diff --git a/app/components/Nav/App/index.js b/app/components/Nav/App/index.js
index dbed500c1a1..82d6268f1ed 100644
--- a/app/components/Nav/App/index.js
+++ b/app/components/Nav/App/index.js
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ import OptionsSheet from '../../UI/SelectOptionSheet/OptionsSheet';
 import FoxLoader from '../../../components/UI/FoxLoader';
 import { AppStateEventProcessor } from '../../../core/AppStateEventListener';
 import MultiRpcModal from '../../../components/Views/MultiRpcModal/MultiRpcModal';
+import Engine from '../../../core/Engine';
+import { CHAIN_IDS } from '@metamask/transaction-controller';
+import { PopularList } from '../../../util/networks/customNetworks';
+import { RpcEndpointType } from '@metamask/network-controller';
 import { trace, TraceName, TraceOperation } from '../../../util/trace';
 
 const clearStackNavigatorOptions = {
@@ -762,6 +766,46 @@ const App = (props) => {
   useEffect(() => {
     async function startApp() {
       const existingUser = await StorageWrapper.getItem(EXISTING_USER);
+      if (!existingUser) {
+        // List of chainIds to add (as hex strings)
+        const chainIdsToAdd = [
+          CHAIN_IDS.ARBITRUM,
+          CHAIN_IDS.BASE,
+          CHAIN_IDS.BSC,
+          CHAIN_IDS.OPTIMISM,
+          CHAIN_IDS.POLYGON,
+        ];
+
+        // Filter the PopularList to get only the specified networks based on chainId
+        const selectedNetworks = PopularList.filter((network) =>
+          chainIdsToAdd.includes(network.chainId),
+        );
+        const { NetworkController } = Engine.context;
+
+        // Loop through each selected network and call NetworkController.addNetwork
+        for (const network of selectedNetworks) {
+          try {
+            await NetworkController.addNetwork({
+              chainId: network.chainId,
+              blockExplorerUrls: [network.rpcPrefs.blockExplorerUrl],
+              defaultRpcEndpointIndex: 0,
+              defaultBlockExplorerUrlIndex: 0,
+              name: network.nickname,
+              nativeCurrency: network.ticker,
+              rpcEndpoints: [
+                {
+                  url: network.rpcUrl,
+                  name: network.nickname,
+                  type: RpcEndpointType.Custom,
+                },
+              ],
+            });
+          } catch (error) {
+            Logger.error(error);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
       try {
         const currentVersion = getVersion();
         const savedVersion = await StorageWrapper.getItem(CURRENT_APP_VERSION);