diff --git a/apps/admin-ui/src/app/downloads/page.tsx b/apps/admin-ui/src/app/downloads/page.tsx
index 41f5def..74cf83f 100644
--- a/apps/admin-ui/src/app/downloads/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-ui/src/app/downloads/page.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ interface SubtitleHit {
   source?: "com" | "org";
 }
 
+interface JobProgress {
+  percent: number | null;
+  bytesDownloaded: number | null;
+  bytesTotal: number | null;
+  speedBps: number | null;
+  dsStatus: string | null;
+}
+
 interface JobRow {
   id: string;
   nodeId: string;
@@ -63,6 +71,7 @@ interface JobRow {
   subtitleError?: string | null;
   subtitleSource?: string | null;
   importedPath?: string | null;
+  progress?: JobProgress | null;
 }
 
 type LibraryTarget = "FILMS" | "FOUR_K" | "SERIES";
@@ -77,6 +86,26 @@ function targetLabel(t?: string): string {
   return TARGET_OPTIONS.find((o) => o.id === t)?.label || t || "4K";
 }
 
+function formatMbps(bps: number | null | undefined): string {
+  if (bps == null || bps < 0) return "—";
+  if (bps === 0) return "0 Mbps";
+  const mbps = (bps * 8) / 1_000_000;
+  if (mbps >= 10) return `${mbps.toFixed(0)} Mbps`;
+  if (mbps >= 1) return `${mbps.toFixed(1)} Mbps`;
+  return `${(mbps * 1000).toFixed(0)} Kbps`;
+}
+
+function progressLabel(job: JobRow): string {
+  if (job.status === "IMPORTING" || job.status === "FINISHED") return "Importeren…";
+  if (job.status !== "DOWNLOADING") return "—";
+  const p = job.progress;
+  if (!p) return "…";
+  const parts: string[] = [];
+  if (p.percent != null) parts.push(`${p.percent % 1 === 0 ? p.percent.toFixed(0) : p.percent.toFixed(1)}%`);
+  parts.push(formatMbps(p.speedBps));
+  return parts.join(" · ");
+}
+
 function formatBytes(n: number): string {
   if (!n || n <= 0) return "—";
   const u = ["B", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB"];
@@ -180,9 +209,18 @@ export default function DownloadsPage() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     loadBootstrap();
-    const t = setInterval(loadJobs, 15_000);
+  }, [loadBootstrap]);
+
+  const hasDownloading = useMemo(
+    () => jobs.some((j) => j.status === "DOWNLOADING" || j.status === "IMPORTING" || j.status === "FINISHED"),
+    [jobs]
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const ms = hasDownloading ? 4_000 : 15_000;
+    const t = setInterval(loadJobs, ms);
     return () => clearInterval(t);
-  }, [loadBootstrap, loadJobs]);
+  }, [loadJobs, hasDownloading]);
 
   const hasConfig = useMemo(() => configs.some((c) => c.nodeId === nodeId), [configs, nodeId]);
   const configuredNodes = useMemo(() => {
@@ -619,6 +657,14 @@ export default function DownloadsPage() {
                       {targetLabel(j.libraryTarget)} · {j.nodeName}
                     </span>
                   </div>
+                  <div className="downloads-progress-block">
+                    <div className="downloads-progress-meta">{progressLabel(j)}</div>
+                    {j.status === "DOWNLOADING" && j.progress?.percent != null && (
+                      <div className="downloads-progress-bar" aria-hidden>
+                        <span style={{ width: `${Math.min(100, j.progress.percent)}%` }} />
+                      </div>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
                   <div className="list-card-title">
                     {j.movieTitle}
                     {j.movieYear ? ` (${j.movieYear})` : ""}
@@ -648,6 +694,7 @@ export default function DownloadsPage() {
                 <thead>
                   <tr>
                     <th>Status</th>
+                    <th>Voortgang</th>
                     <th>Doel</th>
                     <th>Titel</th>
                     <th>Bron</th>
@@ -661,6 +708,14 @@ export default function DownloadsPage() {
                       <td>
                         <span className={statusClass(j.status)}>{statusLabel(j.status)}</span>
                       </td>
+                      <td className="downloads-progress-cell">
+                        <div className="downloads-progress-meta">{progressLabel(j)}</div>
+                        {j.status === "DOWNLOADING" && j.progress?.percent != null && (
+                          <div className="downloads-progress-bar" aria-hidden>
+                            <span style={{ width: `${Math.min(100, j.progress.percent)}%` }} />
+                          </div>
+                        )}
+                      </td>
                       <td className="muted">{targetLabel(j.libraryTarget)}</td>
                       <td>
                         {j.movieTitle}
@@ -685,7 +740,7 @@ export default function DownloadsPage() {
                   ))}
                   {activeJobs.length === 0 && (
                     <tr>
-                      <td colSpan={6} className="muted">
+                      <td colSpan={7} className="muted">
                         Geen actieve downloads.
                       </td>
                     </tr>
diff --git a/apps/admin-ui/src/app/globals.css b/apps/admin-ui/src/app/globals.css
index b25437d..ba615bb 100644
--- a/apps/admin-ui/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/apps/admin-ui/src/app/globals.css
@@ -1418,6 +1418,32 @@ tr.row-selected {
   gap: 0.35rem;
   justify-content: flex-end;
 }
+.downloads-progress-cell {
+  min-width: 7.5rem;
+  max-width: 10rem;
+}
+.downloads-progress-block {
+  margin: 0.35rem 0 0.45rem;
+}
+.downloads-progress-meta {
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  color: var(--text-bright, var(--text));
+}
+.downloads-progress-bar {
+  margin-top: 0.3rem;
+  height: 4px;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: var(--border-dim);
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+.downloads-progress-bar > span {
+  display: block;
+  height: 100%;
+  border-radius: inherit;
+  background: var(--accent, #3b82f6);
+  transition: width 0.4s ease;
+}
 .downloads-toolbar {
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
diff --git a/apps/master-api/src/downloads/routes.ts b/apps/master-api/src/downloads/routes.ts
index 2b26e1b..c449381 100644
--- a/apps/master-api/src/downloads/routes.ts
+++ b/apps/master-api/src/downloads/routes.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ function mapJob(j: Awaited<ReturnType<DownloadService["listJobs"]>>[number]) {
     error: j.error,
     createdAt: j.createdAt,
     updatedAt: j.updatedAt,
+    progress: j.progress,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/master-api/src/downloads/service.ts b/apps/master-api/src/downloads/service.ts
index 6e20743..9136d76 100644
--- a/apps/master-api/src/downloads/service.ts
+++ b/apps/master-api/src/downloads/service.ts
@@ -662,11 +662,49 @@ export class DownloadService {
   }
 
   async listJobs(limit = 50) {
-    return prisma.downloadJob.findMany({
+    const jobs = await prisma.downloadJob.findMany({
       take: Math.min(200, Math.max(1, limit)),
       orderBy: { createdAt: "desc" },
       include: { node: { select: { id: true, name: true } } },
     });
+
+    const downloading = jobs.filter((j) => j.status === "DOWNLOADING");
+    const progressByJobId = new Map<string, JobProgress>();
+
+    const byNode = new Map<string, typeof downloading>();
+    for (const job of downloading) {
+      const list = byNode.get(job.nodeId) ?? [];
+      list.push(job);
+      byNode.set(job.nodeId, list);
+    }
+
+    for (const [nodeId, nodeJobs] of byNode) {
+      try {
+        const { client } = await this.clientForNode(nodeId);
+        const tasks = await client.listTasks();
+        const byId = new Map(tasks.map((t) => [t.id, t]));
+        for (const job of nodeJobs) {
+          const task = resolveTask(job.dsTaskId, job.sourceTitle, job.sourceUri, byId, tasks);
+          if (!task) continue;
+          progressByJobId.set(job.id, progressFromTask(task));
+          if (!job.dsTaskId && task.id) {
+            void prisma.downloadJob
+              .update({ where: { id: job.id }, data: { dsTaskId: task.id } })
+              .catch(() => undefined);
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.warn(
+          `[downloads] live progress node ${nodeId}:`,
+          err instanceof Error ? err.message : err
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    return jobs.map((j) => ({
+      ...j,
+      progress: progressByJobId.get(j.id) ?? null,
+    }));
   }
 
   async deleteJob(jobId: string) {
@@ -756,6 +794,8 @@ export class DownloadService {
         continue;
       }
 
+      // Keep polling for finish; progress is read live via listJobs.
+
       if (isTaskDone(task.status)) {
         const sourcePath = guessSourcePath(config.downloadHostPath, task, job.sourceTitle);
         await prisma.downloadJob.update({
@@ -1106,6 +1146,34 @@ function isTaskDone(status: string): boolean {
   return status === "finished" || status === "seeding";
 }
 
+export type JobProgress = {
+  percent: number | null;
+  bytesDownloaded: number | null;
+  bytesTotal: number | null;
+  /** Bytes per second from Download Station */
+  speedBps: number | null;
+  dsStatus: string | null;
+};
+
+function progressFromTask(task: DsTask): JobProgress {
+  const size = typeof task.size === "number" && task.size > 0 ? task.size : 0;
+  const downloaded = task.additional?.transfer?.size_downloaded ?? 0;
+  const speed = task.additional?.transfer?.speed_download ?? 0;
+  let percent: number | null = null;
+  if (size > 0) {
+    percent = Math.min(100, Math.round((downloaded / size) * 1000) / 10);
+  } else if (isTaskDone(task.status) || task.status === "finishing") {
+    percent = 100;
+  }
+  return {
+    percent,
+    bytesDownloaded: downloaded > 0 ? downloaded : downloaded === 0 && size > 0 ? 0 : null,
+    bytesTotal: size > 0 ? size : null,
+    speedBps: speed > 0 ? speed : speed === 0 ? 0 : null,
+    dsStatus: task.status || null,
+  };
+}
+
 function uriLikelyMatch(task: DsTask, uri: string, sourceTitle: string): boolean {
   const detailUri = task.additional?.detail?.uri || "";
   if (uri && detailUri && (detailUri === uri || detailUri.includes(uri.slice(0, 48)))) return true;
@@ -1150,7 +1218,7 @@ function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
 
 let pollerStarted = false;
 
-export function startDownloadPoller(service: DownloadService, intervalMs = 30_000): void {
+export function startDownloadPoller(service: DownloadService, intervalMs = 10_000): void {
   if (pollerStarted) return;
   pollerStarted = true;
   const tick = () => {