diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Menus/TestSceneMainMenu.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Menus/TestSceneMainMenu.cs
index 613d8347b7b4..aab3716463d7 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Menus/TestSceneMainMenu.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Menus/TestSceneMainMenu.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public void TestDailyChallenge()
                             {
                                 new PlaylistItem(beatmap)
                             },
+                            StartDate = { Value = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(-30) },
                             EndDate = { Value = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddSeconds(60) }
                         });
                         return true;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneMainMenuButton.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneMainMenuButton.cs
index af98aa21db90..98f2b129ff4a 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneMainMenuButton.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/UserInterface/TestSceneMainMenuButton.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public void TestDailyChallengeButton()
                             {
                                 new PlaylistItem(beatmap)
                             },
+                            StartDate = { Value = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(-5) },
                             EndDate = { Value = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddSeconds(30) }
                         });
                         return true;
@@ -95,8 +96,13 @@ public void TestDailyChallengeButton()
                     },
                 };
             });
-            AddAssert("no notification posted", () => notificationOverlay.AllNotifications.Count(), () => Is.Zero);
+            AddAssert("notification posted", () => notificationOverlay.AllNotifications.Count(), () => Is.EqualTo(1));
 
+            AddStep("clear notifications", () =>
+            {
+                foreach (var notification in notificationOverlay.AllNotifications)
+                    notification.Close(runFlingAnimation: false);
+            });
             AddStep("beatmap of the day not active", () => metadataClient.DailyChallengeUpdated(null));
             AddAssert("no notification posted", () => notificationOverlay.AllNotifications.Count(), () => Is.Zero);
 
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ public void TestDailyChallengeButton()
             {
                 RoomID = 1234,
             }));
-            AddAssert("notification posted", () => notificationOverlay.AllNotifications.Count(), () => Is.EqualTo(1));
+            AddAssert("no notification posted", () => notificationOverlay.AllNotifications.Count(), () => Is.Zero);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/DailyChallengeButton.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/DailyChallengeButton.cs
index a5616b95a0f3..e19ba6612c7c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/DailyChallengeButton.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Menu/DailyChallengeButton.cs
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
-            info.BindValueChanged(_ => dailyChallengeChanged(postNotification: true));
-            dailyChallengeChanged(postNotification: false);
+            info.BindValueChanged(dailyChallengeChanged, true);
         }
 
         protected override void Update()
@@ -131,7 +130,9 @@ protected override void Update()
             }
         }
 
-        private void dailyChallengeChanged(bool postNotification)
+        private long? lastNotifiedDailyChallengeRoomId;
+
+        private void dailyChallengeChanged(ValueChangedEvent<DailyChallengeInfo?> _)
         {
             UpdateState();
 
@@ -152,8 +153,14 @@ private void dailyChallengeChanged(bool postNotification)
                     Room = room;
                     cover.OnlineInfo = TooltipContent = room.Playlist.FirstOrDefault()?.Beatmap.BeatmapSet as APIBeatmapSet;
 
-                    if (postNotification)
+                    // We only want to notify the user if a new challenge recently went live.
+                    if (room.StartDate.Value != null
+                        && Math.Abs((DateTimeOffset.Now - room.StartDate.Value!.Value).TotalSeconds) < 1800
+                        && room.RoomID.Value != lastNotifiedDailyChallengeRoomId)
+                    {
+                        lastNotifiedDailyChallengeRoomId = room.RoomID.Value;
                         notificationOverlay?.Post(new NewDailyChallengeNotification(room));
+                    }
 
                     updateCountdown();
                     Scheduler.AddDelayed(updateCountdown, 1000, true);