diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Views/UIViewController+React.h b/packages/react-native/React/Views/UIViewController+React.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f765467a0223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Views/UIViewController+React.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
+@protocol RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener <NSObject>
+
+@optional
+- (void)reactViewControllerDidAppear:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated;
+- (void)reactViewControllerDidDisappear:(UIViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated;
+
+@end
+
+@interface UIViewController (React)
+
+@property (nonatomic, assign, readonly) BOOL reactViewControllerIsVisible;
+
+- (void)reactAddViewControllerAppearanceListener:(id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener>)listener;
+- (void)reactRemoveViewControllerAppearanceListener:(id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener>)listener;
+
+/**
+ * Call from `viewDidAppear:` / `viewDidDisappear:` in UIViewController subclasses
+ * that want to notify registered React Native appearance listeners.
+ */
+- (void)reactNotifyViewControllerDidAppear:(BOOL)animated;
+- (void)reactNotifyViewControllerDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated;
+
+@end
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Views/UIViewController+React.m b/packages/react-native/React/Views/UIViewController+React.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df18a0904051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Views/UIViewController+React.m
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#import "UIViewController+React.h"
+
+#import <objc/runtime.h>
+
+@interface RCTViewControllerAppearanceState : NSObject
+
+@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSHashTable<id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener>> *listeners;
+@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL visible;
+
+@end
+
+@implementation RCTViewControllerAppearanceState
+
+- (instancetype)init
+{
+  if (self = [super init]) {
+    _listeners = [NSHashTable weakObjectsHashTable];
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
+@end
+
+@implementation UIViewController (React)
+
+- (RCTViewControllerAppearanceState *)reactViewControllerAppearanceState
+{
+  RCTViewControllerAppearanceState *state =
+      objc_getAssociatedObject(self, @selector(reactViewControllerAppearanceState));
+  if (!state) {
+    state = [RCTViewControllerAppearanceState new];
+    objc_setAssociatedObject(
+        self, @selector(reactViewControllerAppearanceState), state, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN_NONATOMIC);
+  }
+  return state;
+}
+
+- (BOOL)reactViewControllerIsVisible
+{
+  return [self reactViewControllerAppearanceState].visible;
+}
+
+- (void)reactAddViewControllerAppearanceListener:(id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener>)listener
+{
+  RCTViewControllerAppearanceState *state = [self reactViewControllerAppearanceState];
+  [state.listeners addObject:listener];
+
+  if (state.visible && [listener respondsToSelector:@selector(reactViewControllerDidAppear:animated:)]) {
+    [listener reactViewControllerDidAppear:self animated:NO];
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)reactRemoveViewControllerAppearanceListener:(id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener>)listener
+{
+  [[self reactViewControllerAppearanceState].listeners removeObject:listener];
+}
+
+- (void)reactNotifyViewControllerDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
+{
+  RCTViewControllerAppearanceState *state = [self reactViewControllerAppearanceState];
+  state.visible = YES;
+
+  for (id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener> listener in state.listeners.allObjects) {
+    if ([listener respondsToSelector:@selector(reactViewControllerDidAppear:animated:)]) {
+      [listener reactViewControllerDidAppear:self animated:animated];
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)reactNotifyViewControllerDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated
+{
+  RCTViewControllerAppearanceState *state = [self reactViewControllerAppearanceState];
+  state.visible = NO;
+
+  for (id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener> listener in state.listeners.allObjects) {
+    if ([listener respondsToSelector:@selector(reactViewControllerDidDisappear:animated:)]) {
+      [listener reactViewControllerDidDisappear:self animated:animated];
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/templates/React-umbrella.h b/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/templates/React-umbrella.h
index bcd298fd26f5..19898532a7b6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/templates/React-umbrella.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/scripts/ios-prebuild/templates/React-umbrella.h
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@
 #import <React/RCTWrapperViewController.h>
 #import <React/UIView+Private.h>
 #import <React/UIView+React.h>
+#import <React/UIViewController+React.h>
 
 FOUNDATION_EXPORT double ReactVersionNumber;
 FOUNDATION_EXPORT const unsigned char ReactVersionString[];
diff --git a/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAppleDebugCxx.api b/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAppleDebugCxx.api
index f2c8329be9a1..a6d24b8d3c46 100644
--- a/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAppleDebugCxx.api
+++ b/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAppleDebugCxx.api
@@ -325,6 +325,14 @@ category UIView(React) {
   public virtual void removeReactSubview:(UIView* subview);
 }
 
+category UIViewController(React) {
+  public @property (assign, readonly) BOOL reactViewControllerIsVisible;
+  public virtual void reactAddViewControllerAppearanceListener:(id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener> listener);
+  public virtual void reactNotifyViewControllerDidAppear:(BOOL animated);
+  public virtual void reactNotifyViewControllerDidDisappear:(BOOL animated);
+  public virtual void reactRemoveViewControllerAppearanceListener:(id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener> listener);
+}
+
 class ObjCTimerRegistry : public facebook::react::PlatformTimerRegistry {
   public ObjCTimerRegistry();
   public RCTTiming* _Null_unspecified timing;
@@ -3493,6 +3501,11 @@ protocol RCTValueAnimatedNodeObserver : public NSObject {
   public virtual void animatedNode:didUpdateValue:(RCTValueAnimatedNode* node, CGFloat value);
 }
 
+protocol RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener : public NSObject {
+  public virtual void reactViewControllerDidAppear:animated:(UIViewController* viewController, BOOL animated);
+  public virtual void reactViewControllerDidDisappear:animated:(UIViewController* viewController, BOOL animated);
+}
+
 protocol RCTVirtualViewContainerProtocol {
   public virtual RCTVirtualViewContainerState* virtualViewContainerState();
 }
diff --git a/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAppleReleaseCxx.api b/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAppleReleaseCxx.api
index b7e4ab668f81..5a12845514e5 100644
--- a/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAppleReleaseCxx.api
+++ b/scripts/cxx-api/api-snapshots/ReactAppleReleaseCxx.api
@@ -325,6 +325,14 @@ category UIView(React) {
   public virtual void removeReactSubview:(UIView* subview);
 }
 
+category UIViewController(React) {
+  public @property (assign, readonly) BOOL reactViewControllerIsVisible;
+  public virtual void reactAddViewControllerAppearanceListener:(id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener> listener);
+  public virtual void reactNotifyViewControllerDidAppear:(BOOL animated);
+  public virtual void reactNotifyViewControllerDidDisappear:(BOOL animated);
+  public virtual void reactRemoveViewControllerAppearanceListener:(id<RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener> listener);
+}
+
 class ObjCTimerRegistry : public facebook::react::PlatformTimerRegistry {
   public ObjCTimerRegistry();
   public RCTTiming* _Null_unspecified timing;
@@ -3493,6 +3501,11 @@ protocol RCTValueAnimatedNodeObserver : public NSObject {
   public virtual void animatedNode:didUpdateValue:(RCTValueAnimatedNode* node, CGFloat value);
 }
 
+protocol RCTViewControllerAppearanceListener : public NSObject {
+  public virtual void reactViewControllerDidAppear:animated:(UIViewController* viewController, BOOL animated);
+  public virtual void reactViewControllerDidDisappear:animated:(UIViewController* viewController, BOOL animated);
+}
+
 protocol RCTVirtualViewContainerProtocol {
   public virtual RCTVirtualViewContainerState* virtualViewContainerState();
 }