diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/achievements/AchievementsActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/achievements/AchievementsActivity.java
index 93a93e348..d12ec942e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/achievements/AchievementsActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/achievements/AchievementsActivity.java
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ public class AchievementsActivity extends NavigationBaseActivity {
 
     private CompositeDisposable compositeDisposable = new CompositeDisposable();
 
+    // To keep track of the number of wiki edits made by a user
+    private int numberOfEdits = 0;
+
     /**
      * This method helps in the creation Achievement screen and
      * dynamically set the size of imageView
@@ -140,8 +143,8 @@ public class AchievementsActivity extends NavigationBaseActivity {
         progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
 
         hideLayouts();
-        setAchievements();
         setWikidataEditCount();
+        setAchievements();
         initDrawer();
     }
 
@@ -230,12 +233,24 @@ public class AchievementsActivity extends NavigationBaseActivity {
                                         Timber.d("success");
                                         layoutImageReverts.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
                                         imageView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
-                                        showSnackBarWithRetry();
+                                        // If the number of edits made by the user are more than 150,000
+                                        // in some cases such high number of wiki edit counts cause the 
+                                        // achievements calculator to fail in some cases, for more details
+                                        // refer Issue: #3295
+                                        if (numberOfEdits <= 150000) {
+                                            showSnackBarWithRetry(false);
+                                        } else {
+                                            showSnackBarWithRetry(true);
+                                        }
                                     }
                                 },
                                 t -> {
                                     Timber.e(t, "Fetching achievements statistics failed");
-                                    showSnackBarWithRetry();
+                                    if (numberOfEdits <= 150000) {
+                                        showSnackBarWithRetry(false);
+                                    } else {
+                                        showSnackBarWithRetry(true);
+                                    }
                                 }
                         ));
             }
@@ -259,7 +274,10 @@ public class AchievementsActivity extends NavigationBaseActivity {
                 .getWikidataEdits(userName)
                 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
                 .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
-                .subscribe(edits -> wikidataEditsText.setText(String.valueOf(edits)), e -> {
+                .subscribe(edits -> {
+                    numberOfEdits = edits;
+                    wikidataEditsText.setText(String.valueOf(edits));
+                }, e -> {
                     Timber.e("Error:" + e);
                 }));
     }
@@ -267,11 +285,20 @@ public class AchievementsActivity extends NavigationBaseActivity {
     /**
      * Shows a snack bar which has an action button which on click dismisses the snackbar and invokes the
      * listener passed
+     * @param tooManyAchievements if this value is true it means that the number of achievements of the 
+     * user are so high that it wrecks havoc with the Achievements calculator due to which request may time 
+     * out. Well this is the Ultimate Achievement
      */
-    private void showSnackBarWithRetry() {
-        progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
-        ViewUtil.showDismissibleSnackBar(findViewById(android.R.id.content),
-                R.string.achievements_fetch_failed, R.string.retry, view -> setAchievements());
+    private void showSnackBarWithRetry(boolean tooManyAchievements) {
+        if (tooManyAchievements) {
+            progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+            ViewUtil.showDismissibleSnackBar(findViewById(android.R.id.content),
+                    R.string.achievements_fetch_failed_ultimate_achievement, R.string.retry, view -> setAchievements());
+        } else {
+            progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+            ViewUtil.showDismissibleSnackBar(findViewById(android.R.id.content),
+                    R.string.achievements_fetch_failed, R.string.retry, view -> setAchievements());
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -504,4 +531,4 @@ public class AchievementsActivity extends NavigationBaseActivity {
         return true;
     }
 
-}
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index da88ede6f..b2f987c79 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ Upload your first media by tapping on the add button.</string>
   <string name="display_location_permission_title">Display location permission</string>
   <string name="display_location_permission_explanation">Ask for location permission when needed for nearby notification card view feature.</string>
   <string name="achievements_fetch_failed">Something went wrong, We could not fetch your achievements</string>
+  <string name="achievements_fetch_failed_ultimate_achievement">You\'ve made so many contributions our achievements calculation system can\'t cope. This is the ultimate achievement.</string>
   <string name="ends_on">Ends on:</string>
   <string name="display_campaigns">Display campaigns</string>
   <string name="display_campaigns_explanation">See the ongoing campaigns</string>