diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/recommended_articles_lists_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/recommended_articles_lists_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f78b8105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/recommended_articles_lists_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+module Api
+  module V1
+    class RecommendedArticlesListsController < ApiController
+      before_action :authenticate_with_api_key!
+      before_action :require_admin
+
+      rescue_from ArgumentError, with: :error_unprocessable_entity
+
+      def index
+        @recommended_articles_lists = RecommendedArticlesList.order(id: :desc).page(params[:page]).per(50)
+        if params[:search].present?
+          @recommended_articles_lists = @recommended_articles_lists.search(params[:search])
+        end
+        render json: @recommended_articles_lists
+      end
+
+      def show
+        @recommended_articles_list = RecommendedArticlesList.find(params[:id])
+        render json: @recommended_articles_list
+      end
+
+      def create
+        # Actually uspert than a pure create
+        # We upsert by user_id and placement_area
+        # In the future we may want to allow multiple lists per user and placement_area,
+        # and we will use a special param for that.
+        @recommended_articles_list = RecommendedArticlesList.where(
+          user_id: permitted_params[:user_id],
+          placement_area: permitted_params[:placement_area],
+        ).first_or_initialize
+        @recommended_articles_list.assign_attributes(permitted_params)
+        @recommended_articles_list.save!
+        render json: @recommended_articles_list, status: :created
+      end
+
+      def update
+        @recommended_articles_list = RecommendedArticlesList.find(params[:id])
+        @recommended_articles_list.update!(permitted_params)
+        render json: @recommended_articles_list
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def require_admin
+        authorize RecommendedArticlesList, :access?, policy_class: InternalPolicy
+      end
+
+      def permitted_params
+        params.permit :name, :placement_area, :expires_at, :user_id,
+                      :article_ids, article_ids: []
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/articles/feeds.rb b/app/models/articles/feeds.rb
index 09d3f5a8b..92cf649f4 100644
--- a/app/models/articles/feeds.rb
+++ b/app/models/articles/feeds.rb
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ module Articles
                       user_required: false,
                       select_fragment: "articles.score",
                       group_by_fragment: "articles.score")
+
       relevancy_lever(:language_match,
                       label: "Weight to give based on whether the language matches any of the user's languages",
                       range: "[0..1]", # 0 for no match, 1 for match
@@ -367,7 +368,26 @@ module Articles
                       joins_fragments: ["LEFT OUTER JOIN user_languages
                                          ON user_languages.user_id = :user_id"],
                       group_by_fragment: "articles.language")
+
+      relevancy_lever(:recommended_articles_match,
+                      label: "Weight to give based on whether the article is in the first non-expired recommendations",
+                      range: "[0..1]", # 0 for no match, 1 for match
+                      user_required: true,
+                      select_fragment: "CASE
+                                         WHEN COUNT(first_matching_list.id) = 0 THEN 0
+                                         WHEN articles.id = ANY(array_agg(first_matching_list.article_ids)) THEN 1
+                                         ELSE 0
+                                        END",
+                      joins_fragments: ["LEFT OUTER JOIN
+                                          (SELECT * FROM recommended_articles_lists
+                                           WHERE expires_at > CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+                                           AND placement_area = 0
+                                           ORDER BY created_at ASC
+                                           LIMIT 1) AS first_matching_list
+                                        ON first_matching_list.user_id = :user_id"],
+                      group_by_fragment: "articles.id")
     end
+
     private_constant :LEVER_CATALOG
     # rubocop:enable Metrics/BlockLength
   end
diff --git a/app/models/recommended_articles_list.rb b/app/models/recommended_articles_list.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f11215988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/recommended_articles_list.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+class RecommendedArticlesList < ApplicationRecord
+  belongs_to :user
+  validates :name, presence: true, length: { maximum: 120 }
+
+  enum placement_area: { main_feed: 0 } # Only main feed for now, could be used in Digest, trending, etc.
+
+  scope :active, -> { where("expires_at > ?", Time.current) }
+
+  before_save :set_default_values
+
+  def set_default_values
+    self.expires_at = 1.day.from_now if expires_at.nil?
+  end
+
+  # exclude_article_ids is an integer array, web inputs are comma-separated strings
+  # ActiveRecord normalizes these in a bad way, so we are intervening
+  def article_ids=(input)
+    adjusted_input = input.is_a?(String) ? input.split(",") : input
+    adjusted_input = adjusted_input&.filter_map { |value| value.presence&.to_i }
+    write_attribute :article_ids, (adjusted_input || [])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 4f25596a1..dac174763 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :profile_pins, as: :profile, inverse_of: :profile, dependent: :delete_all
   has_many :segmented_users, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :audience_segments, through: :segmented_users
+  has_many :recommended_articles_lists, dependent: :destroy
 
   # we keep rating votes as they belong to the article, not to the user who viewed it
   has_many :rating_votes, dependent: :nullify
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index b43220d4d..77add8874 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
         post "/reactions", to: "reactions#create"
         post "/reactions/toggle", to: "reactions#toggle"
 
+        resources :recommended_articles_lists, only: %i[index show create update]
+
         resources :billboards, only: %i[index show create update] do
           put "unpublish", on: :member
         end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20231121133843_create_recommended_articles_lists.rb b/db/migrate/20231121133843_create_recommended_articles_lists.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7a8a409e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20231121133843_create_recommended_articles_lists.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class CreateRecommendedArticlesLists < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :recommended_articles_lists do |t|
+      t.string     :name
+      t.integer    :article_ids, array: true, default: []
+      t.integer    :placement_area, default: 0
+      t.datetime   :expires_at
+      t.references :user, null: false, foreign_key: true
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
+    #add_column :display_ads, :exclude_article_ids, :integer, array: true, default: []
diff --git a/db/migrate/20231121140731_add_indexes_for_recommended_articles_list.rb b/db/migrate/20231121140731_add_indexes_for_recommended_articles_list.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75b782fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20231121140731_add_indexes_for_recommended_articles_list.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class AddIndexesForRecommendedArticlesList < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+  def change
+    add_index :recommended_articles_lists, :article_ids, using: :gin, algorithm: :concurrently
+    add_index :recommended_articles_lists, :placement_area, algorithm: :concurrently
+    add_index :recommended_articles_lists, :expires_at, algorithm: :concurrently
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 6be894204..d150cee65 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_11_14_154619) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_11_21_140731) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "citext"
   enable_extension "ltree"
@@ -998,6 +998,20 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_11_14_154619) do
     t.index ["user_id", "reactable_id", "reactable_type", "category"], name: "index_reactions_on_user_id_reactable_id_reactable_type_category", unique: true
   end
 
+  create_table "recommended_articles_lists", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer "article_ids", default: [], array: true
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "expires_at"
+    t.string "name"
+    t.integer "placement_area", default: 0
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.bigint "user_id", null: false
+    t.index ["article_ids"], name: "index_recommended_articles_lists_on_article_ids", using: :gin
+    t.index ["expires_at"], name: "index_recommended_articles_lists_on_expires_at"
+    t.index ["placement_area"], name: "index_recommended_articles_lists_on_placement_area"
+    t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_recommended_articles_lists_on_user_id"
+  end
+
   create_table "response_templates", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.text "content", null: false
     t.string "content_type", null: false
@@ -1465,6 +1479,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_11_14_154619) do
   add_foreign_key "rating_votes", "articles", on_delete: :cascade
   add_foreign_key "rating_votes", "users", on_delete: :nullify
   add_foreign_key "reactions", "users", on_delete: :cascade
+  add_foreign_key "recommended_articles_lists", "users"
   add_foreign_key "response_templates", "users"
   add_foreign_key "segmented_users", "audience_segments"
   add_foreign_key "segmented_users", "users"
diff --git a/spec/factories/recommended_articles_lists.rb b/spec/factories/recommended_articles_lists.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b90c2728e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories/recommended_articles_lists.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :recommended_articles_list do
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "#{Faker::Lorem.sentence}#{n}" }
+    sequence(:article_ids) { |n| [n, n + 1, n + 2] }
+    expires_at { 1.day.from_now }
+    placement_area { "main_feed" }
+    user
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/recommended_articles_list_spec.rb b/spec/models/recommended_articles_list_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef4bf89d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/recommended_articles_list_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe RecommendedArticlesList do
+  # Test associations
+  describe "associations" do
+    it { is_expected.to belong_to(:user) }
+  end
+
+  # Test validations
+  describe "validations" do
+    it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:name) }
+    it { is_expected.to validate_length_of(:name).is_at_most(120) }
+  end
+
+  # Test scopes
+  describe ".active" do
+    let!(:active_list) { create(:recommended_articles_list, expires_at: 2.days.from_now) }
+    let!(:inactive_list) { create(:recommended_articles_list, expires_at: 2.days.ago) }
+
+    it "includes lists that have not expired" do
+      expect(described_class.active).to include(active_list)
+    end
+
+    it "excludes lists that have expired" do
+      expect(described_class.active).not_to include(inactive_list)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Test callbacks
+  describe "before_save" do
+    context "when expires_at is not set" do
+      let(:user) { create(:user) }
+      let(:list) { build(:recommended_articles_list, expires_at: nil, user: user) }
+
+      it "sets expires_at to one day from now" do
+        Timecop.freeze(Time.current) do
+          list.save!
+          expect(list.reload.expires_at).to be_within(5.seconds).of(1.day.from_now)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Test custom methods
+  describe "#article_ids=" do
+    let(:list) { build(:recommended_articles_list) }
+
+    context "when input is a comma-separated string" do
+      it "converts it to an array of integers" do
+        list.article_ids = "1,2,3"
+        expect(list.article_ids).to eq([1, 2, 3])
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when input is an array" do
+      it "keeps it as an array of integers" do
+        list.article_ids = [1, 2, 3]
+        expect(list.article_ids).to eq([1, 2, 3])
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when input includes nil or empty values" do
+      it "filters out invalid entries" do
+        list.article_ids = [1, "", nil, 3]
+        expect(list.article_ids).to eq([1, 3])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/recommended_articles_lists_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/recommended_articles_lists_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bfd7460d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/recommended_articles_lists_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe "Api::V1::RecommendedArticlesLists" do
+  let!(:v1_headers) { { "content-type" => "application/json", "Accept" => "application/vnd.forem.api-v1+json" } }
+
+  let(:list_params) do
+    {
+      name: "Sample List",
+      placement_area: "main_feed",
+      expires_at: 1.week.from_now,
+      user_id: user.id,
+      article_ids: [article1.id, article2.id]
+    }
+  end
+
+  let(:api_secret) { create(:api_secret) }
+  let(:user) { api_secret.user }
+  let(:article1) { create(:article) }
+  let(:article2) { create(:article) }
+  let(:auth_header) { v1_headers.merge({ "api-key" => api_secret.secret }) }
+
+  shared_context "when user is authorized" do
+    before { user.add_role(:admin) }
+  end
+
+  describe "GET /api/v1/recommended_articles_lists" do
+    context "when authenticated and authorized" do
+      include_context "when user is authorized"
+
+      it "returns json response with all recommended article lists" do
+        get api_recommended_articles_lists_path, headers: auth_header
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+        expect(response.media_type).to eq("application/json")
+        # Expectations regarding the content of the response
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when unauthenticated" do
+      it "returns unauthorized" do
+        get api_recommended_articles_lists_path, headers: v1_headers
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "GET /api/v1/recommended_articles_lists/:id" do
+    let(:existing_list) { create(:recommended_articles_list, user: user) }
+
+    context "when authenticated and authorized" do
+      include_context "when user is authorized"
+
+      it "returns json response with the specified recommended article list" do
+        get api_recommended_articles_list_path(existing_list.id), headers: auth_header
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+        expect(response.media_type).to eq("application/json")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when unauthenticated" do
+      it "returns unauthorized" do
+        get api_recommended_articles_list_path(existing_list.id), headers: v1_headers
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "POST /api/v1/recommended_articles_lists" do
+    context "when authenticated and authorized" do
+      include_context "when user is authorized"
+
+      it "creates a new recommended articles list" do
+        expect do
+          post api_recommended_articles_lists_path, params: list_params.to_json, headers: auth_header
+        end.to change(RecommendedArticlesList, :count).by(1)
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:created)
+        expect(response.media_type).to eq("application/json")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when unauthenticated" do
+      it "returns unauthorized" do
+        post api_recommended_articles_lists_path, params: list_params.to_json, headers: v1_headers
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "PUT /api/v1/recommended_articles_lists/:id" do
+    let(:existing_list) { create(:recommended_articles_list, user: user) }
+
+    context "when authenticated and authorized" do
+      include_context "when user is authorized"
+
+      it "updates an existing recommended articles list" do
+        user.add_role(:admin)
+        put api_recommended_articles_list_path(existing_list.id), params: list_params
+          .merge(name: "Updated List").to_json, headers: auth_header
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+        expect(response.media_type).to eq("application/json")
+        # Assertions for the updated attributes
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when unauthenticated" do
+      it "returns unauthorized" do
+        put api_recommended_articles_list_path(existing_list.id), params: list_params.to_json, headers: v1_headers
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end