diff --git a/src/app/components/MostRead/Canonical/Item/index.test.tsx b/src/app/components/MostRead/Canonical/Item/index.test.tsx
index 31821401886..0dd3eb7cd15 100755
--- a/src/app/components/MostRead/Canonical/Item/index.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/MostRead/Canonical/Item/index.test.tsx
@@ -70,6 +70,31 @@ describe('MostReadLink', () => {
     );
     expect(container).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+
+  it('should render a live pulse icon if the item refers to a live page', () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <MostReadLink
+        href="https://www.bbc.com/hausa/live/c98kkrezn3jt"
+        service="hausa"
+        title="Placeholder title"
+        dir="ltr"
+        size="default"
+        id=""
+        position={0}
+      />,
+      {
+        service: 'hausa',
+        toggles: {
+          eventTracking: { enabled: true },
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    const livePulse = container.querySelector(
+      '[data-e2e=most-read-live-pulse]',
+    );
+    expect(livePulse).not.toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('MostReadItemWrapper', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/components/MostRead/Canonical/Item/index.tsx b/src/app/components/MostRead/Canonical/Item/index.tsx
index b1d90026c1d..3f33e5668f4 100755
--- a/src/app/components/MostRead/Canonical/Item/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/MostRead/Canonical/Item/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { forwardRef, PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import { SerializedStyles, Theme } from '@emotion/react';
 import useClickTrackerHandler from '#hooks/useClickTrackerHandler';
+import LiveLabel from '#app/components/LiveLabel';
 import styles from './index.styles';
 import {
   mostReadListGridProps,
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export const MostReadLink = ({
   };
 
   const clickTrackerHandler = useClickTrackerHandler(eventTrackingDataExtended);
+  const isLiveLink = href.includes('live');
 
   return (
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -71,6 +73,11 @@ export const MostReadLink = ({
         href={href}
         {...clickTrackerHandler}
       >
+        {isLiveLink && (
+          <span data-e2e="most-read-live-pulse">
+            <LiveLabel />
+          </span>
+        )}
         {title}
       </a>
       {children && <div css={styles.timestamp}>{children}</div>}