diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/alltime/AllTimeWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/alltime/AllTimeWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt
index 131116add589..ac6c71ca7b69 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/alltime/AllTimeWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/alltime/AllTimeWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.alltime
 
 import android.content.Context
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.wordpress.android.R
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.InsightsAllTimeModel
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.SiteStore
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.ui.prefs.AppPrefsWrapper
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.WidgetBlockListProvider.BlockItemUiModel
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.WidgetBlockListProvider.WidgetBlockListViewModel
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.configuration.StatsColorSelectionViewModel.Color
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.utils.runBlockingForWidget
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.MILLION
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.StatsUtils
 import org.wordpress.android.viewmodel.ResourceProvider
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class AllTimeWidgetBlockListViewModel
         siteId?.apply {
             val site = siteStore.getSiteByLocalId(this)
             if (site != null) {
-                runBlocking {
+                runBlockingForWidget {
                     allTimeStore.fetchAllTimeInsights(site)
                 }
                 allTimeStore.getAllTimeInsights(site)?.let { visitsAndViewsModel ->
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/alltime/AllTimeWidgetListViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/alltime/AllTimeWidgetListViewModel.kt
index 0c26465db1bf..0e1f83265dd3 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/alltime/AllTimeWidgetListViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/alltime/AllTimeWidgetListViewModel.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.alltime
 
 import androidx.annotation.LayoutRes
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.wordpress.android.R
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.InsightsAllTimeModel
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.SiteStore
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.stats.insights.AllTimeInsightsStore
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.prefs.AppPrefsWrapper
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.configuration.StatsColorSelectionViewModel.Color
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.utils.runBlockingForWidget
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.ONE_THOUSAND
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.StatsUtils
 import org.wordpress.android.viewmodel.ResourceProvider
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class AllTimeWidgetListViewModel
         siteId?.apply {
             val site = siteStore.getSiteByLocalId(this)
             if (site != null) {
-                runBlocking {
+                runBlockingForWidget {
                     allTimeStore.fetchAllTimeInsights(site)
                 }
                 allTimeStore.getAllTimeInsights(site)?.let { visitsAndViewsModel ->
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/today/TodayWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/today/TodayWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt
index b811c79a9c1a..578aeca13f2a 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/today/TodayWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/today/TodayWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.today
 
 import android.content.Context
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.wordpress.android.R
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.VisitsModel
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.SiteStore
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.StatsTimeframe
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.WidgetBlockListProvider.BlockItemUiModel
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.WidgetBlockListProvider.WidgetBlockListViewModel
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.configuration.StatsColorSelectionViewModel.Color
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.utils.runBlockingForWidget
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.MILLION
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.StatsUtils
 import org.wordpress.android.util.config.StatsTrafficSubscribersTabsFeatureConfig
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class TodayWidgetBlockListViewModel
         siteId?.apply {
             val site = siteStore.getSiteByLocalId(this)
             if (site != null) {
-                runBlocking {
+                runBlockingForWidget {
                     todayInsightsStore.fetchTodayInsights(site)
                 }
                 todayInsightsStore.getTodayInsights(site)?.let { visitsAndViewsModel ->
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/today/TodayWidgetListViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/today/TodayWidgetListViewModel.kt
index 9b05b9fad60f..6adca39d4131 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/today/TodayWidgetListViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/today/TodayWidgetListViewModel.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 package org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.today
 
 import androidx.annotation.LayoutRes
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.wordpress.android.R
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.VisitsModel
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.SiteStore
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.stats.insights.TodayInsightsStore
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.prefs.AppPrefsWrapper
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.configuration.StatsColorSelectionViewModel.Color
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.utils.runBlockingForWidget
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.ONE_THOUSAND
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.StatsUtils
 import org.wordpress.android.viewmodel.ResourceProvider
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class TodayWidgetListViewModel
         siteId?.let { nonNullSiteId ->
             val site = siteStore.getSiteByLocalId(nonNullSiteId)
             if (site != null) {
-                runBlocking {
+                runBlockingForWidget {
                     todayInsightsStore.fetchTodayInsights(site)
                 }
                 todayInsightsStore.getTodayInsights(site)?.let { visitsAndViewsModel ->
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/utils/WidgetCoroutineHelper.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/utils/WidgetCoroutineHelper.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84cb0c22c46f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/utils/WidgetCoroutineHelper.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.utils
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.wordpress.android.util.AppLog
+
+/**
+ * Runs [block] via [runBlocking] from inside a `RemoteViewsService.onDataSetChanged()`
+ * call on a stats widget. Swallows [InterruptedException] / [CancellationException]
+ * thrown when the widget host kills the service mid-fetch — the VM can still fall
+ * through to its cached read and render whatever data is already on disk.
+ *
+ * Only safe because this is a root [runBlocking] on the widget worker thread with no
+ * parent [kotlinx.coroutines.Job] above it — there is nothing upstream that needs to
+ * observe the cancellation. Do NOT call this from inside an existing coroutine: there
+ * the swallow would hide a cancellation signal from a surviving parent.
+ */
+internal fun runBlockingForWidget(block: suspend () -> Unit) {
+    try {
+        runBlocking { block() }
+    } catch (_: InterruptedException) {
+        AppLog.w(AppLog.T.STATS, "Widget data fetch interrupted")
+        Thread.currentThread().interrupt()
+    } catch (_: CancellationException) {
+        AppLog.w(AppLog.T.STATS, "Widget data fetch cancelled")
+        Thread.currentThread().interrupt()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/views/ViewsWidgetListViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/views/ViewsWidgetListViewModel.kt
index 91aa5dbf2d35..b2ebf83dc17e 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/views/ViewsWidgetListViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/views/ViewsWidgetListViewModel.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.views
 
 import androidx.annotation.LayoutRes
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.wordpress.android.R
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.LimitMode
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.LimitMode.Top
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.sections.BlockListItem.Value
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.sections.granular.usecases.OVERVIEW_ITEMS_TO_LOAD
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.sections.granular.usecases.OverviewMapper
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.configuration.StatsColorSelectionViewModel.Color
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.utils.runBlockingForWidget
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.MILLION
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.ONE_THOUSAND
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.StatsDateFormatter
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class ViewsWidgetListViewModel
         siteId?.apply {
             val site = siteStore.getSiteByLocalId(this)
             if (site != null) {
-                runBlocking {
+                runBlockingForWidget {
                     visitsAndViewsStore.fetchVisits(site, DAYS, Top(OVERVIEW_ITEMS_TO_LOAD))
                 }
                 val visitsAndViewsModel = visitsAndViewsStore.getVisits(
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/weeks/WeekViewsWidgetListViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/weeks/WeekViewsWidgetListViewModel.kt
index 121c74fec8b2..b2714a8e5453 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/weeks/WeekViewsWidgetListViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/weeks/WeekViewsWidgetListViewModel.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.weeks
 
 import androidx.annotation.LayoutRes
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.wordpress.android.R
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.LimitMode
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.time.VisitsAndViewsModel
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.SiteStore
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.stats.time.VisitsAndViewsStore
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.prefs.AppPrefsWrapper
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.configuration.StatsColorSelectionViewModel.Color
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.utils.runBlockingForWidget
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.ONE_THOUSAND
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.StatsUtils
 import org.wordpress.android.viewmodel.ResourceProvider
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class WeekViewsWidgetListViewModel @Inject constructor(
         siteId?.let { nonNullSiteId ->
             val site = siteStore.getSiteByLocalId(nonNullSiteId)
             if (site != null) {
-                runBlocking {
+                runBlockingForWidget {
                     visitsAndViewsStore.fetchVisits(site, WEEKS, LimitMode.Top(1))
                 }
                 visitsAndViewsStore.getVisits(site, WEEKS, LimitMode.All)?.let { visitsAndViewsModel ->
diff --git a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/weeks/WeekWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/weeks/WeekWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt
index 30b198f7dda4..9bd5b7b77ded 100644
--- a/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/weeks/WeekWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt
+++ b/WordPress/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/ui/stats/refresh/lists/widget/weeks/WeekWidgetBlockListViewModel.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.weeks
 
 import android.content.Context
-import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.wordpress.android.R
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.LimitMode
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.stats.time.VisitsAndViewsModel
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.ui.prefs.AppPrefsWrapper
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.WidgetBlockListProvider.BlockItemUiModel
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.WidgetBlockListProvider.WidgetBlockListViewModel
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.configuration.StatsColorSelectionViewModel.Color
+import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.lists.widget.utils.runBlockingForWidget
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.MILLION
 import org.wordpress.android.ui.stats.refresh.utils.StatsUtils
 import org.wordpress.android.viewmodel.ResourceProvider
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class WeekWidgetBlockListViewModel
         siteId?.let { nonNullSiteId ->
             val site = siteStore.getSiteByLocalId(nonNullSiteId)
             if (site != null) {
-                runBlocking {
+                runBlockingForWidget {
                     visitsAndViewsStore.fetchVisits(site, WEEKS, LimitMode.Top(1))
                 }
                 visitsAndViewsStore.getVisits(site, WEEKS, LimitMode.All)?.let { visitsAndViewsModel ->