diff --git a/backend/internal/account/userlist.go b/backend/internal/account/userlist.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f22777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/account/userlist.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package account
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+// UserListItem is the admin user-list projection: a small subset of the account plus
+// whether it is a robot (derived from its identities), so the console can label the kind
+// without a per-row identity query.
+type UserListItem struct {
+	ID                uuid.UUID
+	DisplayName       string
+	PreferredLanguage string
+	IsGuest           bool
+	IsRobot           bool
+	CreatedAt         time.Time
+}
+
+// UserFilter narrows the admin user list: Robots selects robot accounts (otherwise the
+// non-robot "people"); NameMask and ExternalIDMask are glob masks ('*' = any run, '?' =
+// one char) matched case-insensitively against the display name / any identity's external
+// id. An empty mask means no filter on that field.
+type UserFilter struct {
+	Robots         bool
+	NameMask       string
+	ExternalIDMask string
+}
+
+// robotExists is the correlated subquery testing whether account a is a robot.
+const robotExists = `EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM backend.identities i WHERE i.account_id = a.account_id AND i.kind = 'robot')`
+
+// userListWhere builds the shared WHERE clause and its positional args (from $1).
+func userListWhere(f UserFilter) (string, []any) {
+	args := []any{f.Robots}
+	where := robotExists + ` = $1`
+	if name := likePattern(f.NameMask); name != "" {
+		args = append(args, name)
+		where += fmt.Sprintf(` AND a.display_name ILIKE $%d ESCAPE '\'`, len(args))
+	}
+	if ext := likePattern(f.ExternalIDMask); ext != "" {
+		args = append(args, ext)
+		where += fmt.Sprintf(` AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM backend.identities i WHERE i.account_id = a.account_id AND i.external_id ILIKE $%d ESCAPE '\')`, len(args))
+	}
+	return where, args
+}
+
+// ListUsers returns the filtered admin user list, newest first, paginated.
+func (s *Store) ListUsers(ctx context.Context, f UserFilter, limit, offset int) ([]UserListItem, error) {
+	where, args := userListWhere(f)
+	q := `SELECT a.account_id, a.display_name, a.preferred_language, a.is_guest, a.created_at, ` + robotExists + ` AS is_robot
+FROM backend.accounts a WHERE ` + where +
+		fmt.Sprintf(` ORDER BY a.created_at DESC LIMIT $%d OFFSET $%d`, len(args)+1, len(args)+2)
+	args = append(args, limit, offset)
+	rows, err := s.db.QueryContext(ctx, q, args...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("account: list users: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var out []UserListItem
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var it UserListItem
+		if err := rows.Scan(&it.ID, &it.DisplayName, &it.PreferredLanguage, &it.IsGuest, &it.CreatedAt, &it.IsRobot); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("account: scan user: %w", err)
+		}
+		out = append(out, it)
+	}
+	return out, rows.Err()
+}
+
+// CountUsers counts the filtered admin user list, for pagination.
+func (s *Store) CountUsers(ctx context.Context, f UserFilter) (int, error) {
+	where, args := userListWhere(f)
+	var n int
+	if err := s.db.QueryRowContext(ctx, `SELECT COUNT(*) FROM backend.accounts a WHERE `+where, args...).Scan(&n); err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("account: count users: %w", err)
+	}
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+// likePattern converts a glob mask ('*' any run, '?' one char) to an ILIKE pattern,
+// escaping the SQL wildcards already in the input first. An empty/blank mask returns "".
+func likePattern(mask string) string {
+	mask = strings.TrimSpace(mask)
+	if mask == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	escaped := strings.NewReplacer(`\`, `\\`, `%`, `\%`, `_`, `\_`).Replace(mask)
+	escaped = strings.ReplaceAll(escaped, "*", "%")
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(escaped, "?", "_")
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/users.gohtml b/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/users.gohtml
index bf2d777..ef8cf21 100644
--- a/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/users.gohtml
+++ b/backend/internal/adminconsole/templates/pages/users.gohtml
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 {{define "content" -}}
 <h1>Users</h1>
 {{with .Data}}
+<nav class="subnav">
+<a href="/_gm/users"{{if not .Robots}} class="active"{{end}}>People</a> ·
+<a href="/_gm/users?kind=robots"{{if .Robots}} class="active"{{end}}>Robots</a>
+</nav>
+<form class="form" method="get" action="/_gm/users">
+{{if .Robots}}<input type="hidden" name="kind" value="robots">{{end}}
+<input name="name" value="{{.NameMask}}" placeholder="display name mask (* ?)">
+<input name="ext" value="{{.ExternalIDMask}}" placeholder="external id mask (* ?)">
+<button type="submit">Filter</button>
+</form>
 <table class="list">
 <thead><tr><th>Account</th><th>Display name</th><th>Kind</th><th>Lang</th><th>Created</th><th title="per-move think time across all games">Move min</th><th>avg</th><th>max</th></tr></thead>
 <tbody>
@@ -19,9 +29,9 @@
 </tbody>
 </table>
 <nav class="pager">
-{{if .Pager.HasPrev}}<a href="/_gm/users?page={{.Pager.PrevPage}}">&laquo; prev</a>{{end}}
+{{if .Pager.HasPrev}}<a href="/_gm/users?{{.FilterQuery}}&amp;page={{.Pager.PrevPage}}">&laquo; prev</a>{{end}}
 <span>page {{.Pager.Page}} · {{.Pager.Total}} total</span>
-{{if .Pager.HasNext}}<a href="/_gm/users?page={{.Pager.NextPage}}">next &raquo;</a>{{end}}
+{{if .Pager.HasNext}}<a href="/_gm/users?{{.FilterQuery}}&amp;page={{.Pager.NextPage}}">next &raquo;</a>{{end}}
 </nav>
 {{end}}
 {{- end}}
diff --git a/backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go b/backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go
index 9874d50..8293dd9 100644
--- a/backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go
+++ b/backend/internal/adminconsole/views.go
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ type DashboardView struct {
 type UsersView struct {
 	Items []UserRow
 	Pager Pager
+	// Robots is the active people/robots toggle; NameMask/ExternalIDMask are the current
+	// glob filters; FilterQuery is those encoded for pager/toggle links.
+	Robots         bool
+	NameMask       string
+	ExternalIDMask string
+	FilterQuery    string
 }
 
 // UserRow is one account row in the list. MoveMin/Avg/Max are the account's
diff --git a/backend/internal/inttest/userlist_test.go b/backend/internal/inttest/userlist_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e47e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/internal/inttest/userlist_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+//go:build integration
+
+package inttest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+
+	"scrabble/backend/internal/account"
+)
+
+// TestUserListFilter checks the admin user-list filter: the people/robots split (by a
+// robot identity) and the case-insensitive glob masks on display name and external id.
+func TestUserListFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := account.NewStore(testDB)
+	uniq := uuid.NewString()
+
+	human, err := st.ProvisionTelegram(ctx, "tg-"+uniq, "en", "", "Zzqxhuman")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("provision human: %v", err)
+	}
+	robot, err := st.ProvisionRobot(ctx, "robot-uxz-"+uniq, "Zzqxbot")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("provision robot: %v", err)
+	}
+	guest, err := st.ProvisionGuest(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("provision guest: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	collect := func(f account.UserFilter) map[uuid.UUID]account.UserListItem {
+		items, err := st.ListUsers(ctx, f, 5000, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("list users %+v: %v", f, err)
+		}
+		m := make(map[uuid.UUID]account.UserListItem, len(items))
+		for _, it := range items {
+			m[it.ID] = it
+		}
+		return m
+	}
+
+	people := collect(account.UserFilter{})
+	if _, ok := people[human.ID]; !ok {
+		t.Error("human missing from people")
+	}
+	if _, ok := people[guest.ID]; !ok {
+		t.Error("guest missing from people")
+	}
+	if _, ok := people[robot.ID]; ok {
+		t.Error("robot must not appear in people")
+	}
+	if it := people[human.ID]; it.IsRobot || it.IsGuest {
+		t.Errorf("human flags wrong: robot=%v guest=%v (want both false)", it.IsRobot, it.IsGuest)
+	}
+
+	robots := collect(account.UserFilter{Robots: true})
+	if it, ok := robots[robot.ID]; !ok || !it.IsRobot {
+		t.Errorf("robot missing from robots or IsRobot=false (ok=%v)", ok)
+	}
+	if _, ok := robots[human.ID]; ok {
+		t.Error("human must not appear in robots")
+	}
+
+	// Name mask (people).
+	if _, ok := collect(account.UserFilter{NameMask: "Zzqx*"})[human.ID]; !ok {
+		t.Error("name mask Zzqx* should match the human")
+	}
+	if _, ok := collect(account.UserFilter{NameMask: "nomatch*"})[human.ID]; ok {
+		t.Error("name mask nomatch* should not match the human")
+	}
+	// External-id mask (robots).
+	if _, ok := collect(account.UserFilter{Robots: true, ExternalIDMask: "robot-uxz-*"})[robot.ID]; !ok {
+		t.Error("external-id mask robot-uxz-* should match the robot")
+	}
+	if _, ok := collect(account.UserFilter{Robots: true, ExternalIDMask: "robot-zzz-*"})[robot.ID]; ok {
+		t.Error("external-id mask robot-zzz-* should not match the robot")
+	}
+	// CountUsers agrees that robots exist.
+	if n, err := st.CountUsers(ctx, account.UserFilter{Robots: true, ExternalIDMask: "robot-uxz-*"}); err != nil || n != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("count robots robot-uxz-* = (%d, %v), want 1", n, err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go b/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go
index 5fdf3aa..91da11c 100644
--- a/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go
+++ b/backend/internal/server/handlers_admin_console.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -75,24 +76,45 @@ func (s *Server) consoleDashboard(c *gin.Context) {
 func (s *Server) consoleUsers(c *gin.Context) {
 	ctx := c.Request.Context()
 	page := consolePage(c)
-	total, _ := s.accounts.CountAccounts(ctx)
-	accs, err := s.accounts.ListAccounts(ctx, adminPageSize, (page-1)*adminPageSize)
+	filter := account.UserFilter{
+		Robots:         c.Query("kind") == "robots",
+		NameMask:       c.Query("name"),
+		ExternalIDMask: c.Query("ext"),
+	}
+	total, _ := s.accounts.CountUsers(ctx, filter)
+	items, err := s.accounts.ListUsers(ctx, filter, adminPageSize, (page-1)*adminPageSize)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.consoleError(c, err)
 		return
 	}
-	view := adminconsole.UsersView{Pager: adminconsole.NewPager(page, adminPageSize, total)}
-	ids := make([]uuid.UUID, 0, len(accs))
-	for _, a := range accs {
+	q := url.Values{}
+	if filter.Robots {
+		q.Set("kind", "robots")
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(filter.NameMask) != "" {
+		q.Set("name", filter.NameMask)
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(filter.ExternalIDMask) != "" {
+		q.Set("ext", filter.ExternalIDMask)
+	}
+	view := adminconsole.UsersView{
+		Pager:  adminconsole.NewPager(page, adminPageSize, total),
+		Robots: filter.Robots, NameMask: filter.NameMask, ExternalIDMask: filter.ExternalIDMask,
+		FilterQuery: q.Encode(),
+	}
+	ids := make([]uuid.UUID, 0, len(items))
+	for _, it := range items {
 		kind := "registered"
-		if a.IsGuest {
+		if it.IsRobot {
+			kind = "robot"
+		} else if it.IsGuest {
 			kind = "guest"
 		}
 		view.Items = append(view.Items, adminconsole.UserRow{
-			ID: a.ID.String(), DisplayName: a.DisplayName, Kind: kind,
-			Language: a.PreferredLanguage, Guest: a.IsGuest, CreatedAt: fmtTime(a.CreatedAt),
+			ID: it.ID.String(), DisplayName: it.DisplayName, Kind: kind,
+			Language: it.PreferredLanguage, Guest: it.IsGuest, CreatedAt: fmtTime(it.CreatedAt),
 		})
-		ids = append(ids, a.ID)
+		ids = append(ids, it.ID)
 	}
 	if stats, err := s.games.MoveDurationStats(ctx, ids); err == nil {
 		for i := range view.Items {