just upgraded to 0.48.2 and am still getting the same issue with followed channels not loading after several attempts switching between "Top" and "New":

switching back to 0.48.0 for now because this issue doesn't happen here.
Can you try it again - many times this is a temporary hiccup and will work after a couple retries. I don't think anything changed there between those versions. Let me know!
yeah I just tried again with both 0.48.1 and 0.48.2
as usual it's pretty immediate when it fails to load after startup
the "Top" tab loads just fine, and so does the home page (after an initial 10 seconds)
if I keep trying it will eventually load after about a minute of switching back and forth between "New" and "Top"
but this has been going on since the initial release of 0.48.1 (including the r releases I usually don't keep around)
this doesn't happen in 0.48.0
I see the same issue. New (or trending) from "following" list show this error, but top from "following" works.
I use the AppImage on Linux - this is the error trace I see when this issue occurs.
Daemon: 2020-10-21 23:55:02,535 ERROR lbry.extras.daemon.daemon:708: error handling api request
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "lbry/extras/daemon/daemon.py", line 700, in _process_rpc_call
File "lbry/extras/daemon/daemon.py", line 2454, in jsonrpc_claim_search
File "lbry/wallet/ledger.py", line 958, in claim_search
File "lbry/wallet/ledger.py", line 848, in _inflate_outputs
File "lbry/wallet/network.py", line 85, in send_request
File "lbry/wallet/network.py", line 75, in send_request
File "lbry/wallet/rpc/session.py", line 483, in send_request
lbry.wallet.rpc.jsonrpc.RPCError: (-32000, 'sqlite query timed out')
Verified, same here: (thanks @aveekbh)
Daemon: 2020-10-22 11:51:26,658 ERROR lbry.extras.daemon.daemon:708: error handling api request
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "lbry/extras/daemon/daemon.py", line 700, in _process_rpc_call
File "lbry/extras/daemon/daemon.py", line 2454, in jsonrpc_claim_search
File "lbry/wallet/ledger.py", line 958, in claim_search
File "lbry/wallet/ledger.py", line 848, in _inflate_outputs
File "lbry/wallet/network.py", line 85, in send_request
File "lbry/wallet/network.py", line 75, in send_request
File "lbry/wallet/rpc/session.py", line 483, in send_request
lbry.wallet.rpc.jsonrpc.RPCError: (-32000, 'sqlite query timed out')
not sure why I never thought to look in the terminal to catch that x.x
This should be fixed in the latest RC: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/releases/tag/v0.49.0-rc.1
This should be fixed in the latest RC: https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/releases/tag/v0.49.0-rc.1
Verified, issue does not occur with v0.49.0-rc.1.