diff --git a/projects/packages/activity-log/changelog/default-table-view-and-fix-upsell-styles b/projects/packages/activity-log/changelog/default-table-view-and-fix-upsell-styles
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a0959031aeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/packages/activity-log/changelog/default-table-view-and-fix-upsell-styles
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fixed
+
+Activity Log: default the page to the Table layout and load the upsell-callout stylesheet from the main entry so its flex rules reach the bundle.
diff --git a/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/components/ActivityLog/UpsellCallout.tsx b/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/components/ActivityLog/UpsellCallout.tsx
index 44bce8790691..155386e80599 100644
--- a/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/components/ActivityLog/UpsellCallout.tsx
+++ b/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/components/ActivityLog/UpsellCallout.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import { addQueryArgs } from '@wordpress/url';
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useAnalytics } from '../../hooks/use-analytics';
 import illustrationUrl from './activity-logs-callout-illustration.svg';
-import './upsell-callout.scss';
+// Stylesheet is `@use`d from `src/js/style.scss` so the rules ride the
+// main entry chunk instead of relying on a side-effect JS import.
 
 const PRODUCT_SLUG = 'jetpack_security_t1_yearly';
 const UPSELL_SOURCE = 'activity-log-page-purchase';
diff --git a/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/components/ActivityLog/views.ts b/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/components/ActivityLog/views.ts
index 29c076490753..d7b824b08d21 100644
--- a/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/components/ActivityLog/views.ts
+++ b/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/components/ActivityLog/views.ts
@@ -14,21 +14,14 @@ const TABLE_LAYOUT = {
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_VIEW: View = {
-	type: 'activity',
+	type: 'table',
 	perPage: 20,
 	sort: {
 		field: 'published',
 		direction: 'desc',
 	},
-	fields: [ 'published', 'actor' ],
-	layout: { density: 'balanced' },
-	titleField: 'event_title',
-	mediaField: 'event_icon',
-	descriptionField: 'event_description',
-	// Group consecutive events that fall on the same calendar day
-	// (site timezone) under a "Apr 24, 2026" header. See the matching
-	// entry in DEFAULT_LAYOUTS.activity below for the full rationale.
-	groupBy: { field: 'published_date', direction: 'desc', showLabel: false },
+	fields: [ 'published', 'event', 'actor' ],
+	layout: TABLE_LAYOUT,
 	showLevels: false,
 };
 
diff --git a/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/style.scss b/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/style.scss
index e3bfde46e02b..4a2be031b76c 100644
--- a/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/style.scss
+++ b/projects/packages/activity-log/src/js/style.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 @use "@automattic/jetpack-base-styles/admin-page-layout" as *;
 @use "sass:meta";
+// Component styles are forwarded from this main entry rather than
+// imported via per-component side-effect imports in each .tsx file —
+// that way they live in the same emitted chunk as the wrapper rules
+// below and can't get dropped by chunk splitting.
+@use "./components/ActivityLog/upsell-callout";
 
 // DataViews is a bundled (not externalized) @wordpress package in
 // jetpack-webpack-config, so its stylesheet must be brought in alongside
diff --git a/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-activity-log-default-and-upsell b/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-activity-log-default-and-upsell
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e841ba927961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/plugins/jetpack/changelog/fix-activity-log-default-and-upsell
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: fixed
+
+Activity Log: default the page to the Table layout and fix the free-tier upsell callout's flex layout.