diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/ParticipantPlaceholder.tsx b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/ParticipantPlaceholder.tsx
index b37bb15a..e8ffaa37 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/ParticipantPlaceholder.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/components/ParticipantPlaceholder.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { styled } from '@/styled-system/jsx'
 import { Avatar } from '@/components/Avatar'
 import { useIsSpeaking } from '@livekit/components-react'
 import { getParticipantColor } from '@/features/rooms/utils/getParticipantColor'
+import { useSize } from '@/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useResizeObserver'
+import { useMemo, useRef } from 'react'
 
 const StyledParticipantPlaceHolder = styled('div', {
   base: {
@@ -24,17 +26,29 @@ export const ParticipantPlaceholder = ({
 }: ParticipantPlaceholderProps) => {
   const isSpeaking = useIsSpeaking(participant)
   const participantColor = getParticipantColor(participant)
+
+  const placeholderEl = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+  const { width, height } = useSize(placeholderEl)
+
+  const minDimension = Math.min(width, height)
+  const avatarSize = useMemo(
+    () => Math.min(Math.round(minDimension * 0.9), 160),
+    [minDimension]
+  )
+
+  const initialSize = useMemo(() => Math.round(avatarSize * 0.3), [avatarSize])
+
   return (
-    <StyledParticipantPlaceHolder>
+    <StyledParticipantPlaceHolder ref={placeholderEl}>
       <div
         style={{
           borderRadius: '50%',
           animation: isSpeaking ? 'pulse 1s infinite' : undefined,
-          width: '80%',
-          maxWidth: '150px',
           height: 'auto',
           aspectRatio: '1/1',
-          fontSize: '50px',
+          width: '80%',
+          maxWidth: `${avatarSize}px`,
+          fontSize: `${initialSize}px`,
         }}
       >
         <Avatar
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useResizeObserver.ts b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useResizeObserver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e9de1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/rooms/livekit/hooks/useResizeObserver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/* eslint-disable react-hooks/exhaustive-deps */
+import * as React from 'react'
+
+const useLatest = <T>(current: T) => {
+  const storedValue = React.useRef(current)
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    storedValue.current = current
+  })
+  return storedValue
+}
+
+/**
+ * A React hook that fires a callback whenever ResizeObserver detects a change to its size
+ * code extracted from https://github.com/jaredLunde/react-hook/blob/master/packages/resize-observer/src/index.tsx in order to not include the polyfill for resize-observer
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function useResizeObserver<T extends HTMLElement>(
+  target: React.RefObject<T>,
+  callback: UseResizeObserverCallback
+) {
+  const resizeObserver = getResizeObserver()
+  const storedCallback = useLatest(callback)
+
+  React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    let didUnsubscribe = false
+
+    const targetEl = target.current
+    if (!targetEl) return
+
+    function cb(entry: ResizeObserverEntry, observer: ResizeObserver) {
+      if (didUnsubscribe) return
+      storedCallback.current(entry, observer)
+    }
+
+    resizeObserver?.subscribe(targetEl as HTMLElement, cb)
+
+    return () => {
+      didUnsubscribe = true
+      resizeObserver?.unsubscribe(targetEl as HTMLElement, cb)
+    }
+  }, [target.current, resizeObserver, storedCallback])
+
+  return resizeObserver?.observer
+}
+
+function createResizeObserver() {
+  let ticking = false
+  let allEntries: ResizeObserverEntry[] = []
+
+  const callbacks: Map<unknown, Array<UseResizeObserverCallback>> = new Map()
+
+  if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const observer = new ResizeObserver(
+    (entries: ResizeObserverEntry[], obs: ResizeObserver) => {
+      allEntries = allEntries.concat(entries)
+      if (!ticking) {
+        window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+          const triggered = new Set<Element>()
+          for (let i = 0; i < allEntries.length; i++) {
+            if (triggered.has(allEntries[i].target)) continue
+            triggered.add(allEntries[i].target)
+            const cbs = callbacks.get(allEntries[i].target)
+            cbs?.forEach((cb) => cb(allEntries[i], obs))
+          }
+          allEntries = []
+          ticking = false
+        })
+      }
+      ticking = true
+    }
+  )
+
+  return {
+    observer,
+    subscribe(target: HTMLElement, callback: UseResizeObserverCallback) {
+      observer.observe(target)
+      const cbs = callbacks.get(target) ?? []
+      cbs.push(callback)
+      callbacks.set(target, cbs)
+    },
+    unsubscribe(target: HTMLElement, callback: UseResizeObserverCallback) {
+      const cbs = callbacks.get(target) ?? []
+      if (cbs.length === 1) {
+        observer.unobserve(target)
+        callbacks.delete(target)
+        return
+      }
+      const cbIndex = cbs.indexOf(callback)
+      if (cbIndex !== -1) cbs.splice(cbIndex, 1)
+      callbacks.set(target, cbs)
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+let _resizeObserver: ReturnType<typeof createResizeObserver>
+
+const getResizeObserver = () =>
+  !_resizeObserver
+    ? (_resizeObserver = createResizeObserver())
+    : _resizeObserver
+
+export type UseResizeObserverCallback = (
+  entry: ResizeObserverEntry,
+  observer: ResizeObserver
+) => unknown
+
+export const useSize = (target: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+  const [size, setSize] = React.useState({ width: 0, height: 0 })
+  React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (target.current) {
+      const { width, height } = target.current.getBoundingClientRect()
+      setSize({ width, height })
+    }
+  }, [target.current])
+
+  const resizeCallback = React.useCallback(
+    (entry: ResizeObserverEntry) => setSize(entry.contentRect),
+    []
+  )
+  // Where the magic happens
+  useResizeObserver(target, resizeCallback)
+  return size
+}