diff --git a/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/apps/ui/home/model/HomeParentRVAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/apps/ui/home/model/HomeParentRVAdapter.kt
index 808b4665f9a65cc4012a3b330c8ef77392df96c9..5edbbebb9c6efe7eafd77456f2ec6a987e7b0a07 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/apps/ui/home/model/HomeParentRVAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/apps/ui/home/model/HomeParentRVAdapter.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package foundation.e.apps.ui.home.model
 
 import android.view.LayoutInflater
+import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import androidx.lifecycle.LifecycleOwner
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager
@@ -53,6 +54,14 @@ class HomeParentRVAdapter(
 
     override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: ViewHolder, position: Int) {
         val fusedHome = getItem(position)
+
+        holder.binding.titleTV.text = fusedHome.title
+        handleChildShimmerView(fusedHome, holder)
+
+        if (fusedHome.list.isEmpty()) {
+            return
+        }
+
         val homeChildRVAdapter =
             HomeChildRVAdapter(
                 fusedAPIInterface,
@@ -61,9 +70,8 @@ class HomeParentRVAdapter(
                 lifecycleOwner,
                 paidAppHandler
             )
-        homeChildRVAdapter.setData(fusedHome.list)
 
-        holder.binding.titleTV.text = fusedHome.title
+        homeChildRVAdapter.setData(fusedHome.list)
 
         holder.binding.childRV.apply {
             recycledViewPool.setMaxRecycledViews(0, 0)
@@ -76,9 +84,23 @@ class HomeParentRVAdapter(
                 )
             setRecycledViewPool(viewPool)
         }
+
         observeAppInstall(fusedHome, homeChildRVAdapter)
     }
 
+    private fun handleChildShimmerView(fusedHome: FusedHome, holder: ViewHolder) {
+        if (fusedHome.list.isEmpty()) {
+            holder.binding.shimmerLayout.visibility = View.VISIBLE
+            holder.binding.shimmerLayout.startShimmer()
+            holder.binding.childRV.visibility = View.GONE
+            return
+        }
+
+        holder.binding.shimmerLayout.visibility = View.GONE
+        holder.binding.shimmerLayout.stopShimmer()
+        holder.binding.childRV.visibility = View.VISIBLE
+    }
+
     private fun observeAppInstall(
         fusedHome: FusedHome,
         homeChildRVAdapter: RecyclerView.Adapter<*>?
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/home_parent_list_item.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/home_parent_list_item.xml
index bcb362ac8723995e9c0f4003753173add99825d0..f5fa944859749ad57150404f0dfc25f2b05f4ede 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/home_parent_list_item.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/home_parent_list_item.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
   -->
 
 <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
     android:orientation="vertical">
 
     <RelativeLayout
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@
         android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
         android:layout_marginBottom="10dp">
 
+        <com.facebook.shimmer.ShimmerFrameLayout
+            android:id="@+id/shimmerLayout"
+            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+            android:orientation="vertical"
+            android:visibility="gone">
+
+            <include layout="@layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_category" />
+        </com.facebook.shimmer.ShimmerFrameLayout>
+
+
         <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
             android:id="@+id/childRV"
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_category.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_category.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..268df97375ab607e33a88e8af8ae62dc0e61aa41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_category.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--
+  ~ Apps  Quickly and easily install Android apps onto your device!
+  ~ Copyright (C) 2023 MURENA SAS
+  ~
+  ~ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  ~ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  ~ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  ~ (at your option) any later version.
+  ~
+  ~ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  ~ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  ~ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  ~ GNU General Public License for more details.
+  ~
+  ~ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  ~ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+  -->
+<HorizontalScrollView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+    android:scrollbars="none">
+
+    <LinearLayout
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="match_parent"
+        android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
+        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
+        android:orientation="horizontal">
+
+        <include layout="@layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_child" />
+
+        <include layout="@layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_child" />
+
+        <include layout="@layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_child" />
+
+        <include layout="@layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_child" />
+
+        <include layout="@layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_child" />
+
+        <include layout="@layout/shimmer_placeholder_home_child" />
+
+    </LinearLayout>
+</HorizontalScrollView>