diff --git a/app/services/email_digest_article_collector.rb b/app/services/email_digest_article_collector.rb
index 254319698..ea6693228 100644
--- a/app/services/email_digest_article_collector.rb
+++ b/app/services/email_digest_article_collector.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class EmailDigestArticleCollector
 
   ARTICLES_TO_SEND = "EmailDigestArticleCollector#articles_to_send".freeze
   RESULTS_COUNT = 7 # Winner of digest_count_03_18 field test
+  CLICK_LOOKBACK = 30
 
   def initialize(user)
     @user = user
@@ -48,12 +49,22 @@ class EmailDigestArticleCollector
     # rubocop:enable Metrics/BlockLength
   end
 
-  private
-
   def should_receive_email?
     return true unless last_email_sent
 
-    last_email_sent.before? Settings::General.periodic_email_digest.days.ago
+    email_sent_within_lookback_period = last_email_sent >= Settings::General.periodic_email_digest.days.ago
+    return false if email_sent_within_lookback_period && !recent_tracked_click?
+  
+    true
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def recent_tracked_click?
+    @user.email_messages
+      .where(mailer: "DigestMailer#digest_email")
+      .where("sent_at > ?", CLICK_LOOKBACK.days.ago)
+      .where.not(clicked_at: nil).any?
   end
 
   def last_email_sent
diff --git a/spec/services/email_digest_article_collector_spec.rb b/spec/services/email_digest_article_collector_spec.rb
index 9a3f641cc..2be7ee521 100644
--- a/spec/services/email_digest_article_collector_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/email_digest_article_collector_spec.rb
@@ -78,4 +78,67 @@ RSpec.describe EmailDigestArticleCollector, type: :service do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#should_receive_email?" do
+    let(:user) { create(:user) }
+    let(:collector) { described_class.new(user) }
+
+    before do
+      Settings::General.periodic_email_digest = 3
+    end
+
+    context "when the user clicked the last email within the lookback period" do
+      it "returns true" do
+        Ahoy::Message.create(mailer: "DigestMailer#digest_email",
+                             user_id: user.id, sent_at: 2.days.ago, clicked_at: 1.day.ago)
+        expect(collector.should_receive_email?).to be true
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the user has not received any emails" do
+      it "returns true" do
+        expect(collector.should_receive_email?).to be true
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the last email was received outside the periodic email digest days" do
+      it "returns true" do
+        Ahoy::Message.create(mailer: "DigestMailer#digest_email",
+                             user_id: user.id, sent_at: 4.days.ago)
+        expect(collector.should_receive_email?).to be true
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the last email was received within the periodic email digest days without click" do
+      it "returns false" do
+        Ahoy::Message.create(mailer: "DigestMailer#digest_email",
+                             user_id: user.id, sent_at: 2.days.ago)
+        expect(collector.should_receive_email?).to be false
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the last email was received just before the periodic email digest days limit" do
+      it "returns true" do
+        Ahoy::Message.create(mailer: "DigestMailer#digest_email",
+                             user_id: user.id, sent_at: 3.days.ago)
+        expect(collector.should_receive_email?).to be true
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the last email was clicked but outside the lookback period" do
+      it "returns true" do
+        Ahoy::Message.create(mailer: "DigestMailer#digest_email",
+                             user_id: user.id, sent_at: 33.days.ago, clicked_at: 32.days.ago)
+        expect(collector.should_receive_email?).to be true
+      end
+
+      it "returns false when there is a sent at within the thredhold" do
+        Ahoy::Message.create(mailer: "DigestMailer#digest_email",
+                             user_id: user.id, sent_at: 33.days.ago, clicked_at: 32.days.ago)
+        Ahoy::Message.create(mailer: "DigestMailer#digest_email",
+                             user_id: user.id, sent_at: 2.days.ago)
+        expect(collector.should_receive_email?).to be false
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end