diff --git a/netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py b/netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py
index f95263f6c2f..2d2c430aaff 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 
 import django_tables2 as tables
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldDoesNotExist
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ def __init__(self, *args, user=None, **kwargs):
         selected_columns = None
         if user is not None and not isinstance(user, AnonymousUser):
             selected_columns = user.config.get(f"tables.{self.name}.columns")
+        elif isinstance(user, AnonymousUser) and hasattr(settings, 'DEFAULT_USER_PREFERENCES'):
+            selected_columns = settings.DEFAULT_USER_PREFERENCES.get('tables', {}).get(self.name, {}).get('columns')
         if not selected_columns:
             selected_columns = getattr(self.Meta, 'default_columns', self.Meta.fields)