Midjourney rolls out user profiles with 5 free fast hours

If you have spent any real time generating images on Midjourney, you know the frustration: your best creations usually get buried under endless grids, making it nearly impossible to show off your style without exporting files or sharing clunky links.

Midjourney just rolled out dedicated user profiles, giving creators a native home to curate and display their best work to the community.

Giving creators a proper portfolio

Every user can now customize a public profile with a custom username, avatar, profile banner, short bio, and external social media links.

Beyond basic branding, the key addition is the spotlight feature. Creators can handpick and spotlight their favorite images, effectively turning their profile into a curated art gallery rather than a chaotic log of generations.

Midjourney also added a follow system, though with a privacy twist: your follower list remains completely private and visible only to you.

Anyone can visit your profile by clicking your handle on the Explore page or through your direct, shareable profile URL.

5 free fast hours up for grabs

To seed the new feature with populated profiles right out of the gate, Midjourney is offering a rare compute incentive.

Users who fully set up their profile within the next 24 hours will receive 5 free fast hours.

To qualify for the reward, you need to set your username, upload a profile image, add a banner, and spotlight at least 8 creations.

For power users and casual prompt engineers alike, 5 fast hours is substantial free compute for just a few minutes of profile setup.

Why it matters

For digital artists and prompt creators, this solves a long-standing workflow headache. Previously, establishing an identity within Midjourney meant directing people elsewhere. Having a sleek, native portfolio linked directly to the Explore tab makes showcasing creative chops effortless, and snagging 5 free fast hours makes setting it up an easy decision today.

For Midjourney itself, this marks a vital transition from a backend Discord utility into a standalone creative ecosystem. High-fidelity generation has become commoditized across rival platforms; the real defensibility lies in creator retention, identity, and curation. By enabling shareable profiles, Midjourney begins capturing organic creator portfolios natively.

We think pairing profile completion with fast hours is a brilliant growth tactic to avoid an empty-room problem on day one. Keeping follow lists private is an interesting choice, suggesting Midjourney wants to foster curation without immediately triggering toxic vanity metrics. It is a calculated, low-friction foundation for broader social features down the road.