diff --git a/app/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job.rb b/app/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job.rb
index 4c9990415..28143cd6a 100644
--- a/app/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # housekeeping
-# remove stale contacts for all accounts
+# remove stale contacts for subset of accounts each day
 # - have no identification (email, phone_number, and identifier are NULL)
 # - have no conversations
 # - are older than 30 days
@@ -7,14 +7,33 @@
 class Internal::ProcessStaleContactsJob < ApplicationJob
   queue_as :housekeeping
 
+  # Number of day-based groups to split accounts into
+  DISTRIBUTION_GROUPS = 5
+  # Max accounts to process in one batch
+  MAX_ACCOUNTS_PER_BATCH = 20
+
+  # Process only a subset of accounts per day to avoid flooding the queue
   def perform
     return unless ChatwootApp.chatwoot_cloud?
 
-    Account.find_in_batches(batch_size: 100) do |accounts|
-      accounts.each do |account|
-        Rails.logger.info "Enqueuing RemoveStaleContactsJob for account #{account.id}"
-        Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob.perform_later(account)
-      end
+    # Use the day of the month to determine which accounts to process
+    day_of_month = Date.current.day
+    remainder = day_of_month % DISTRIBUTION_GROUPS
+
+    # Count total accounts for logging
+    total_accounts = Account.count
+    log_message = "ProcessStaleContactsJob: Processing accounts with ID % #{DISTRIBUTION_GROUPS} = "
+    log_message += "#{remainder} (out of #{total_accounts} total accounts)"
+    Rails.logger.info log_message
+
+    # Process only accounts where ID % 5 = remainder for today
+    # This ensures each account is processed approximately once every 5 days
+    Account.where("id % #{DISTRIBUTION_GROUPS} = ?", remainder).find_each(batch_size: MAX_ACCOUNTS_PER_BATCH) do |account|
+      Rails.logger.info "Enqueuing RemoveStaleContactsJob for account #{account.id}"
+
+      # Add a small delay between jobs to further reduce queue pressure
+      delay = rand(1..10).minutes
+      Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob.set(wait: delay).perform_later(account)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job_spec.rb
index f7f17bf78..ca873756c 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/internal/process_stale_contacts_job_spec.rb
@@ -3,44 +3,62 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 RSpec.describe Internal::ProcessStaleContactsJob do
   subject(:job) { described_class.perform_later }
 
-  it 'enqueues the job' do
-    allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(true)
-    expect { job }.to have_enqueued_job(described_class)
-      .on_queue('housekeeping')
+  context 'when in cloud environment' do
+    before do
+      allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'processes accounts based on the day of month' do
+      # Set a fixed day for testing
+      day_of_month = 16
+      remainder = day_of_month % described_class::DISTRIBUTION_GROUPS
+      allow(Date).to receive(:current).and_return(Date.new(2025, 5, day_of_month))
+
+      # Create an account and set its ID to match today's pattern
+      account = create(:account)
+      allow(account).to receive(:id).and_return(remainder)
+
+      # Mock the Account.where to return our filtered accounts
+      account_relation = double
+      allow(Account).to receive(:where).with("id % #{described_class::DISTRIBUTION_GROUPS} = ?", remainder).and_return(account_relation)
+      allow(account_relation).to receive(:find_each).and_yield(account)
+
+      # Mock the delay setting
+      allow(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob).to receive(:set).and_return(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob)
+      expect(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob).to receive(:perform_later).with(account)
+
+      described_class.perform_now
+    end
+
+    it 'adds a delay between jobs' do
+      day_of_month = 15
+      remainder = day_of_month % described_class::DISTRIBUTION_GROUPS
+      allow(Date).to receive(:current).and_return(Date.new(2025, 5, day_of_month))
+
+      account = create(:account)
+
+      account_relation = double
+      allow(Account).to receive(:where).with("id % #{described_class::DISTRIBUTION_GROUPS} = ?", remainder).and_return(account_relation)
+      allow(account_relation).to receive(:find_each).and_yield(account)
+
+      expect(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob).to receive(:set) do |args|
+        expect(args[:wait]).to be_between(1.minute, 10.minutes)
+        Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob
+      end
+      expect(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob).to receive(:perform_later).with(account)
+
+      described_class.perform_now
+    end
   end
 
-  it 'enqueues RemoveStaleContactsJob for each account' do
-    allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(true)
-    account1 = create(:account)
-    account2 = create(:account)
-    account3 = create(:account)
+  context 'when not in cloud environment' do
+    it 'does not process any accounts' do
+      allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(false)
 
-    expect { described_class.perform_now }.to have_enqueued_job(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob)
-      .with(account1)
-      .on_queue('housekeeping')
-    expect { described_class.perform_now }.to have_enqueued_job(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob)
-      .with(account2)
-      .on_queue('housekeeping')
-    expect { described_class.perform_now }.to have_enqueued_job(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob)
-      .with(account3)
-      .on_queue('housekeeping')
-  end
+      expect(Account).not_to receive(:where)
+      expect(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob).not_to receive(:perform_later)
 
-  it 'processes accounts in batches' do
-    allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(true)
-    account = create(:account)
-    allow(Account).to receive(:find_in_batches).with(batch_size: 100).and_yield([account])
-
-    expect(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob).to receive(:perform_later).with(account)
-    described_class.perform_now
-  end
-
-  it 'does not process accounts when not in cloud environment' do
-    allow(ChatwootApp).to receive(:chatwoot_cloud?).and_return(false)
-    create(:account)
-
-    expect(Account).not_to receive(:find_in_batches)
-    expect(Internal::RemoveStaleContactsJob).not_to receive(:perform_later)
-    described_class.perform_now
+      described_class.perform_now
+    end
   end
 end