diff --git a/src/components/common/CreatorBio.tsx b/src/components/common/CreatorBio.tsx
index ae3f60c5..b87480dc 100644
--- a/src/components/common/CreatorBio.tsx
+++ b/src/components/common/CreatorBio.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { useId, useState } from 'react';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
-import { lineClampClassFor } from '@/utils/lineClamp.utils';
+import {
+	lineClampClassFor,
+	creatorCardSubtitleClampClass,
+} from '@/utils/lineClamp.utils';
 
 interface CreatorBioProps {
 	/** Raw bio string from the creator profile. Anything falsy or whitespace-only is treated as missing. */
@@ -141,7 +144,10 @@ const CreatorBio: React.FC<CreatorBioProps> = ({
 	const clampVariant: 'card' | 'profile' = shouldOfferCollapse
 		? 'card'
 		: variant;
-	const clampClass = lineClampClassFor(clampVariant, effectiveMaxLines);
+	const clampClass =
+		clampVariant === 'card'
+			? creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(effectiveMaxLines)
+			: lineClampClassFor(clampVariant, effectiveMaxLines);
 
 	const bioParagraph = (
 		<p
diff --git a/src/components/home/TrendingCreatorCard.tsx b/src/components/home/TrendingCreatorCard.tsx
index e422fad5..bf226de0 100644
--- a/src/components/home/TrendingCreatorCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/home/TrendingCreatorCard.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import type { Course } from '@/services/course.service';
 
 type Props = { creator: Course & { walletAddress: string } };
 import { formatHolderCount } from '@/utils/numberFormat.utils';
+import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
+import { creatorCardSubtitleClampClass } from '@/utils/lineClamp.utils';
 
 export default function TrendingCreatorCard({ creator }: Props) {
 	const name = creator.title || 'Unnamed creator';
@@ -33,7 +35,12 @@ export default function TrendingCreatorCard({ creator }: Props) {
 				</h3>
 
 				{creator.description && (
-					<p className="mt-2 line-clamp-2 font-jakarta text-xs leading-relaxed text-gray-500">
+					<p
+						className={cn(
+							'mt-2 font-jakarta text-xs leading-relaxed text-gray-500',
+							creatorCardSubtitleClampClass()
+						)}
+					>
 						{creator.description}
 					</p>
 				)}
diff --git a/src/components/home/__tests__/TrendingCreatorCard.integration.test.tsx b/src/components/home/__tests__/TrendingCreatorCard.integration.test.tsx
index cc770b61..de51bc4e 100644
--- a/src/components/home/__tests__/TrendingCreatorCard.integration.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/home/__tests__/TrendingCreatorCard.integration.test.tsx
@@ -52,4 +52,22 @@ describe('TrendingCreatorCard integration (#484)', () => {
 		
 		expect(screen.getByText('999')).toBeInTheDocument();
 	});
+
+	it('applies creator card subtitle clamp helper class to description', () => {
+		render(
+			<MemoryRouter>
+				<TrendingCreatorCard
+					creator={{
+						...baseCreator,
+						description: 'A long subtitle description for testing clamp helper.',
+					}}
+				/>
+			</MemoryRouter>
+		);
+
+		const descriptionElement = screen.getByText(
+			'A long subtitle description for testing clamp helper.'
+		);
+		expect(descriptionElement.className).toMatch(/\bline-clamp-2\b/);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/lineClamp.utils.test.ts b/src/utils/__tests__/lineClamp.utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23dd783d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/lineClamp.utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import {
+	lineClampClassFor,
+	creatorCardSubtitleClampClass,
+	DEFAULT_CREATOR_CARD_SUBTITLE_MAX_LINES,
+} from '../lineClamp.utils';
+
+describe('lineClamp.utils', () => {
+	describe('DEFAULT_CREATOR_CARD_SUBTITLE_MAX_LINES', () => {
+		it('defaults to 2 lines for creator card subtitles', () => {
+			expect(DEFAULT_CREATOR_CARD_SUBTITLE_MAX_LINES).toBe(2);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('creatorCardSubtitleClampClass', () => {
+		it('returns line-clamp-2 by default when no parameter is passed', () => {
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass()).toBe('line-clamp-2');
+		});
+
+		it('returns correct line-clamp class for specified line counts', () => {
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(1)).toBe('line-clamp-1');
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(2)).toBe('line-clamp-2');
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(3)).toBe('line-clamp-3');
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(4)).toBe('line-clamp-4');
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(5)).toBe('line-clamp-5');
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(6)).toBe('line-clamp-6');
+		});
+
+		it('caps higher values at line-clamp-6 to keep card heights bounded', () => {
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(7)).toBe('line-clamp-6');
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(100)).toBe('line-clamp-6');
+		});
+
+		it('returns empty string for null, undefined, 0, or negative values', () => {
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(null)).toBe('');
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(0)).toBe('');
+			expect(creatorCardSubtitleClampClass(-1)).toBe('');
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('lineClampClassFor', () => {
+		it('returns empty string for profile variant', () => {
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('profile', 3)).toBe('');
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('profile', null)).toBe('');
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('profile', undefined)).toBe('');
+		});
+
+		it('returns empty string for invalid maxLines', () => {
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('card', null)).toBe('');
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('card', undefined)).toBe('');
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('card', 0)).toBe('');
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('card', -5)).toBe('');
+		});
+
+		it('returns correct line-clamp classes for card variant', () => {
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('card', 1)).toBe('line-clamp-1');
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('card', 2)).toBe('line-clamp-2');
+			expect(lineClampClassFor('card', 3)).toBe('line-clamp-3');
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/lineClamp.utils.ts b/src/utils/lineClamp.utils.ts
index f7f3c1c7..37ec7a23 100644
--- a/src/utils/lineClamp.utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/lineClamp.utils.ts
@@ -30,3 +30,18 @@ export const lineClampClassFor = (
 			return 'line-clamp-6';
 	}
 };
+
+/**
+ * Default line clamp count for creator card subtitles and bio descriptions.
+ */
+export const DEFAULT_CREATOR_CARD_SUBTITLE_MAX_LINES = 2;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the Tailwind `line-clamp` class for creator card subtitles and bio descriptions.
+ * Uses `DEFAULT_CREATOR_CARD_SUBTITLE_MAX_LINES` (2 lines) if maxLines is omitted.
+ */
+export const creatorCardSubtitleClampClass = (
+	maxLines: number | null | undefined = DEFAULT_CREATOR_CARD_SUBTITLE_MAX_LINES
+): string => {
+	return lineClampClassFor('card', maxLines);
+};