diff --git a/api/top-langs.js b/api/top-langs.js
index d183d3b455ca0..7de0365c0ec84 100644
--- a/api/top-langs.js
+++ b/api/top-langs.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
     layout,
     langs_count,
     exclude_repo,
+    exclude_archived,
     custom_title,
     locale,
     border_radius,
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export default async (req, res) => {
     const topLangs = await fetchTopLanguages(
       username,
       parseArray(exclude_repo),
+      parseBoolean(exclude_archived),
     );
 
     const cacheSeconds = clampValue(
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index bfe042fcc2032..1fc146ff99874 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -373,6 +373,16 @@ You can use the `&exclude_repo=repo1,repo2` parameter to exclude individual repo
 [![Top Langs](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api/top-langs/?username=anuraghazra&exclude_repo=github-readme-stats,anuraghazra.github.io)](https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats)
 ```
 
+### Exclude archived repositories
+
+You can use `?exclude_archived=true` parameter to exclude archived repositories.
+
+This feature is **disabled** by default.
+
+```md
+[![Top Langs](https://github-readme-stats.vercel.app/api/top-langs/?username=anuraghazra&exclude_archived=true)](https://github.com/anuraghazra/github-readme-stats)
+```
+
 ### Hide individual languages
 
 You can use `&hide=language1,language2` parameter to hide individual languages.
diff --git a/src/fetchers/top-languages-fetcher.js b/src/fetchers/top-languages-fetcher.js
index 86d794435be08..0e71acde9fce1 100644
--- a/src/fetchers/top-languages-fetcher.js
+++ b/src/fetchers/top-languages-fetcher.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const fetcher = (variables, token) => {
           repositories(ownerAffiliations: OWNER, isFork: false, first: 100) {
             nodes {
               name
+              isArchived
               languages(first: 10, orderBy: {field: SIZE, direction: DESC}) {
                 edges {
                   size
@@ -52,9 +53,10 @@ const fetcher = (variables, token) => {
  *
  * @param {string} username GitHub username.
  * @param {string[]} exclude_repo List of repositories to exclude.
+ * @param {boolean} exclude_archived Whether or not to exclude archived.
  * @returns {Promise<import("./types").TopLangData>} Top languages data.
  */
-const fetchTopLanguages = async (username, exclude_repo = []) => {
+const fetchTopLanguages = async (username, exclude_repo = [], exclude_archived = false) => {
   if (!username) throw new MissingParamError(["username"]);
 
   const res = await retryer(fetcher, { login: username });
@@ -86,8 +88,18 @@ const fetchTopLanguages = async (username, exclude_repo = []) => {
   }
 
   let repoNodes = res.data.data.user.repositories.nodes;
+
   let repoToHide = {};
 
+  // populate repoToHide with archived repos
+  if (exclude_archived) {
+    repoNodes.forEach(({ name, isArchived }) => {
+      if (isArchived) {
+        repoToHide[name] = true;
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   // populate repoToHide map for quick lookup
   // while filtering out
   if (exclude_repo) {
diff --git a/tests/fetchTopLanguages.test.js b/tests/fetchTopLanguages.test.js
index 24416cd294525..971a1d247ca02 100644
--- a/tests/fetchTopLanguages.test.js
+++ b/tests/fetchTopLanguages.test.js
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ const data_langs = {
               ],
             },
           },
+          {
+            name: "test-archived-repo-4",
+            isArchived: true,
+            languages: {
+              edges: [
+                {
+                  size: 100,
+                  node: { color: "#0fff", name: "javascript" },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          },
         ],
       },
     },
@@ -73,7 +85,7 @@ describe("FetchTopLanguages", () => {
       javascript: {
         color: "#0ff",
         name: "javascript",
-        size: 200,
+        size: 300,
       },
     });
   });
@@ -81,7 +93,10 @@ describe("FetchTopLanguages", () => {
   it("should fetch correct language data while excluding the 'test-repo-1' repository", async () => {
     mock.onPost("https://api.github.com/graphql").reply(200, data_langs);
 
-    let repo = await fetchTopLanguages("anuraghazra", ["test-repo-1"]);
+    let repo = await fetchTopLanguages(
+      "anuraghazra",
+      (exclude_repo = ["test-repo-1"]),
+    );
     expect(repo).toStrictEqual({
       HTML: {
         color: "#0f0",
@@ -91,7 +106,30 @@ describe("FetchTopLanguages", () => {
       javascript: {
         color: "#0ff",
         name: "javascript",
-        size: 200,
+        size: 300,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should fetch correct language data while excluding archived repositories", async () => {
+    mock.onPost("https://api.github.com/graphql").reply(200, data_langs);
+
+    let repo = await fetchTopLanguages(
+      "anuraghazra",
+      (exclude_repo = ["test-repo-1"]),
+      (exclude_archived = true),
+    );
+    
+    expect(repo).toStrictEqual({
+      HTML: {
+        color: "#0f0",
+        name: "HTML",
+        size: 100,
+      },
+      javascript: {
+        color: "#0ff",
+        name: "javascript",
+        size: 200, 
       },
     });
   });