diff --git a/.changeset/empty-boxes-cross.md b/.changeset/empty-boxes-cross.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..532d9a9e287cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/empty-boxes-cross.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@rocket.chat/meteor': patch
+---
+
+Fixes engagement dashboard loading unnecessary data into memory on startup
diff --git a/apps/meteor/ee/server/lib/engagementDashboard/messages.ts b/apps/meteor/ee/server/lib/engagementDashboard/messages.ts
index 55bcae0da3aeb..c108fa37340f9 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/ee/server/lib/engagementDashboard/messages.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/ee/server/lib/engagementDashboard/messages.ts
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ export const handleMessagesDeleted = async (message: IMessage, { room }: { room:
 };
 
 export const fillFirstDaysOfMessagesIfNeeded = async (date: Date): Promise<void> => {
-	const messagesFromAnalytics = await Analytics.findByTypeBeforeDate({
+	const messagesFromAnalytics = await Analytics.findOneByTypeBeforeDate({
 		type: 'messages',
 		date: convertDateToInt(date),
-	}).toArray();
-	if (!messagesFromAnalytics.length) {
+	});
+	if (!messagesFromAnalytics) {
 		const startOfPeriod = moment(date).subtract(90, 'days').toDate();
 		const messages = await Messages.getTotalOfMessagesSentByDate({
 			start: startOfPeriod,
diff --git a/apps/meteor/ee/server/lib/engagementDashboard/users.ts b/apps/meteor/ee/server/lib/engagementDashboard/users.ts
index bed16b60903cd..7b4451c8340ec 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/ee/server/lib/engagementDashboard/users.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/ee/server/lib/engagementDashboard/users.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ export const handleUserCreated = async (user: IUser): Promise<IUser> => {
 };
 
 export const fillFirstDaysOfUsersIfNeeded = async (date: Date): Promise<void> => {
-	const usersFromAnalytics = await Analytics.findByTypeBeforeDate({
+	const usersFromAnalytics = await Analytics.findOneByTypeBeforeDate({
 		type: 'users',
 		date: convertDateToInt(date),
-	}).toArray();
-	if (!usersFromAnalytics.length) {
+	});
+	if (!usersFromAnalytics) {
 		const startOfPeriod = moment(date).subtract(90, 'days').toDate();
 		const users = await Users.getTotalOfRegisteredUsersByDate({
 			start: startOfPeriod,
diff --git a/packages/model-typings/src/models/IAnalyticsModel.ts b/packages/model-typings/src/models/IAnalyticsModel.ts
index 1baec42d0c585..35ddf5f4fb964 100644
--- a/packages/model-typings/src/models/IAnalyticsModel.ts
+++ b/packages/model-typings/src/models/IAnalyticsModel.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { IAnalytics, IRoom } from '@rocket.chat/core-typings';
-import type { AggregationCursor, FindCursor, FindOptions, UpdateResult, Document } from 'mongodb';
+import type { AggregationCursor, FindOptions, UpdateResult, Document } from 'mongodb';
 
 import type { IBaseModel } from './IBaseModel';
 import type { IChannelsWithNumberOfMessagesBetweenDate } from './IRoomsModel';
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export interface IAnalyticsModel extends IBaseModel<IAnalytics> {
 		_id: IAnalytics['date'];
 		users: number;
 	}>;
-	findByTypeBeforeDate({ type, date }: { type: IAnalytics['type']; date: IAnalytics['date'] }): FindCursor<IAnalytics>;
+	findOneByTypeBeforeDate({ type, date }: { type: IAnalytics['type']; date: IAnalytics['date'] }): Promise<IAnalytics | null>;
 	findRoomsByTypesWithNumberOfMessagesBetweenDate(params: {
 		types: Array<IRoom['t']>;
 		start: number;
diff --git a/packages/models/src/models/Analytics.ts b/packages/models/src/models/Analytics.ts
index a26cb50500fd3..a4bdfddcd6c6f 100644
--- a/packages/models/src/models/Analytics.ts
+++ b/packages/models/src/models/Analytics.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { IAnalytics, IRoom } from '@rocket.chat/core-typings';
 import type { IAnalyticsModel, IChannelsWithNumberOfMessagesBetweenDate } from '@rocket.chat/model-typings';
 import { Random } from '@rocket.chat/random';
-import type { AggregationCursor, FindCursor, Db, IndexDescription, FindOptions, UpdateResult, Document, Collection } from 'mongodb';
+import type { AggregationCursor, Db, IndexDescription, FindOptions, UpdateResult, Document, Collection } from 'mongodb';
 
 import { BaseRaw } from './BaseRaw';
 import { readSecondaryPreferred } from '../readSecondaryPreferred';
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ export class AnalyticsRaw extends BaseRaw<IAnalytics> implements IAnalyticsModel
 		);
 	}
 
-	findByTypeBeforeDate({ type, date }: { type: IAnalytics['type']; date: IAnalytics['date'] }): FindCursor<IAnalytics> {
-		return this.find({ type, date: { $lte: date } });
+	findOneByTypeBeforeDate({ type, date }: { type: IAnalytics['type']; date: IAnalytics['date'] }): Promise<IAnalytics | null> {
+		return this.findOne({ type, date: { $lte: date } });
 	}
 
 	getRoomsWithNumberOfMessagesBetweenDateQuery({