisibility({ modal: 'Share', visible: true }),
+      defaultUserList: 'chats'
     })
     dispatch(make(Name.CHAT_ENTRY_POINT, { source: 'share' }))
   }, [openCreateChatModal, dispatch, onClose, content])
diff --git a/packages/web/src/pages/chat-page/components/CreateChatModal.tsx b/packages/web/src/pages/chat-page/components/CreateChatModal.tsx
index f0f32ba62b..8024245f9e 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/pages/chat-page/components/CreateChatModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/src/pages/chat-page/components/CreateChatModal.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import {
   useCreateChatModal,
   useInboxUnavailableModal,
   createChatModalActions,
-  searchUsersModalActions
+  searchUsersModalActions,
+  chatSelectors
 } from '@audius/common'
 import { IconCompose } from '@audius/stems'
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux'
@@ -27,18 +28,21 @@ const messages = {
 }
 
 const { getAccountUser } = accountSelectors
-const { fetchBlockers } = chatActions
+const { getUserList: getFollowersUserList } = followersUserListSelectors
+const { getUserList: getChatsUserList } = chatSelectors
+const { fetchBlockers, fetchMoreChats } = chatActions
 
 export const CreateChatModal = () => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch()
   const currentUser = useSelector(getAccountUser)
   const { isOpen, onClose, onClosed, data } = useCreateChatModal()
   const { onOpen: openInboxUnavailableModal } = useInboxUnavailableModal()
-  const { onCancelAction, presetMessage } = data
+  const { onCancelAction, presetMessage, defaultUserList } = data
 
-  const { userIds, loading, hasMore } = useSelector(
-    followersUserListSelectors.getUserList
-  )
+  const followersUserList = useSelector(getFollowersUserList)
+  const chatsUserList = useSelector(getChatsUserList)
+  const { userIds, hasMore, loading } =
+    defaultUserList === 'chats' ? chatsUserList : followersUserList
 
   const handleCancel = useCallback(() => {
     if (onCancelAction) {
@@ -48,10 +52,14 @@ export const CreateChatModal = () => {
 
   const loadMore = useCallback(() => {
     if (currentUser) {
-      dispatch(followersUserListActions.setFollowers(currentUser?.user_id))
-      dispatch(userListActions.loadMore(FOLLOWERS_USER_LIST_TAG))
+      if (defaultUserList === 'chats') {
+        dispatch(fetchMoreChats())
+      } else {
+        dispatch(followersUserListActions.setFollowers(currentUser?.user_id))
+        dispatch(userListActions.loadMore(FOLLOWERS_USER_LIST_TAG))
+      }
     }
-  }, [dispatch, currentUser])
+  }, [dispatch, defaultUserList, currentUser])
 
   const handleOpenInboxUnavailableModal = useCallback(
     (user: User) => {