diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f4b479f218..e8c08c93b5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 - Dev: The timer for `StreamerMode` is now destroyed on the correct thread. (#5571)
 - Dev: Cleanup some parts of the `magic_enum` adaptation for Qt. (#5587)
 - Dev: Refactored `static`s in headers to only be present once in the final app. (#5588)
+- Dev: The JSON output when copying a message (<kbd>SHIFT</kbd> + right-click) is now more extensive. (#5600)
 
 ## 2.5.1
 
diff --git a/src/messages/Emote.cpp b/src/messages/Emote.cpp
index f19fc3027b5..4d7a7bbb90f 100644
--- a/src/messages/Emote.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/Emote.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 #include "messages/Emote.hpp"
 
+#include "common/Literals.hpp"
+
+#include <QJsonObject>
+
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 namespace chatterino {
 
+using namespace literals;
+
 bool operator==(const Emote &a, const Emote &b)
 {
     return std::tie(a.homePage, a.name, a.tooltip, a.images) ==
@@ -15,6 +21,37 @@ bool operator!=(const Emote &a, const Emote &b)
     return !(a == b);
 }
 
+QJsonObject Emote::toJson() const
+{
+    QJsonObject obj{
+        {"name"_L1, this->name.string},
+        {"images"_L1, this->images.toJson()},
+        {"tooltip"_L1, this->tooltip.string},
+    };
+    if (!this->homePage.string.isEmpty())
+    {
+        obj["homePage"_L1] = this->homePage.string;
+    }
+    if (this->zeroWidth)
+    {
+        obj["zeroWidth"_L1] = this->zeroWidth;
+    }
+    if (!this->id.string.isEmpty())
+    {
+        obj["id"_L1] = this->id.string;
+    }
+    if (!this->author.string.isEmpty())
+    {
+        obj["author"_L1] = this->author.string;
+    }
+    if (this->baseName)
+    {
+        obj["baseName"_L1] = this->baseName->string;
+    }
+
+    return obj;
+}
+
 EmotePtr cachedOrMakeEmotePtr(Emote &&emote, const EmoteMap &cache)
 {
     // reuse old shared_ptr if nothing changed
diff --git a/src/messages/Emote.hpp b/src/messages/Emote.hpp
index d0861849bfe..c2fd3885ad1 100644
--- a/src/messages/Emote.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/Emote.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <optional>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
+class QJsonObject;
+
 namespace chatterino {
 
 struct Emote {
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ struct Emote {
     {
         return name.string;
     }
+
+    QJsonObject toJson() const;
 };
 
 bool operator==(const Emote &a, const Emote &b);
diff --git a/src/messages/ImageSet.cpp b/src/messages/ImageSet.cpp
index 7e25e3f86b6..1c591f64400 100644
--- a/src/messages/ImageSet.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/ImageSet.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "messages/Image.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
 
+#include <QJsonObject>
+
 namespace chatterino {
 
 ImageSet::ImageSet()
@@ -135,4 +137,22 @@ bool ImageSet::operator!=(const ImageSet &other) const
     return !this->operator==(other);
 }
 
+QJsonObject ImageSet::toJson() const
+{
+    QJsonObject obj;
+    if (!this->imageX1_->isEmpty())
+    {
+        obj[u"1x"] = this->imageX1_->url().string;
+    }
+    if (!this->imageX2_->isEmpty())
+    {
+        obj[u"2x"] = this->imageX2_->url().string;
+    }
+    if (!this->imageX3_->isEmpty())
+    {
+        obj[u"3x"] = this->imageX3_->url().string;
+    }
+    return obj;
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/messages/ImageSet.hpp b/src/messages/ImageSet.hpp
index 49c94eed0cb..c5cba49e2f4 100644
--- a/src/messages/ImageSet.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/ImageSet.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 
+class QJsonObject;
+
 namespace chatterino {
 
 class Image;
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ class ImageSet
     bool operator==(const ImageSet &other) const;
     bool operator!=(const ImageSet &other) const;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const;
+
 private:
     ImagePtr imageX1_;
     ImagePtr imageX2_;
diff --git a/src/messages/Message.cpp b/src/messages/Message.cpp
index 8840c6919fa..8d3d201bd0a 100644
--- a/src/messages/Message.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/Message.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
 #include "messages/Message.hpp"
 
+#include "Application.hpp"
+#include "common/Literals.hpp"
+#include "messages/MessageThread.hpp"
 #include "providers/colors/ColorProvider.hpp"
 #include "providers/twitch/TwitchBadge.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
 #include "util/DebugCount.hpp"
+#include "util/QMagicEnum.hpp"
 #include "widgets/helper/ScrollbarHighlight.hpp"
 
+#include <QJsonArray>
+#include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QJsonValue>
+
 namespace chatterino {
 
+using namespace literals;
+
 Message::Message()
     : parseTime(QTime::currentTime())
 {
@@ -80,4 +90,72 @@ ScrollbarHighlight Message::getScrollBarHighlight() const
     return {};
 }
 
+QJsonObject Message::toJson() const
+{
+    QJsonObject msg{
+        {"flags"_L1, qmagicenum::enumFlagsName(this->flags.value())},
+        {"id"_L1, this->id},
+        {"searchText"_L1, this->searchText},
+        {"messageText"_L1, this->messageText},
+        {"loginName"_L1, this->loginName},
+        {"displayName"_L1, this->displayName},
+        {"localizedName"_L1, this->localizedName},
+        {"timeoutUser"_L1, this->timeoutUser},
+        {"channelName"_L1, this->channelName},
+        {"usernameColor"_L1, this->usernameColor.name(QColor::HexArgb)},
+        {"count"_L1, static_cast<qint64>(this->count)},
+        {"serverReceivedTime"_L1,
+         this->serverReceivedTime.toString(Qt::ISODate)},
+    };
+
+    QJsonArray badges;
+    for (const auto &badge : this->badges)
+    {
+        badges.append(badge.key_);
+    }
+    msg["badges"_L1] = badges;
+
+    QJsonObject badgeInfos;
+    for (const auto &[key, value] : this->badgeInfos)
+    {
+        badgeInfos.insert(key, value);
+    }
+    msg["badgeInfos"_L1] = badgeInfos;
+
+    if (this->highlightColor)
+    {
+        msg["highlightColor"_L1] = this->highlightColor->name(QColor::HexArgb);
+    }
+
+    if (this->replyThread)
+    {
+        msg["replyThread"_L1] = this->replyThread->toJson();
+    }
+
+    if (this->replyParent)
+    {
+        msg["replyParent"_L1] = this->replyParent->id;
+    }
+
+    if (this->reward)
+    {
+        msg["reward"_L1] = this->reward->toJson();
+    }
+
+    // XXX: figure out if we can add this in tests
+    if (!getApp()->isTest())
+    {
+        msg["parseTime"_L1] = this->parseTime.toString(Qt::ISODate);
+    }
+
+    QJsonArray elements;
+    for (const auto &element : this->elements)
+    {
+        elements.append(element->toJson());
+    }
+    msg["elements"_L1] = elements;
+
+    return msg;
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/messages/Message.hpp b/src/messages/Message.hpp
index 898f1221789..dd0fa26ff2c 100644
--- a/src/messages/Message.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/Message.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <vector>
 
+class QJsonObject;
+
 namespace chatterino {
 class MessageElement;
 class MessageThread;
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ struct Message {
     ScrollbarHighlight getScrollBarHighlight() const;
 
     std::shared_ptr<ChannelPointReward> reward = nullptr;
+
+    QJsonObject toJson() const;
 };
 
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/messages/MessageColor.cpp b/src/messages/MessageColor.cpp
index 6e2f01c6737..674f4a6867e 100644
--- a/src/messages/MessageColor.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/MessageColor.cpp
@@ -33,4 +33,21 @@ const QColor &MessageColor::getColor(Theme &themeManager) const
     return _default;
 }
 
+QString MessageColor::toString() const
+{
+    switch (this->type_)
+    {
+        case Type::Custom:
+            return this->customColor_.name(QColor::HexArgb);
+        case Type::Text:
+            return QStringLiteral("Text");
+        case Type::System:
+            return QStringLiteral("System");
+        case Type::Link:
+            return QStringLiteral("Link");
+        default:
+            return {};
+    }
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/messages/MessageColor.hpp b/src/messages/MessageColor.hpp
index dd19692c95e..5592b973515 100644
--- a/src/messages/MessageColor.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/MessageColor.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <QColor>
+#include <QString>
 
 namespace chatterino {
 class Theme;
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ struct MessageColor {
 
     const QColor &getColor(Theme &themeManager) const;
 
+    QString toString() const;
+
 private:
     Type type_;
     QColor customColor_;
diff --git a/src/messages/MessageElement.cpp b/src/messages/MessageElement.cpp
index a8beed9c011..a4fd6fe846d 100644
--- a/src/messages/MessageElement.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/MessageElement.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "messages/MessageElement.hpp"
 
 #include "Application.hpp"
+#include "common/Literals.hpp"
 #include "controllers/moderationactions/ModerationAction.hpp"
 #include "debug/Benchmark.hpp"
 #include "messages/Emote.hpp"
@@ -14,8 +15,14 @@
 #include "util/DebugCount.hpp"
 #include "util/Variant.hpp"
 
+#include <QJsonArray>
+#include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QJsonValue>
+
 namespace chatterino {
 
+using namespace literals;
+
 namespace {
 
     // Computes the bounding box for the given vector of images
@@ -88,6 +95,22 @@ void MessageElement::addFlags(MessageElementFlags flags)
     this->flags_.set(flags);
 }
 
+QJsonObject MessageElement::toJson() const
+{
+    return {
+        {"trailingSpace"_L1, this->trailingSpace},
+        {
+            "link"_L1,
+            {{
+                {"type"_L1, qmagicenum::enumNameString(this->link_.type)},
+                {"value"_L1, this->link_.value},
+            }},
+        },
+        {"tooltip"_L1, this->tooltip_},
+        {"flags"_L1, qmagicenum::enumFlagsName(this->flags_.value())},
+    };
+}
+
 // IMAGE
 ImageElement::ImageElement(ImagePtr image, MessageElementFlags flags)
     : MessageElement(flags)
@@ -108,6 +131,15 @@ void ImageElement::addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
     }
 }
 
+QJsonObject ImageElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"ImageElement"_s;
+    base["url"_L1] = this->image_->url().string;
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 CircularImageElement::CircularImageElement(ImagePtr image, int padding,
                                            QColor background,
                                            MessageElementFlags flags)
@@ -131,6 +163,17 @@ void CircularImageElement::addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
     }
 }
 
+QJsonObject CircularImageElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"CircularImageElement"_s;
+    base["url"_L1] = this->image_->url().string;
+    base["padding"_L1] = this->padding_;
+    base["background"_L1] = this->background_.name(QColor::HexArgb);
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 // EMOTE
 EmoteElement::EmoteElement(const EmotePtr &emote, MessageElementFlags flags,
                            const MessageColor &textElementColor)
@@ -187,6 +230,19 @@ MessageLayoutElement *EmoteElement::makeImageLayoutElement(
     return new ImageLayoutElement(*this, image, size);
 }
 
+QJsonObject EmoteElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"EmoteElement"_s;
+    base["emote"_L1] = this->emote_->toJson();
+    if (this->textElement_)
+    {
+        base["text"_L1] = this->textElement_->toJson();
+    }
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 LayeredEmoteElement::LayeredEmoteElement(
     std::vector<LayeredEmoteElement::Emote> &&emotes, MessageElementFlags flags,
     const MessageColor &textElementColor)
@@ -350,6 +406,38 @@ std::vector<LayeredEmoteElement::Emote> LayeredEmoteElement::getUniqueEmotes()
     return unique;
 }
 
+QJsonObject LayeredEmoteElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"LayeredEmoteElement"_s;
+
+    QJsonArray emotes;
+    for (const auto &emote : this->emotes_)
+    {
+        emotes.append({{
+            {"flags"_L1, qmagicenum::enumFlagsName(emote.flags.value())},
+            {"emote"_L1, emote.ptr->toJson()},
+        }});
+    }
+    base["emotes"_L1] = emotes;
+
+    QJsonArray tooltips;
+    for (const auto &tooltip : this->emoteTooltips_)
+    {
+        emotes.append(tooltip);
+    }
+    base["tooltips"_L1] = tooltips;
+
+    if (this->textElement_)
+    {
+        base["text"_L1] = this->textElement_->toJson();
+    }
+
+    base["textElementColor"_L1] = this->textElementColor_.toString();
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 // BADGE
 BadgeElement::BadgeElement(const EmotePtr &emote, MessageElementFlags flags)
     : MessageElement(flags)
@@ -390,6 +478,15 @@ MessageLayoutElement *BadgeElement::makeImageLayoutElement(
     return element;
 }
 
+QJsonObject BadgeElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"BadgeElement"_s;
+    base["emote"_L1] = this->emote_->toJson();
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 // MOD BADGE
 ModBadgeElement::ModBadgeElement(const EmotePtr &data,
                                  MessageElementFlags flags_)
@@ -408,6 +505,14 @@ MessageLayoutElement *ModBadgeElement::makeImageLayoutElement(
     return element;
 }
 
+QJsonObject ModBadgeElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = BadgeElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"ModBadgeElement"_s;
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 // VIP BADGE
 VipBadgeElement::VipBadgeElement(const EmotePtr &data,
                                  MessageElementFlags flags_)
@@ -423,6 +528,14 @@ MessageLayoutElement *VipBadgeElement::makeImageLayoutElement(
     return element;
 }
 
+QJsonObject VipBadgeElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = BadgeElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"VipBadgeElement"_s;
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 // FFZ Badge
 FfzBadgeElement::FfzBadgeElement(const EmotePtr &data,
                                  MessageElementFlags flags_, QColor color_)
@@ -440,6 +553,15 @@ MessageLayoutElement *FfzBadgeElement::makeImageLayoutElement(
     return element;
 }
 
+QJsonObject FfzBadgeElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = BadgeElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"FfzBadgeElement"_s;
+    base["color"_L1] = this->color.name(QColor::HexArgb);
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 // TEXT
 TextElement::TextElement(const QString &text, MessageElementFlags flags,
                          const MessageColor &color, FontStyle style)
@@ -549,6 +671,17 @@ void TextElement::addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
     }
 }
 
+QJsonObject TextElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"TextElement"_s;
+    base["words"_L1] = QJsonArray::fromStringList(this->words_);
+    base["color"_L1] = this->color_.toString();
+    base["style"_L1] = qmagicenum::enumNameString(this->style_);
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 SingleLineTextElement::SingleLineTextElement(const QString &text,
                                              MessageElementFlags flags,
                                              const MessageColor &color,
@@ -677,6 +810,22 @@ void SingleLineTextElement::addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
     }
 }
 
+QJsonObject SingleLineTextElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"SingleLineTextElement"_s;
+    QJsonArray words;
+    for (const auto &word : this->words_)
+    {
+        words.append(word.text);
+    }
+    base["words"_L1] = words;
+    base["color"_L1] = this->color_.toString();
+    base["style"_L1] = qmagicenum::enumNameString(this->style_);
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 LinkElement::LinkElement(const Parsed &parsed, const QString &fullUrl,
                          MessageElementFlags flags, const MessageColor &color,
                          FontStyle style)
@@ -701,6 +850,17 @@ Link LinkElement::getLink() const
     return {Link::Url, this->linkInfo_.url()};
 }
 
+QJsonObject LinkElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = TextElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"LinkElement"_s;
+    base["link"_L1] = this->linkInfo_.originalUrl();
+    base["lowercase"_L1] = QJsonArray::fromStringList(this->lowercase_);
+    base["original"_L1] = QJsonArray::fromStringList(this->original_);
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 MentionElement::MentionElement(const QString &displayName, QString loginName_,
                                MessageColor fallbackColor_,
                                MessageColor userColor_)
@@ -756,7 +916,24 @@ Link MentionElement::getLink() const
     return {Link::UserInfo, this->userLoginName};
 }
 
+QJsonObject MentionElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = TextElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"MentionElement"_s;
+    base["fallbackColor"_L1] = this->fallbackColor.toString();
+    base["userColor"_L1] = this->userColor.toString();
+    base["userLoginName"_L1] = this->userLoginName;
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 // TIMESTAMP
+TimestampElement::TimestampElement()
+    : TimestampElement(getApp()->isTest() ? QTime::fromMSecsSinceStartOfDay(0)
+                                          : QTime::currentTime())
+{
+}
+
 TimestampElement::TimestampElement(QTime time)
     : MessageElement(MessageElementFlag::Timestamp)
     , time_(time)
@@ -790,6 +967,17 @@ TextElement *TimestampElement::formatTime(const QTime &time)
                            MessageColor::System, FontStyle::ChatMedium);
 }
 
+QJsonObject TimestampElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"TimestampElement"_s;
+    base["time"_L1] = this->time_.toString(Qt::ISODate);
+    base["element"_L1] = this->element_->toJson();
+    base["format"_L1] = this->format_;
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 // TWITCH MODERATION
 TwitchModerationElement::TwitchModerationElement()
     : MessageElement(MessageElementFlag::ModeratorTools)
@@ -824,6 +1012,14 @@ void TwitchModerationElement::addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
     }
 }
 
+QJsonObject TwitchModerationElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"TwitchModerationElement"_s;
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 LinebreakElement::LinebreakElement(MessageElementFlags flags)
     : MessageElement(flags)
 {
@@ -838,6 +1034,14 @@ void LinebreakElement::addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
     }
 }
 
+QJsonObject LinebreakElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"LinebreakElement"_s;
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 ScalingImageElement::ScalingImageElement(ImageSet images,
                                          MessageElementFlags flags)
     : MessageElement(flags)
@@ -864,6 +1068,15 @@ void ScalingImageElement::addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
     }
 }
 
+QJsonObject ScalingImageElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"ScalingImageElement"_s;
+    base["image"_L1] = this->images_.getImage1()->url().string;
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 ReplyCurveElement::ReplyCurveElement()
     : MessageElement(MessageElementFlag::RepliedMessage)
 {
@@ -886,4 +1099,12 @@ void ReplyCurveElement::addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
     }
 }
 
+QJsonObject ReplyCurveElement::toJson() const
+{
+    auto base = MessageElement::toJson();
+    base["type"_L1] = u"ReplyCurveElement"_s;
+
+    return base;
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/messages/MessageElement.hpp b/src/messages/MessageElement.hpp
index 49ce762cb91..041593cac20 100644
--- a/src/messages/MessageElement.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/MessageElement.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "providers/links/LinkInfo.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Fonts.hpp"
 
+#include <magic_enum/magic_enum.hpp>
 #include <pajlada/signals/signalholder.hpp>
 #include <QRect>
 #include <QString>
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
+class QJsonObject;
+
 namespace chatterino {
 class Channel;
 struct MessageLayoutContainer;
@@ -183,6 +186,8 @@ class MessageElement
     virtual void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
                                 MessageElementFlags flags) = 0;
 
+    virtual QJsonObject toJson() const;
+
 protected:
     MessageElement(MessageElementFlags flags);
     bool trailingSpace = true;
@@ -202,6 +207,8 @@ class ImageElement : public MessageElement
     void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
                         MessageElementFlags flags) override;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 private:
     ImagePtr image_;
 };
@@ -216,6 +223,8 @@ class CircularImageElement : public MessageElement
     void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
                         MessageElementFlags flags) override;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 private:
     ImagePtr image_;
     int padding_;
@@ -234,6 +243,8 @@ class TextElement : public MessageElement
     void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
                         MessageElementFlags flags) override;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 protected:
     QStringList words_;
 
@@ -253,6 +264,8 @@ class SingleLineTextElement : public MessageElement
     void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
                         MessageElementFlags flags) override;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 private:
     MessageColor color_;
     FontStyle style_;
@@ -294,6 +307,8 @@ class LinkElement : public TextElement
         return &this->linkInfo_;
     }
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 private:
     LinkInfo linkInfo_;
     // these are implicitly shared
@@ -328,6 +343,8 @@ class MentionElement : public TextElement
     MessageElement *setLink(const Link &link) override;
     Link getLink() const override;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 private:
     /**
      * The color of the element in case the "Colorize @usernames" is disabled
@@ -355,6 +372,8 @@ class EmoteElement : public MessageElement
                         MessageElementFlags flags_) override;
     EmotePtr getEmote() const;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 protected:
     virtual MessageLayoutElement *makeImageLayoutElement(const ImagePtr &image,
                                                          const QSize &size);
@@ -390,6 +409,8 @@ class LayeredEmoteElement : public MessageElement
     std::vector<Emote> getUniqueEmotes() const;
     const std::vector<QString> &getEmoteTooltips() const;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 private:
     MessageLayoutElement *makeImageLayoutElement(
         const std::vector<ImagePtr> &image, const std::vector<QSize> &sizes,
@@ -416,6 +437,8 @@ class BadgeElement : public MessageElement
 
     EmotePtr getEmote() const;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 protected:
     virtual MessageLayoutElement *makeImageLayoutElement(const ImagePtr &image,
                                                          const QSize &size);
@@ -429,6 +452,8 @@ class ModBadgeElement : public BadgeElement
 public:
     ModBadgeElement(const EmotePtr &data, MessageElementFlags flags_);
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 protected:
     MessageLayoutElement *makeImageLayoutElement(const ImagePtr &image,
                                                  const QSize &size) override;
@@ -439,6 +464,8 @@ class VipBadgeElement : public BadgeElement
 public:
     VipBadgeElement(const EmotePtr &data, MessageElementFlags flags_);
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 protected:
     MessageLayoutElement *makeImageLayoutElement(const ImagePtr &image,
                                                  const QSize &size) override;
@@ -450,6 +477,8 @@ class FfzBadgeElement : public BadgeElement
     FfzBadgeElement(const EmotePtr &data, MessageElementFlags flags_,
                     QColor color_);
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 protected:
     MessageLayoutElement *makeImageLayoutElement(const ImagePtr &image,
                                                  const QSize &size) override;
@@ -460,7 +489,8 @@ class FfzBadgeElement : public BadgeElement
 class TimestampElement : public MessageElement
 {
 public:
-    TimestampElement(QTime time_ = QTime::currentTime());
+    TimestampElement();
+    TimestampElement(QTime time_);
     ~TimestampElement() override = default;
 
     void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
@@ -468,6 +498,8 @@ class TimestampElement : public MessageElement
 
     TextElement *formatTime(const QTime &time);
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 private:
     QTime time_;
     std::unique_ptr<TextElement> element_;
@@ -483,6 +515,8 @@ class TwitchModerationElement : public MessageElement
 
     void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
                         MessageElementFlags flags) override;
+
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
 };
 
 // Forces a linebreak
@@ -493,6 +527,8 @@ class LinebreakElement : public MessageElement
 
     void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
                         MessageElementFlags flags) override;
+
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
 };
 
 // Image element which will pick the quality of the image based on ui scale
@@ -504,6 +540,8 @@ class ScalingImageElement : public MessageElement
     void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
                         MessageElementFlags flags) override;
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
+
 private:
     ImageSet images_;
 };
@@ -515,6 +553,13 @@ class ReplyCurveElement : public MessageElement
 
     void addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
                         MessageElementFlags flags) override;
+
+    QJsonObject toJson() const override;
 };
 
 }  // namespace chatterino
+
+template <>
+struct magic_enum::customize::enum_range<chatterino::MessageElementFlag> {
+    static constexpr bool is_flags = true;  // NOLINT(readability-identifier-*)
+};
diff --git a/src/messages/MessageThread.cpp b/src/messages/MessageThread.cpp
index e1227ab09e0..c59a3a26a03 100644
--- a/src/messages/MessageThread.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/MessageThread.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 #include "messages/MessageThread.hpp"
 
+#include "common/Literals.hpp"
 #include "messages/Message.hpp"
 #include "util/DebugCount.hpp"
+#include "util/QMagicEnum.hpp"
+
+#include <QJsonArray>
+#include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QJsonValue>
 
 #include <utility>
 
 namespace chatterino {
 
+using namespace literals;
+
 MessageThread::MessageThread(std::shared_ptr<const Message> rootMessage)
     : rootMessageId_(rootMessage->id)
     , rootMessage_(std::move(rootMessage))
@@ -80,4 +88,29 @@ void MessageThread::markUnsubscribed()
     this->subscriptionUpdated();
 }
 
+QJsonObject MessageThread::toJson() const
+{
+    QJsonObject obj{
+        {"rootId"_L1, this->rootMessageId_},
+        {"subscription"_L1, qmagicenum::enumNameString(this->subscription_)},
+    };
+
+    QJsonArray replies;
+    for (const auto &msg : this->replies_)
+    {
+        auto locked = msg.lock();
+        if (locked)
+        {
+            replies.append(locked->id);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            replies.append(QJsonValue::Null);
+        }
+    }
+    obj["replies"_L1] = replies;
+
+    return obj;
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/messages/MessageThread.hpp b/src/messages/MessageThread.hpp
index 442db46a67d..56b088c0f60 100644
--- a/src/messages/MessageThread.hpp
+++ b/src/messages/MessageThread.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
+class QJsonObject;
+
 namespace chatterino {
 struct Message;
 
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ class MessageThread
         return replies_;
     }
 
+    QJsonObject toJson() const;
+
     boost::signals2::signal<void()> subscriptionUpdated;
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/ChannelPointReward.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/ChannelPointReward.cpp
index 8849b8b62a0..0d4ab132b95 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/ChannelPointReward.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/ChannelPointReward.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "providers/twitch/ChannelPointReward.hpp"
 
+#include "common/Literals.hpp"
 #include "messages/Image.hpp"
 
 #include <QStringBuilder>
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ QString twitchChannelPointRewardUrl(const QString &file)
 
 namespace chatterino {
 
+using namespace literals;
+
 ChannelPointReward::ChannelPointReward(const QJsonObject &redemption)
 {
     auto reward = redemption.value("reward").toObject();
@@ -113,4 +116,25 @@ ChannelPointReward::ChannelPointReward(const QJsonObject &redemption)
     }
 }
 
+QJsonObject ChannelPointReward::toJson() const
+{
+    return {
+        {"id"_L1, this->id},
+        {"channelId"_L1, this->channelId},
+        {"title"_L1, this->title},
+        {"cost"_L1, this->cost},
+        {"image"_L1, this->image.toJson()},
+        {"isUserInputRequired"_L1, this->isUserInputRequired},
+        {"isBits"_L1, this->isBits},
+        {"emoteId"_L1, this->emoteId},
+        {"emoteName"_L1, this->emoteName},
+        {"user"_L1,
+         {{
+             {"id"_L1, this->user.id},
+             {"login"_L1, this->user.login},
+             {"displayName"_L1, this->user.displayName},
+         }}},
+    };
+}
+
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/ChannelPointReward.hpp b/src/providers/twitch/ChannelPointReward.hpp
index 6fdd985b6e7..9015adfc83a 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/ChannelPointReward.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/ChannelPointReward.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ struct ChannelPointReward {
         QString login;
         QString displayName;
     } user;
+
+    QJsonObject toJson() const;
 };
 
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
index ab0e632260c..026af4c1061 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
@@ -256,40 +256,14 @@ void addHiddenContextMenuItems(QMenu *menu,
                         });
     }
 
-    const auto *message = layout->getMessage();
+    auto message = layout->getMessagePtr();
 
-    if (message != nullptr)
+    if (message)
     {
-        QJsonDocument jsonDocument;
-
-        QJsonObject jsonObject;
-
-        jsonObject["id"] = message->id;
-        jsonObject["searchText"] = message->searchText;
-        jsonObject["messageText"] = message->messageText;
-        jsonObject["flags"] = qmagicenum::enumFlagsName(message->flags.value());
-        if (message->reward)
-        {
-            QJsonObject reward;
-            reward["id"] = message->reward->id;
-            reward["title"] = message->reward->title;
-            reward["cost"] = message->reward->cost;
-            reward["isUserInputRequired"] =
-                message->reward->isUserInputRequired;
-            jsonObject["reward"] = reward;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            jsonObject["reward"] = QJsonValue();
-        }
-
-        jsonDocument.setObject(jsonObject);
-
-        auto jsonString =
-            jsonDocument.toJson(QJsonDocument::JsonFormat::Indented);
-
-        menu->addAction("Copy message &JSON", [jsonString] {
-            crossPlatformCopy(jsonString);
+        menu->addAction("Copy message &JSON", [message] {
+            auto jsonString = QJsonDocument{message->toJson()}.toJson(
+                QJsonDocument::Indented);
+            crossPlatformCopy(QString::fromUtf8(jsonString));
         });
     }
 }