diff --git a/funnel/assets/js/utils/initembed.js b/funnel/assets/js/utils/initembed.js
index f65712f25..83b9ed4c5 100644
--- a/funnel/assets/js/utils/initembed.js
+++ b/funnel/assets/js/utils/initembed.js
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import MarkmapEmbed from './markmap';
 import MermaidEmbed from './mermaid';
 import PrismEmbed from './prism';
 
-export default function initEmbed(markdownElem = '') {
+export default function initEmbed(parentContainer = '') {
   addVegaSupport();
-  if (markdownElem) TypeformEmbed.init(markdownElem);
-  MarkmapEmbed.init();
-  MermaidEmbed.init();
-  PrismEmbed.init(markdownElem);
+  if (parentContainer) TypeformEmbed.init(parentContainer);
+  MarkmapEmbed.init(parentContainer);
+  MermaidEmbed.init(parentContainer);
+  PrismEmbed.init(parentContainer);
 }
diff --git a/funnel/assets/js/utils/markmap.js b/funnel/assets/js/utils/markmap.js
index addc79c10..8b21e81e0 100644
--- a/funnel/assets/js/utils/markmap.js
+++ b/funnel/assets/js/utils/markmap.js
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 const MarkmapEmbed = {
   addMarkmap() {
-    $('.md-embed-markmap').each(function embedMarkmap() {
-      $(this).find('.embed-content').addClass('markmap');
-    });
-    window.markmap.autoLoader.renderAll();
-    $('.md-embed-markmap').each(function embedMarkmap() {
-      $(this).addClass('activated');
-    });
+    const self = this;
+    self.container
+      .find('.md-embed-markmap:not(.activating):not(.activated)')
+      .each(function embedMarkmap() {
+        $(this).addClass('activating');
+        const current = $(this).find('.embed-container');
+        current
+          .addClass('markmap')
+          .append(
+            `<script type="text/template">${$(this)
+              .find('.embed-content')
+              .text()}</script>`
+          );
+        window.markmap.autoLoader.renderAllUnder(this);
+        $(this).addClass('activated').removeClass('activating');
+      });
   },
   resizeTimer: null,
   resizeMarkmapContainers() {
@@ -65,9 +74,12 @@ const MarkmapEmbed = {
       self.addMarkmap();
     }
   },
-  init(containerDiv) {
-    this.containerDiv = containerDiv;
-    if ($('.md-embed-markmap:not(.activated)').length > 0) {
+  init(container) {
+    this.container = $(container || 'body');
+    if (
+      this.container.find('.md-embed-markmap:not(.activated):not(.activated)').length >
+      0
+    ) {
       this.loadMarkmap();
     }
   },
diff --git a/funnel/assets/js/utils/mermaid.js b/funnel/assets/js/utils/mermaid.js
index 65db6473a..a269333f4 100644
--- a/funnel/assets/js/utils/mermaid.js
+++ b/funnel/assets/js/utils/mermaid.js
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 const MermaidEmbed = {
   addMermaid() {
-    const instances = $('.md-embed-mermaid:not(.activating):not(.activated)');
+    const self = this;
     let idCount = $('.md-embed-mermaid.activating, .md-embed-mermaid.activated').length;
     const idMarker = 'mermaid_elem_';
+    const instances = self.container.find(
+      '.md-embed-mermaid:not(.activating):not(.activated)'
+    );
     instances.each(function embedMarkmap() {
       const root = $(this);
       root.addClass('activating');
-      const elem = root.find('.embed-content');
-      const definition = elem.text();
-      let elemId = elem.attr('id');
+      const contentElem = root.find('.embed-content');
+      const containerElem = root.find('.embed-container');
+      const definition = contentElem.text();
+      let elemId = containerElem.attr('id');
       if (!elemId) {
         elemId = `${idMarker}${idCount}`;
         do {
@@ -16,9 +20,8 @@ const MermaidEmbed = {
         } while ($(`#${idMarker}${idCount}`).length > 0);
       }
       window.mermaid.render(elemId, definition, (svg) => {
-        elem.html(svg);
-        root.addClass('activated');
-        root.removeClass('activating');
+        containerElem.html(svg);
+        root.addClass('activated').removeClass('activating');
       });
     });
   },
@@ -37,8 +40,12 @@ const MermaidEmbed = {
       self.addMermaid();
     }
   },
-  init() {
-    if ($('.md-embed-mermaid:not(.activated)').length > 0) {
+  init(container) {
+    this.container = $(container || 'body');
+    if (
+      this.container.find('.md-embed-mermaid:not(.activating):not(.activated)').length >
+      0
+    ) {
       this.loadMermaid();
     }
   },
diff --git a/funnel/assets/js/utils/vegaembed.js b/funnel/assets/js/utils/vegaembed.js
index 7daa75b40..eeb982bbe 100644
--- a/funnel/assets/js/utils/vegaembed.js
+++ b/funnel/assets/js/utils/vegaembed.js
@@ -1,28 +1,35 @@
 /* global vegaEmbed */
 
-function addVegaChart() {
-  $('.md-embed-vega-lite:not(.activated)').each(async function embedVegaChart() {
-    const root = $(this);
-    const embedded = await vegaEmbed(
-      this,
-      JSON.parse($(this).find('.embed-content').text()),
-      {
-        renderer: 'svg',
-        actions: {
-          source: false,
-          editor: false,
-          compiled: false,
-        },
-      }
-    );
-    embedded.view.runAfter(() => {
-      root.addClass('activated');
+function addVegaChart(parentElement) {
+  parentElement
+    .find('.md-embed-vega-lite:not(.activating):not(.activated)')
+    .each(async function embedVegaChart() {
+      const root = $(this);
+      root.addClass('activating');
+      const embedded = await vegaEmbed(
+        root.find('.embed-container')[0],
+        JSON.parse(root.find('.embed-content').text()),
+        {
+          renderer: 'svg',
+          actions: {
+            source: false,
+            editor: false,
+            compiled: false,
+          },
+        }
+      );
+      embedded.view.runAfter(() => {
+        root.addClass('activated').removeClass('activating');
+      });
     });
-  });
 }
 
-function addVegaSupport() {
-  if ($('.md-embed-vega-lite:not(.activated)').length > 0) {
+function addVegaSupport(container) {
+  const parentElement = $(container || 'body');
+  if (
+    parentElement.find('.md-embed-vega-lite:not(.activating):not(.activated)').length >
+    0
+  ) {
     const vegaliteCDN = [
       'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vega@5',
       'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vega-lite@5',
@@ -42,13 +49,13 @@ function addVegaSupport() {
           }
           // Once all vega js is loaded, initialize vega visualization on all pre tags with class 'md-embed-vega-lite'
           if (vegaliteUrl === vegaliteCDN.length) {
-            addVegaChart();
+            addVegaChart(parentElement);
           }
         });
       };
       loadVegaScript();
     } else {
-      addVegaChart();
+      addVegaChart(parentElement);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/funnel/assets/sass/_layout.scss b/funnel/assets/sass/_layout.scss
index 967ce99dd..9dca0cca3 100644
--- a/funnel/assets/sass/_layout.scss
+++ b/funnel/assets/sass/_layout.scss
@@ -861,24 +861,45 @@
 }
 
 .md-embed {
-  visibility: hidden;
   border: 1px solid black;
   background: linear-gradient(45deg, #bbb, #eee);
-  canvas,
-  svg {
-    width: 100% !important;
-    max-width: 100% !important;
-    background-color: transparent !important;
-  }
   .embed-content {
-    white-space: pre;
+    display: none;
+  }
+  .embed-loading {
+    padding: 5px 2.5%;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    align-content: center;
+  }
+  .embed-container {
+    display: none;
+    canvas,
+    svg {
+      width: 100% !important;
+      max-width: 100% !important;
+      background-color: transparent !important;
+    }
+  }
+  &.activating .embed-container {
+    visibility: hidden;
+    display: block;
   }
   &.activated {
-    visibility: visible;
+    .embed-loading {
+      display: none;
+    }
+    .embed-container {
+      visibility: visible;
+      display: block;
+    }
   }
   &.md-embed-markmap {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
-    .embed-content {
+    .embed-container {
       width: 100%;
       aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
       svg {
@@ -886,7 +907,7 @@
       }
     }
   }
-  &.md-embed-vega-lite.vega-embed {
+  &.md-embed-vega-lite .vega-embed {
     padding: 2.5%;
     display: block !important;
     svg.marks {
diff --git a/funnel/utils/markdown/mdit_plugins/embeds.py b/funnel/utils/markdown/mdit_plugins/embeds.py
index 70f867c3d..0fb4c61cb 100644
--- a/funnel/utils/markdown/mdit_plugins/embeds.py
+++ b/funnel/utils/markdown/mdit_plugins/embeds.py
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 from markdown_it.common.utils import charCodeAt
 from markdown_it.rules_block import StateBlock
 
+LOADING_TEXT = {
+    'markmap': 'mindmap',
+    'mermaid': 'visualization',
+    'vega-lite': 'visualization',
+}
+
 
 def embeds_plugin(
     md: MarkdownIt,
@@ -25,13 +31,13 @@ def validate(params: str, *args):
     def render(self, tokens, idx, _options, env):
         token = tokens[idx]
         content = md.utils.escapeHtml(token.content)
-
+        loading = LOADING_TEXT.get(name, '')
         return (
-            '<div'
-            + (f' class="md-embed md-embed-{name}" ')
-            + '><div class="embed-content">'
+            f'<div class="md-embed md-embed-{name}">'
+            + '<div class="embed-loading">'
+            + f'Loading {loading}…</div><div class="embed-content">'
             + content
-            + '</div></div>\n'
+            + '</div><div class="embed-container"></div></div>\n'
         )
 
     min_markers = 3