The subject technology provides systems and methods for context-based user status indicator selection. In an example, a method includes obtaining, by a first electronic device associated with a first user, status indicators, each of which indicates a respective status of a second user of a second electronic device. Furthermore, the method includes determining, by the first electronic device, a respective relevance priority of each of the status indicators. Based on the determined respective priorities, a subset of the status indicators is selected by the first electronic device and is displayed in a graphical element on the first electronic device.