diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 157bee633..0757be3aa 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 * Use Bootstrap 3 progress-bar for polls [#7600](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7600)
 * Enable frozen string literals [#7595](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7595)
 * Remove `rails_admin_histories` table [#7597](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7597)
+* Optimize memory usage on profile export [#7627](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7627)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Fix displaying polls with long answers [#7579](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/7579)
diff --git a/app/serializers/export/others_data_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/export/others_data_serializer.rb
index fe53579e1..eff06a806 100644
--- a/app/serializers/export/others_data_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/export/others_data_serializer.rb
@@ -4,33 +4,32 @@ module Export
   class OthersDataSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
     # Relayables of other people in the archive: comments, likes, participations, poll participations where author is
     # the archive owner
-    has_many :relayables, each_serializer: FederationEntitySerializer
+    has_many :relayables, serializer: FlatMapArraySerializer, each_serializer: FederationEntitySerializer
 
-    # Parent posts of user's own relayables. We have to save metadata to use
-    # it in case when posts temporary unavailable on the target pod.
-    has_many :posts, each_serializer: FederationEntitySerializer
-
-    # Authors of posts where we participated and authors are not in contacts
-    has_many :non_contact_authors, each_serializer: PersonMetadataSerializer
+    def initialize(user_id)
+      @user_id = user_id
+      super(object)
+    end
 
     private
 
+    def object
+      User.find(@user_id)
+    end
+
     def relayables
       %i[comments likes poll_participations].map {|relayable|
-        others_relayables.send(relayable)
-      }.sum
+        others_relayables.send(relayable).find_each(batch_size: 20)
+      }
     end
 
     def others_relayables
       @others_relayables ||= Diaspora::Exporter::OthersRelayables.new(object.person_id)
     end
 
-    def posts
-      @posts ||= Diaspora::Exporter::PostsWithActivity.new(object).query
-    end
-
-    def non_contact_authors
-      Diaspora::Exporter::NonContactAuthors.new(posts, object).query
+    # Avoid calling pointless #embedded_in_root_associations method
+    def serializable_data
+      {}
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/export/own_post_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/export/own_post_serializer.rb
index bea797aaa..2813253e5 100644
--- a/app/serializers/export/own_post_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/export/own_post_serializer.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Export
     end
 
     def excluded_subscription_key
-      entity.public ? :subscribed_users_ids : :subscribed_pods_uris
+      object.public? ? :subscribed_users_ids : :subscribed_pods_uris
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/export/person_metadata_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/export/person_metadata_serializer.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index b309a7d12..000000000
--- a/app/serializers/export/person_metadata_serializer.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Export
-  class PersonMetadataSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
-    attributes :guid,
-               :account_id,
-               :public_key
-
-    private
-
-    def account_id
-      object.diaspora_handle
-    end
-
-    def public_key
-      object.serialized_public_key
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/serializers/export/user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/export/user_serializer.rb
index c571bdf47..f1c4db5a3 100644
--- a/app/serializers/export/user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/export/user_serializer.rb
@@ -18,12 +18,31 @@ module Export
     has_many   :followed_tags
     has_many   :post_subscriptions
 
-    has_many :relayables, each_serializer: Export::OwnRelayablesSerializer
+    has_many :relayables, serializer: FlatMapArraySerializer, each_serializer: Export::OwnRelayablesSerializer
+
+    def initialize(user_id, options={})
+      @user_id = user_id
+      super(object, options)
+    end
 
     private
 
+    def object
+      User.find(@user_id)
+    end
+
+    def posts
+      object.posts.find_each(batch_size: 20)
+    end
+
+    def contacts
+      object.contacts.find_each(batch_size: 100)
+    end
+
     def relayables
-      [*comments, *likes, *poll_participations]
+      [comments, likes, poll_participations].map {|relayable|
+        relayable.find_each(batch_size: 20)
+      }
     end
 
     %i[comments likes poll_participations].each {|collection|
@@ -47,5 +66,10 @@ module Export
     def post_subscriptions
       Post.subscribed_by(object).pluck(:guid)
     end
+
+    # Avoid calling pointless #embedded_in_root_associations method
+    def serializable_data
+      {}
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/federation_entity_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/federation_entity_serializer.rb
index 5bc620171..22fa74afc 100644
--- a/app/serializers/federation_entity_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/federation_entity_serializer.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ class FederationEntitySerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
   end
 
   def entity
-    @entity ||= Diaspora::Federation::Entities.build(object)
+    Diaspora::Federation::Entities.build(object)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/flat_map_array_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/flat_map_array_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18f45cd8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/flat_map_array_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class FlatMapArraySerializer < ActiveModel::ArraySerializer
+  def serializable_object(options={})
+    @object.flat_map do |subarray|
+      subarray.map do |item|
+        serializer_for(item).serializable_object_with_notification(options)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/exporter.rb b/lib/diaspora/exporter.rb
index cbdecc10d..837261b76 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora/exporter.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora/exporter.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ module Diaspora
 
     def full_archive
       {version: SERIALIZED_VERSION}
-        .merge(Export::UserSerializer.new(@user).as_json)
-        .merge(Export::OthersDataSerializer.new(@user).as_json)
+        .merge(Export::UserSerializer.new(@user.id).as_json)
+        .merge(Export::OthersDataSerializer.new(@user.id).as_json)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/exporter/non_contact_authors.rb b/lib/diaspora/exporter/non_contact_authors.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c89f8d8d..000000000
--- a/lib/diaspora/exporter/non_contact_authors.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Diaspora
-  class Exporter
-    # This class is capable of quering a list of people from authors of given posts that are non-contacts of a given
-    # user.
-    class NonContactAuthors
-      # @param posts [Post::ActiveRecord_Relation] posts that we fetch authors from to make authors list
-      # @param user [User] a user we fetch a contact list from
-      def initialize(posts, user)
-        @posts = posts
-        @user = user
-      end
-
-      # Create a request of non-contact authors of the posts for the user
-      # @return [Post::ActiveRecord_Relation]
-      def query
-        Person.where(id: non_contact_authors_ids)
-      end
-
-      private
-
-      def non_contact_authors_ids
-        posts_authors_ids - contacts_ids
-      end
-
-      def posts_authors_ids
-        posts.pluck(:author_id).uniq
-      end
-
-      def contacts_ids
-        user.contacts.pluck(:person_id)
-      end
-
-      attr_reader :posts, :user
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/diaspora/exporter/posts_with_activity.rb b/lib/diaspora/exporter/posts_with_activity.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ebafa759..000000000
--- a/lib/diaspora/exporter/posts_with_activity.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Diaspora
-  class Exporter
-    # This class allows to query posts where a person made any activity (submitted comments,
-    # likes, participations or poll participations).
-    class PostsWithActivity
-      # @param user [User] user who the activity belongs to (the one who liked, commented posts, etc)
-      def initialize(user)
-        @user = user
-      end
-
-      # Create a request of posts with activity
-      # @return [Post::ActiveRecord_Relation]
-      def query
-        Post.from("(#{sql_union_all_activities}) AS posts")
-      end
-
-      private
-
-      attr_reader :user
-
-      def person
-        user.person
-      end
-
-      def sql_union_all_activities
-        all_activities.map(&:to_sql).join(" UNION ")
-      end
-
-      def all_activities
-        [comments_activity, likes_activity, subscriptions, polls_activity, reshares_activity]
-      end
-
-      def likes_activity
-        other_people_posts.liked_by(person)
-      end
-
-      def comments_activity
-        other_people_posts.commented_by(person)
-      end
-
-      def subscriptions
-        other_people_posts.subscribed_by(user)
-      end
-
-      def reshares_activity
-        other_people_posts.reshared_by(person)
-      end
-
-      def polls_activity
-        StatusMessage.where.not(author_id: person.id).joins(:poll_participations)
-                     .where(poll_participations: {author_id: person.id})
-      end
-
-      def other_people_posts
-        Post.where.not(author_id: person.id)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/integration/exporter_spec.rb b/spec/integration/exporter_spec.rb
index 930a8a57e..00110dafa 100644
--- a/spec/integration/exporter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/exporter_spec.rb
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ describe Diaspora::Exporter do
       expect(json).to include_json(user: {posts: [serialized]})
     end
 
-    it "contains a reshare and its root" do
+    it "contains a reshare" do
       reshare = FactoryGirl.create(:reshare, author: user.person)
       serialized_reshare = {
         "subscribed_pods_uris": [reshare.root.author.pod.url_to(""), AppConfig.pod_uri.to_s],
@@ -216,21 +216,8 @@ describe Diaspora::Exporter do
         }
       }
 
-      status_message = reshare.root
-      serialized_parent = {
-        "entity_type": "status_message",
-        "entity_data": {
-          "author":     status_message.diaspora_handle,
-          "guid":       status_message.guid,
-          "created_at": status_message.created_at.iso8601,
-          "text":       status_message.text,
-          "public":     true
-        }
-      }
-
       expect(json).to include_json(
-        user:        {posts: [serialized_reshare]},
-        others_data: {posts: [serialized_parent]}
+        user: {posts: [serialized_reshare]}
       )
     end
 
@@ -244,7 +231,7 @@ describe Diaspora::Exporter do
       expect(json).to include_json(user: {post_subscriptions: [subscription.target.guid]})
     end
 
-    it "contains a comment and the commented post" do
+    it "contains a comment" do
       comment = FactoryGirl.create(:comment, author: user.person)
       serialized_comment = {
         "entity_type":    "comment",
@@ -258,25 +245,12 @@ describe Diaspora::Exporter do
         "property_order": %w[author guid parent_guid text created_at]
       }
 
-      status_message = comment.parent
-      serialized_post = {
-        "entity_type": "status_message",
-        "entity_data": {
-          "author":     status_message.diaspora_handle,
-          "guid":       status_message.guid,
-          "created_at": status_message.created_at.iso8601,
-          "text":       status_message.text,
-          "public":     false
-        }
-      }
-
       expect(json).to include_json(
-        user:        {relayables: [serialized_comment]},
-        others_data: {posts: [serialized_post]}
+        user: {relayables: [serialized_comment]}
       )
     end
 
-    it "contains a like and the liked post" do
+    it "contains a like" do
       like = FactoryGirl.create(:like, author: user.person)
       serialized_like = {
         "entity_type":    "like",
@@ -290,25 +264,12 @@ describe Diaspora::Exporter do
         "property_order": %w[author guid parent_guid parent_type positive]
       }
 
-      status_message = like.target
-      serialized_post = {
-        "entity_type": "status_message",
-        "entity_data": {
-          "author":     status_message.diaspora_handle,
-          "guid":       status_message.guid,
-          "created_at": status_message.created_at.iso8601,
-          "text":       status_message.text,
-          "public":     false
-        }
-      }
-
       expect(json).to include_json(
-        user:        {relayables: [serialized_like]},
-        others_data: {posts: [serialized_post]}
+        user: {relayables: [serialized_like]}
       )
     end
 
-    it "contains a poll participation and post with this poll" do
+    it "contains a poll participation" do
       poll_participation = FactoryGirl.create(:poll_participation, author: user.person)
       serialized_participation = {
         "entity_type":    "poll_participation",
@@ -321,38 +282,8 @@ describe Diaspora::Exporter do
         "property_order": %w[author guid parent_guid poll_answer_guid]
       }
 
-      poll = poll_participation.poll
-      status_message = poll_participation.status_message
-      serialized_post = {
-        "entity_type": "status_message",
-        "entity_data": {
-          "author":     status_message.diaspora_handle,
-          "guid":       status_message.guid,
-          "created_at": status_message.created_at.iso8601,
-          "text":       status_message.text,
-          "poll":       {
-            "entity_type": "poll",
-            "entity_data": {
-              "guid":         poll.guid,
-              "question":     poll.question,
-              "poll_answers": poll.poll_answers.map {|answer|
-                {
-                  "entity_type": "poll_answer",
-                  "entity_data": {
-                    "guid":   answer.guid,
-                    "answer": answer.answer
-                  }
-                }
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          "public":     false
-        }
-      }
-
       expect(json).to include_json(
-        user:        {relayables: [serialized_participation]},
-        others_data: {posts: [serialized_post]}
+        user: {relayables: [serialized_participation]}
       )
     end
 
@@ -409,23 +340,6 @@ describe Diaspora::Exporter do
       expect(json).to include_json(others_data: {relayables: [serialized]})
     end
 
-    it "contains metadata of a non-contact author of a post where we commented" do
-      comment = FactoryGirl.create(:comment, author: user.person)
-
-      author = comment.parent.author
-      expect(json).to include_json(
-        others_data: {
-          non_contact_authors: [
-            {
-              "guid":       author.guid,
-              "account_id": author.diaspora_handle,
-              "public_key": author.serialized_public_key
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      )
-    end
-
     def transform_value(value)
       return value.iso8601 if value.is_a? Date
       value
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter/non_contact_authors_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter/non_contact_authors_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 766fce62a..000000000
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter/non_contact_authors_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-describe Diaspora::Exporter::NonContactAuthors do
-  describe "#query" do
-    let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user_with_aspect) }
-    let(:post) { FactoryGirl.create(:status_message) }
-    let(:instance) {
-      Diaspora::Exporter::NonContactAuthors.new(Post.where(id: post.id), user)
-    }
-
-    context "without contact relationship" do
-      it "includes post author to the result set" do
-        expect(instance.query).to eq([post.author])
-      end
-    end
-
-    context "with contact relationship" do
-      before do
-        user.share_with(post.author, user.aspects.first)
-      end
-
-      it "doesn't include post author to the result set" do
-        expect(instance.query).to be_empty
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter/posts_with_activity_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter/posts_with_activity_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f3c2e83ce..000000000
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter/posts_with_activity_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-describe Diaspora::Exporter::PostsWithActivity do
-  let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
-  let(:instance) { Diaspora::Exporter::PostsWithActivity.new(user) }
-
-  describe "#query" do
-    let(:activity) {
-      [
-        user.person.likes.first.target,
-        user.person.comments.first.parent,
-        user.person.poll_participations.first.parent.status_message,
-        user.person.participations.first.target,
-        user.person.posts.reshares.first.root
-      ]
-    }
-
-    before do
-      DataGenerator.create(user, %i[activity participation])
-    end
-
-    it "returns all posts with person's activity" do
-      expect(instance.query).to match_array(activity)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter_spec.rb
index 63c4c9c37..6a9b1056f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora/exporter_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe Diaspora::Exporter do
       expect_any_instance_of(Export::UserSerializer).to receive(:as_json).and_return(user: "user_data")
       expect_any_instance_of(Export::OthersDataSerializer).to receive(:as_json).and_return(others_date: "others_data")
 
-      json = Diaspora::Exporter.new(nil).execute
+      json = Diaspora::Exporter.new(FactoryGirl.create(:user)).execute
       expect(json).to include_json(
         version:     "2.0",
         user:        "user_data",
diff --git a/spec/serializers/export/others_data_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/export/others_data_serializer_spec.rb
index 3c06563aa..2c40adfb8 100644
--- a/spec/serializers/export/others_data_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/serializers/export/others_data_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -2,15 +2,7 @@
 
 describe Export::OthersDataSerializer do
   let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
-  let(:serializer) { Export::OthersDataSerializer.new(user) }
-  let(:others_posts) {
-    [
-      *user.person.likes.map(&:target),
-      *user.person.comments.map(&:parent),
-      *user.person.posts.reshares.map(&:root),
-      *user.person.poll_participations.map(&:status_message)
-    ]
-  }
+  let(:serializer) { Export::OthersDataSerializer.new(user.id) }
 
   it "uses FederationEntitySerializer for array serializing relayables" do
     sm = DataGenerator.new(user).status_message_with_activity
@@ -25,21 +17,5 @@ describe Export::OthersDataSerializer do
     before do
       DataGenerator.new(user).activity
     end
-
-    it "uses FederationEntitySerializer for array serializing posts" do
-      expect(Export::OthersDataSerializer).to serialize_association(:posts)
-        .with_each_serializer(FederationEntitySerializer)
-        .with_objects(others_posts)
-      serializer.associations
-    end
-
-    it "uses PersonMetadataSerializer for array serializing non_contact_authors" do
-      non_contact_authors = others_posts.map(&:author)
-
-      expect(Export::OthersDataSerializer).to serialize_association(:non_contact_authors)
-        .with_each_serializer(Export::PersonMetadataSerializer)
-        .with_objects(non_contact_authors)
-      serializer.associations
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/serializers/export/person_metadata_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/export/person_metadata_serializer_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a278da78..000000000
--- a/spec/serializers/export/person_metadata_serializer_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-describe Export::PersonMetadataSerializer do
-  let(:person) { FactoryGirl.create(:person) }
-  let(:serializer) { Export::PersonMetadataSerializer.new(person) }
-
-  it "has person metadata attributes" do
-    expect(serializer.attributes).to eq(
-      guid:       person.guid,
-      account_id: person.diaspora_handle,
-      public_key: person.serialized_public_key
-    )
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/serializers/export/user_serializer_spec.rb b/spec/serializers/export/user_serializer_spec.rb
index 0340b696c..a316ef3d9 100644
--- a/spec/serializers/export/user_serializer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/serializers/export/user_serializer_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 describe Export::UserSerializer do
   let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
-  let(:serializer) { Export::UserSerializer.new(user, root: false) }
+  let(:serializer) { Export::UserSerializer.new(user.id, root: false) }
 
   it "has basic user's attributes" do
     expect(serializer.attributes).to eq(
diff --git a/spec/support/serializer_matchers.rb b/spec/support/serializer_matchers.rb
index 0a1eff813..7da7b6927 100644
--- a/spec/support/serializer_matchers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/serializer_matchers.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 RSpec::Matchers.define :serialize_association do |association_name|
   match do |root_serializer_class|
     association = fetch_association(root_serializer_class, association_name)
+    @serializer_from_options = association.serializer_from_options
     execute_receive_matcher_with(association)
   end
 
@@ -50,7 +51,11 @@ RSpec::Matchers.define :serialize_association do |association_name|
 
   def with_object_expectation(object)
     if association_object.is_a?(Array)
-      expect(object).to match_array(association_object)
+      if serializer_class == FlatMapArraySerializer
+        expect(object.flat_map(&:to_a)).to match_array(association_object)
+      else
+        expect(object).to match_array(association_object)
+      end
     elsif !association_object.nil?
       expect(object).to eq(association_object)
     end
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ RSpec::Matchers.define :serialize_association do |association_name|
 
   def pick_serializer_class
     return association_serializer_class unless association_serializer_class.nil?
+    return @serializer_from_options unless @serializer_from_options.nil?
     return ActiveModel::ArraySerializer unless each_serializer_class.nil?
   end
 end