diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/MainLayout.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/MainLayout.tsx
index 20442a4e97..efdacb512a 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/components/MainLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared/src/components/MainLayout.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 } from '../contexts';
 import { useFeedLayout, useViewSize, ViewSize } from '../hooks';
 import { BootPopups } from './modals/BootPopups';
+import { StreakMilestonePopup } from './modals/streaks/StreakMilestonePopup';
 import { useFeedName } from '../hooks/feed/useFeedName';
 import { AuthTriggers } from '../lib/auth';
 import PlusMobileEntryBanner from './banners/PlusMobileEntryBanner';
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ function MainLayoutComponent({
       <PromptElement />
       <Toast autoDismissNotifications={autoDismissNotifications} />
       <BootPopups />
+      <StreakMilestonePopup />
       {plusEntryAnnouncementBar && (
         <PlusMobileEntryBanner
           className="relative"
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/modals/BootPopups.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/modals/BootPopups.tsx
index 6396149303..eede0f955a 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/components/modals/BootPopups.tsx
+++ b/packages/shared/src/components/modals/BootPopups.tsx
@@ -86,14 +86,6 @@ export const BootPopups = (): ReactElement => {
     ActionType.DisableReadingStreakMilestone,
   );
 
-  const shouldHideStreaksModal = [
-    !isStreaksEnabled,
-    !isActionsFetched,
-    isNullOrUndefined(isDisabledMilestone),
-    isDisabledMilestone,
-    alerts?.showStreakMilestone !== true,
-    !streak?.current,
-  ].some(Boolean);
   const addBootPopup = (popup: BootPopupEntry) => {
     setBootPopups((prev) => new Map([...prev, [popup.type, popup]]));
   };
@@ -220,27 +212,6 @@ export const BootPopups = (): ReactElement => {
     });
   }, [alerts?.showGenericReferral, updateLastBootPopup]);
 
-  /**
-   * Boot popup for streaks milestone
-   */
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (shouldHideStreaksModal) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    addBootPopup({
-      type: LazyModal.NewStreak,
-      props: {
-        currentStreak: streak?.current,
-        maxStreak: streak?.max,
-        onAfterClose: () => {
-          updateLastBootPopup();
-          updateAlerts({ showStreakMilestone: false });
-        },
-      },
-    });
-  }, [shouldHideStreaksModal, streak, updateAlerts, updateLastBootPopup]);
-
   /**
    * Streak recovery modal
    */
@@ -271,7 +242,6 @@ export const BootPopups = (): ReactElement => {
     isActionsFetched,
     isDisabledMilestone,
     isStreaksEnabled,
-    shouldHideStreaksModal,
     streak,
     updateAlerts,
     updateLastBootPopup,
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/modals/streaks/StreakMilestonePopup.spec.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/modals/streaks/StreakMilestonePopup.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f71de4384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/components/modals/streaks/StreakMilestonePopup.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import nock from 'nock';
+import { render, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { QueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { TestBootProvider } from '../../../../__tests__/helpers/boot';
+import type { Alerts } from '../../../graphql/alerts';
+import { StreakMilestonePopup } from './StreakMilestonePopup';
+import * as actionHook from '../../../hooks/useActions';
+import * as streakHook from '../../../hooks/streaks/useReadingStreak';
+import { ActionType } from '../../../graphql/actions';
+import { LazyModal } from '../common/types';
+import { MODAL_KEY } from '../../../hooks/useLazyModal';
+import { DayOfWeek } from '../../../lib/date';
+
+const defaultAlerts: Alerts = {
+  filter: true,
+  rankLastSeen: null,
+  bootPopup: true,
+  showStreakMilestone: true,
+};
+
+const checkHasCompleted = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(false);
+const updateAlerts = jest.fn();
+
+type ReadingStreakReturn = ReturnType<typeof streakHook.useReadingStreak>;
+
+const defaultStreak: ReadingStreakReturn = {
+  isLoading: false,
+  isStreaksEnabled: true,
+  isUpdatingConfig: false,
+  streak: {
+    current: 5,
+    max: 5,
+    total: 5,
+    weekStart: DayOfWeek.Monday,
+  },
+  updateStreakConfig: jest.fn(),
+  checkReadingStreak: jest.fn(),
+};
+
+const renderComponent = ({
+  alerts = defaultAlerts,
+  streak = defaultStreak,
+}: {
+  alerts?: Alerts;
+  streak?: ReadingStreakReturn;
+} = {}) => {
+  const queryClient = new QueryClient();
+
+  jest.spyOn(streakHook, 'useReadingStreak').mockReturnValue(streak);
+
+  return {
+    queryClient,
+    ...render(
+      <TestBootProvider
+        client={queryClient}
+        alerts={{ alerts, updateAlerts }}
+        settings={{ loadedSettings: true, optOutReadingStreak: false }}
+      >
+        <StreakMilestonePopup />
+      </TestBootProvider>,
+    ),
+  };
+};
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  window.scrollTo = jest.fn();
+
+  jest.spyOn(actionHook, 'useActions').mockReturnValue({
+    completeAction: jest.fn(),
+    checkHasCompleted,
+    isActionsFetched: true,
+    actions: [],
+  });
+
+  checkHasCompleted.mockReset().mockReturnValue(false);
+  updateAlerts.mockReset();
+  nock.cleanAll();
+  nock('http://localhost:3000')
+    .post('/graphql')
+    .optionally()
+    .times(10)
+    .reply(200, { data: {} });
+});
+
+it('should open milestone modal when all conditions are met', async () => {
+  const { queryClient } = renderComponent();
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const modal = queryClient.getQueryData(MODAL_KEY);
+    expect(modal).toMatchObject({
+      type: LazyModal.NewStreak,
+      props: { currentStreak: 5, maxStreak: 5 },
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+it('should not open when showStreakMilestone is false', async () => {
+  const { queryClient } = renderComponent({
+    alerts: { ...defaultAlerts, showStreakMilestone: false },
+  });
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const modal = queryClient.getQueryData(MODAL_KEY);
+    expect(modal).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+it('should not open when streak is 0', async () => {
+  const { queryClient } = renderComponent({
+    streak: {
+      ...defaultStreak,
+      streak: { current: 0, max: 5, total: 5, weekStart: DayOfWeek.Monday },
+    },
+  });
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const modal = queryClient.getQueryData(MODAL_KEY);
+    expect(modal).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+it('should not open when user disabled milestone popup', async () => {
+  checkHasCompleted.mockImplementation(
+    (action: ActionType) => action === ActionType.DisableReadingStreakMilestone,
+  );
+
+  const { queryClient } = renderComponent();
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const modal = queryClient.getQueryData(MODAL_KEY);
+    expect(modal).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+it('should not open when streaks are disabled', async () => {
+  const { queryClient } = renderComponent({
+    streak: { ...defaultStreak, isStreaksEnabled: false },
+  });
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const modal = queryClient.getQueryData(MODAL_KEY);
+    expect(modal).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+it('should not open when another modal is already showing', async () => {
+  const queryClient = new QueryClient();
+  queryClient.setQueryData(MODAL_KEY, {
+    type: LazyModal.GenericReferral,
+    props: {},
+  });
+
+  jest.spyOn(streakHook, 'useReadingStreak').mockReturnValue(defaultStreak);
+
+  render(
+    <TestBootProvider
+      client={queryClient}
+      alerts={{ alerts: defaultAlerts, updateAlerts }}
+      settings={{ loadedSettings: true, optOutReadingStreak: false }}
+    >
+      <StreakMilestonePopup />
+    </TestBootProvider>,
+  );
+
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    const modal = queryClient.getQueryData(MODAL_KEY);
+    expect(modal).toMatchObject({ type: LazyModal.GenericReferral });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/components/modals/streaks/StreakMilestonePopup.tsx b/packages/shared/src/components/modals/streaks/StreakMilestonePopup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e05d937ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/shared/src/components/modals/streaks/StreakMilestonePopup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import type { ReactElement } from 'react';
+import { useContext, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useLazyModal } from '../../../hooks/useLazyModal';
+import { useActions } from '../../../hooks';
+import { ActionType } from '../../../graphql/actions';
+import { LazyModal } from '../common/types';
+import AlertContext from '../../../contexts/AlertContext';
+import { useReadingStreak } from '../../../hooks/streaks';
+import { isNullOrUndefined } from '../../../lib/func';
+
+/**
+ * Standalone streak milestone modal trigger.
+ *
+ * Separated from BootPopups so it is NOT subject to the one-per-day
+ * boot popup queue. The modal opens as soon as all conditions are met
+ * (alerts loaded, streak data loaded, user eligible).
+ */
+export const StreakMilestonePopup = (): ReactElement => {
+  const { openModal, modal } = useLazyModal();
+  const { checkHasCompleted, isActionsFetched } = useActions();
+  const { alerts, loadedAlerts, updateAlerts } = useContext(AlertContext);
+  const { streak, isStreaksEnabled } = useReadingStreak();
+
+  const isDisabledMilestone = checkHasCompleted(
+    ActionType.DisableReadingStreakMilestone,
+  );
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const shouldHide = [
+      !loadedAlerts,
+      !isStreaksEnabled,
+      !isActionsFetched,
+      isNullOrUndefined(isDisabledMilestone),
+      isDisabledMilestone,
+      alerts?.showStreakMilestone !== true,
+      !streak?.current,
+      !!modal,
+    ].some(Boolean);
+
+    if (shouldHide) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    openModal({
+      type: LazyModal.NewStreak,
+      props: {
+        currentStreak: streak?.current,
+        maxStreak: streak?.max,
+        onAfterClose: () => {
+          updateAlerts({ showStreakMilestone: false });
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  }, [
+    alerts?.showStreakMilestone,
+    isActionsFetched,
+    isDisabledMilestone,
+    isStreaksEnabled,
+    loadedAlerts,
+    modal,
+    openModal,
+    streak,
+    updateAlerts,
+  ]);
+
+  return null;
+};