diff --git a/src/app/hooks/useDirectUsers.ts b/src/app/hooks/useDirectUsers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3aa18928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/hooks/useDirectUsers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { AccountDataEvent, MDirectContent } from '../../types/matrix/accountData';
+import { useAccountData } from './useAccountData';
+import { useAllJoinedRoomsSet, useGetRoom } from './useGetRoom';
+
+export const useDirectUsers = (): string[] => {
+  const directEvent = useAccountData(AccountDataEvent.Direct);
+  const content = directEvent?.getContent<MDirectContent>();
+
+  const allJoinedRooms = useAllJoinedRoomsSet();
+  const getRoom = useGetRoom(allJoinedRooms);
+
+  const users = useMemo(() => {
+    if (typeof content !== 'object') return [];
+
+    const u = Object.keys(content).filter((userId) => {
+      const rooms = content[userId];
+      if (!Array.isArray(rooms)) return false;
+      const hasDM = rooms.some((roomId) => typeof roomId === 'string' && !!getRoom(roomId));
+      return hasDM;
+    });
+
+    return u;
+  }, [content, getRoom]);
+
+  return users;
+};
diff --git a/src/types/matrix/accountData.ts b/src/types/matrix/accountData.ts
index 20ce9419..98715996 100644
--- a/src/types/matrix/accountData.ts
+++ b/src/types/matrix/accountData.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export enum AccountDataEvent {
   MegolmBackupV1 = 'm.megolm_backup.v1',
 }
 
+export type MDirectContent = Record<string, string[]>;
+
 export type SecretStorageDefaultKeyContent = {
   key: string;
 };