diff --git a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.stories.ts b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.stories.ts
index b5e51396cb..27559ca16e 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.stories.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.stories.ts
@@ -67,3 +67,19 @@ WithCheckboxes.args = {
 	content: '__TODO__\n- [ ] Buy milk\n- [X] Buy socks\n',
 	loading: false,
 };
+
+const TemplateWithYoutubeEmbed: StoryFn = (args, { argTypes }) => ({
+	setup: () => ({ args }),
+	props: Object.keys(argTypes),
+	components: {
+		N8nMarkdown,
+	},
+	template: '<n8n-markdown v-bind="args"></n8n-markdown>',
+});
+
+export const WithYoutubeEmbed = TemplateWithYoutubeEmbed.bind({});
+WithYoutubeEmbed.args = {
+	content:
+		"## I'm markdown \n**Please check** this out. [Guide](https://docs.n8n.io/workflows/sticky-notes/)\n@[youtube](ZCuL2e4zC_4)\n",
+	loading: false,
+};
diff --git a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.test.ts b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.test.ts
index 63b085a159..784ad0f861 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.test.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.test.ts
@@ -85,5 +85,22 @@ describe('components', () => {
 				'&lt;input type=“text” data-testid=“text-input” value=“Something”/&gt;',
 			);
 		});
+
+		it('should render YouTube embed player', () => {
+			const wrapper = render(N8nMarkdown, {
+				global: {
+					directives: {
+						n8nHtml,
+					},
+				},
+				props: {
+					content: '@[youtube](ZCuL2e4zC_4)\n',
+				},
+			});
+
+			expect(wrapper.html()).toContain(
+				'<p><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZCuL2e4zC_4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>',
+			);
+		});
 	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.vue b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.vue
index cbeb350dec..3688cc0265 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/Markdown.vue
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import markdownTaskLists from 'markdown-it-task-lists';
 import { computed, ref } from 'vue';
 import xss, { friendlyAttrValue, whiteList } from 'xss';
 
+import { markdownYoutubeEmbed, YOUTUBE_EMBED_SRC_REGEX, type YoutubeEmbedConfig } from './youtube';
 import { escapeMarkdown, toggleCheckbox } from '../../utils/markdown';
 import N8nLoading from '../N8nLoading';
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ interface Options {
 	markdown: MarkdownOptions;
 	linkAttributes: markdownLink.Config;
 	tasklists: markdownTaskLists.Config;
+	youtube: YoutubeEmbedConfig;
 }
 
 interface MarkdownProps {
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<MarkdownProps>(), {
 			label: true,
 			labelAfter: true,
 		},
+		youtube: {},
 	}),
 });
 
@@ -67,11 +70,22 @@ const { options } = props;
 const md = new Markdown(options.markdown)
 	.use(markdownLink, options.linkAttributes)
 	.use(markdownEmoji)
-	.use(markdownTaskLists, options.tasklists);
+	.use(markdownTaskLists, options.tasklists)
+	.use(markdownYoutubeEmbed, options.youtube);
 
 const xssWhiteList = {
 	...whiteList,
 	label: ['class', 'for'],
+	iframe: [
+		'width',
+		'height',
+		'src',
+		'title',
+		'frameborder',
+		'allow',
+		'referrerpolicy',
+		'allowfullscreen',
+	],
 };
 
 const htmlContent = computed(() => {
@@ -112,6 +126,19 @@ const htmlContent = computed(() => {
 					return '';
 				}
 			}
+
+			if (tag === 'iframe') {
+				if (name === 'src') {
+					// Only allow YouTube as src for iframes embeds
+					if (YOUTUBE_EMBED_SRC_REGEX.test(value)) {
+						return `src=${friendlyAttrValue(value)}`;
+					} else {
+						return '';
+					}
+				}
+				return;
+			}
+
 			// Return nothing, means keep the default handling measure
 			return;
 		},
@@ -195,15 +222,18 @@ const onCheckboxChange = (index: number) => {
 
 <template>
 	<div class="n8n-markdown">
+		<!-- Needed to support YouTube player embeds. HTML rendered here is sanitized. -->
+		<!-- eslint-disable vue/no-v-html -->
 		<div
 			v-if="!loading"
 			ref="editor"
-			v-n8n-html="htmlContent"
 			:class="$style[theme]"
 			@click="onClick"
 			@mousedown="onMouseDown"
 			@change="onChange"
+			v-html="htmlContent"
 		/>
+		<!-- eslint-enable vue/no-v-html -->
 		<div v-else :class="$style.markdown">
 			<div v-for="(_, index) in loadingBlocks" :key="index">
 				<N8nLoading :loading="loading" :rows="loadingRows" animated variant="p" />
@@ -389,6 +419,10 @@ input[type='checkbox'] + label {
 		padding: var(--spacing-s);
 		overflow-x: auto;
 	}
+
+	iframe {
+		aspect-ratio: 16/9 auto;
+	}
 }
 
 .spacer {
diff --git a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/youtube.test.ts b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/youtube.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3fc04bbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/youtube.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import Markdown from 'markdown-it';
+
+import { markdownYoutubeEmbed, type YoutubeEmbedConfig } from './youtube';
+
+describe('markdownYoutubeEmbed', () => {
+	it('should render YouTube embed iframe with default options', () => {
+		const options: YoutubeEmbedConfig = {};
+		const md = new Markdown().use(markdownYoutubeEmbed, options);
+
+		const result = md.render('@[youtube](ZCuL2e4zC_4)');
+		expect(result).toContain(
+			'<p><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZCuL2e4zC_4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>',
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should render YouTube embed iframe with custom options', () => {
+		const options: YoutubeEmbedConfig = {
+			width: 640,
+			height: 360,
+			title: 'Test Title',
+		};
+		const md = new Markdown().use(markdownYoutubeEmbed, options);
+
+		const result = md.render('@[youtube](ZCuL2e4zC_4)');
+		expect(result).toContain(
+			'<p><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZCuL2e4zC_4" title="Test Title" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>',
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should render YouTube embed iframe with cookies', () => {
+		const options: YoutubeEmbedConfig = {
+			width: 640,
+			height: 360,
+			title: 'Test Title',
+			nocookie: false,
+		};
+		const md = new Markdown().use(markdownYoutubeEmbed, options);
+
+		const result = md.render('@[youtube](ZCuL2e4zC_4)');
+		expect(result).toContain(
+			'<p><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZCuL2e4zC_4" title="Test Title" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>',
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('should render sticky HTML content with YouTube embed', () => {
+		const options: YoutubeEmbedConfig = {};
+		const md = new Markdown().use(markdownYoutubeEmbed, options);
+
+		const result = md.render(
+			"## I'm a note \n**Double click** to edit me. [Guide](https://docs.n8n.io/workflows/sticky-notes/)\n@[youtube](ZCuL2e4zC_4)",
+		);
+		expect(result).toContain(
+			"<h2>I'm a note</h2>\n" +
+				'<p><strong>Double click</strong> to edit me. <a href="https://docs.n8n.io/workflows/sticky-notes/">Guide</a>\n' +
+				'<iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ZCuL2e4zC_4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>',
+		);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/youtube.ts b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/youtube.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16c4c1d879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nMarkdown/youtube.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import type MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it';
+import type { Token } from 'markdown-it';
+import type StateInline from 'markdown-it/lib/rules_inline/state_inline';
+
+// Detects custom markdown tags in format "@[youtube](<video_id>)"
+const YOUTUBE_TAG_REGEX = /@\[youtube]\(([\w-]{11}(?:\?.*)?)\)/im;
+
+export const YOUTUBE_EMBED_SRC_REGEX =
+	/^https:\/\/(?:www\.)?(youtube\.com|youtube-nocookie\.com)\/embed\/[\w-]{11}(?:\?.*)?$/i;
+
+export interface YoutubeEmbedConfig {
+	width?: number | string;
+	height?: number | string;
+	title?: string;
+	nocookie?: boolean;
+}
+
+export const markdownYoutubeEmbed = (md: MarkdownIt, options: YoutubeEmbedConfig) => {
+	const opts = {
+		width: '100%',
+		title: 'YouTube video player',
+		nocookie: true,
+		...options,
+	};
+
+	const parser = (state: StateInline, silent: boolean): boolean => {
+		const { pos, src } = state;
+
+		// Must start with @
+		if (src.charCodeAt(pos) !== 0x40 /* @ */) return false;
+
+		const match = YOUTUBE_TAG_REGEX.exec(src.slice(pos));
+		if (!match) return false;
+
+		if (!silent) {
+			const token = state.push('youtube_embed', '', 0);
+			token.meta = { videoId: match[1] };
+		}
+
+		state.pos += match[0].length;
+		return true;
+	};
+
+	const youtubeUrl = opts.nocookie
+		? 'https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/'
+		: 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/';
+
+	md.inline.ruler.before('link', 'youtube_embed', parser);
+	md.renderer.rules.youtube_embed = (tokens: Token[], idx: number): string => {
+		const { videoId } = tokens[idx].meta as { videoId: string };
+
+		const parameters = [
+			`width="${opts.width}"`,
+			...(opts.height ? [`height="${opts.height}"`] : []),
+			`src="${youtubeUrl}${videoId}"`,
+			`title="${md.utils.escapeHtml(opts.title)}"`,
+			'frameborder="0"',
+			'allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"',
+			'referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"',
+			'allowfullscreen',
+		];
+
+		return `<iframe ${parameters.join(' ')}></iframe>`;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/components/canvas/elements/nodes/render-types/__snapshots__/CanvasNodeStickyNote.test.ts.snap b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/components/canvas/elements/nodes/render-types/__snapshots__/CanvasNodeStickyNote.test.ts.snap
index 658e31dc1e..a5dc0219ad 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/components/canvas/elements/nodes/render-types/__snapshots__/CanvasNodeStickyNote.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/components/canvas/elements/nodes/render-types/__snapshots__/CanvasNodeStickyNote.test.ts.snap
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ exports[`CanvasNodeStickyNote > should render node correctly 1`] = `
 <div class="n8n-sticky sticky clickable color-1 sticky" style="height: 180px; width: 240px;" data-test-id="sticky">
   <div class="wrapper">
     <div class="n8n-markdown">
+      <!-- Needed to support YouTube player embeds. HTML rendered here is sanitized. -->
+      <!-- eslint-disable vue/no-v-html -->
       <div class="sticky"></div>
     </div>
   </div>