diff --git a/osu.Game/Graphics/DrawableDate.cs b/osu.Game/Graphics/DrawableDate.cs
index 125c994c92e5..533f02af7b83 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Graphics/DrawableDate.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Graphics/DrawableDate.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
-using Humanizer;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Cursor;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Utils;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Graphics
 {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private void updateTimeWithReschedule()
             Scheduler.AddDelayed(updateTimeWithReschedule, timeUntilNextUpdate);
         }
 
-        protected virtual string Format() => Date.Humanize();
+        protected virtual string Format() => HumanizerUtils.Humanize(Date);
 
         private void updateTime() => Text = Format();
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/TopScoreUserSection.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/TopScoreUserSection.cs
index ffc39e5af29e..38a909411aa7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/TopScoreUserSection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/TopScoreUserSection.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using Humanizer;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@
 using osu.Game.Online.Leaderboards;
 using osu.Game.Scoring;
 using osu.Game.Users.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Utils;
 using osuTK;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public ScoreInfo Score
             {
                 avatar.User = value.User;
                 flag.Country = value.User.Country;
-                date.Text = $@"achieved {value.Date.Humanize()}";
+                date.Text = $@"achieved {HumanizerUtils.Humanize(value.Date)}";
 
                 usernameText.Clear();
                 usernameText.AddUserLink(value.User);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Utils/HumanizerUtils.cs b/osu.Game/Utils/HumanizerUtils.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b7c3630d973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Utils/HumanizerUtils.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using Humanizer;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Utils
+{
+    public static class HumanizerUtils
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Turns the current or provided date into a human readable sentence
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="input">The date to be humanized</param>
+        /// <returns>distance of time in words</returns>
+        public static string Humanize(DateTimeOffset input)
+        {
+            // this works around https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/issues/2012 and https://github.com/Humanizr/Humanizer/issues/690#issuecomment-368536282
+            try
+            {
+                return input.Humanize();
+            }
+            catch (ArgumentException)
+            {
+                return input.Humanize(culture: new CultureInfo("en-US"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}