diff --git a/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py b/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
index 838d669834..6095813b06 100644
--- a/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
+++ b/django/contrib/humanize/templatetags/humanize.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from django.utils.formats import number_format
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.timezone import is_aware, utc
 from django.utils.translation import (
-    gettext as _, ngettext, npgettext_lazy, pgettext,
+    gettext as _, gettext_lazy, ngettext, ngettext_lazy, npgettext_lazy,
+    pgettext,
 )
 
 register = template.Library()
@@ -214,79 +215,89 @@ def naturaltime(value):
     For date and time values show how many seconds, minutes, or hours ago
     compared to current timestamp return representing string.
     """
-    if not isinstance(value, date):  # datetime is a subclass of date
-        return value
+    return NaturalTimeFormatter.string_for(value)
 
-    now = datetime.now(utc if is_aware(value) else None)
-    if value < now:
-        delta = now - value
-        if delta.days != 0:
-            # Translators: delta will contain a string like '2 months' or '1 month, 2 weeks'
-            return _('%(delta)s ago') % {'delta': defaultfilters.timesince(value, now, time_strings={
-                # Translators: 'naturaltime-past' strings will be included in
-                # '%(delta)s ago'
-                'year': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d year', '%d years'),
-                'month': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d month', '%d months'),
-                'week': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d week', '%d weeks'),
-                'day': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d day', '%d days'),
-                'hour': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d hour', '%d hours'),
-                'minute': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d minute', '%d minutes')
-            })}
-        elif delta.seconds == 0:
-            return _('now')
-        elif delta.seconds < 60:
-            return ngettext(
-                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
-                # between count and time unit.
-                'a second ago', '%(count)s seconds ago', delta.seconds
-            ) % {'count': delta.seconds}
-        elif delta.seconds // 60 < 60:
-            count = delta.seconds // 60
-            return ngettext(
-                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
-                # between count and time unit.
-                'a minute ago', '%(count)s minutes ago', count
-            ) % {'count': count}
+
+class NaturalTimeFormatter:
+    time_strings = {
+        # Translators: delta will contain a string like '2 months' or '1 month, 2 weeks'
+        'past-day': gettext_lazy('%(delta)s ago'),
+        # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0) between count
+        # and time unit.
+        'past-hour': ngettext_lazy('an hour ago', '%(count)s hours ago', 'count'),
+        # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0) between count
+        # and time unit.
+        'past-minute': ngettext_lazy('a minute ago', '%(count)s minutes ago', 'count'),
+        # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0) between count
+        # and time unit.
+        'past-second': ngettext_lazy('a second ago', '%(count)s seconds ago', 'count'),
+        'now': gettext_lazy('now'),
+        # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0) between count
+        # and time unit.
+        'future-second': ngettext_lazy('a second from now', '%(count)s seconds from now', 'count'),
+        # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0) between count
+        # and time unit.
+        'future-minute': ngettext_lazy('a minute from now', '%(count)s minutes from now', 'count'),
+        # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0) between count
+        # and time unit.
+        'future-hour': ngettext_lazy('an hour from now', '%(count)s hours from now', 'count'),
+        # Translators: delta will contain a string like '2 months' or '1 month, 2 weeks'
+        'future-day': gettext_lazy('%(delta)s from now'),
+    }
+    past_substrings = {
+        # Translators: 'naturaltime-past' strings will be included in '%(delta)s ago'
+        'year': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d year', '%d years'),
+        'month': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d month', '%d months'),
+        'week': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d week', '%d weeks'),
+        'day': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d day', '%d days'),
+        'hour': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d hour', '%d hours'),
+        'minute': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-past', '%d minute', '%d minutes'),
+    }
+    future_substrings = {
+        # Translators: 'naturaltime-future' strings will be included in '%(delta)s from now'
+        'year': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d year', '%d years'),
+        'month': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d month', '%d months'),
+        'week': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d week', '%d weeks'),
+        'day': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d day', '%d days'),
+        'hour': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d hour', '%d hours'),
+        'minute': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d minute', '%d minutes'),
+    }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def string_for(cls, value):
+        if not isinstance(value, date):  # datetime is a subclass of date
+            return value
+
+        now = datetime.now(utc if is_aware(value) else None)
+        if value < now:
+            delta = now - value
+            if delta.days != 0:
+                return cls.time_strings['past-day'] % {
+                    'delta': defaultfilters.timesince(value, now, time_strings=cls.past_substrings),
+                }
+            elif delta.seconds == 0:
+                return cls.time_strings['now']
+            elif delta.seconds < 60:
+                return cls.time_strings['past-second'] % {'count': delta.seconds}
+            elif delta.seconds // 60 < 60:
+                count = delta.seconds // 60
+                return cls.time_strings['past-minute'] % {'count': count}
+            else:
+                count = delta.seconds // 60 // 60
+                return cls.time_strings['past-hour'] % {'count': count}
         else:
-            count = delta.seconds // 60 // 60
-            return ngettext(
-                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
-                # between count and time unit.
-                'an hour ago', '%(count)s hours ago', count
-            ) % {'count': count}
-    else:
-        delta = value - now
-        if delta.days != 0:
-            # Translators: delta will contain a string like '2 months' or '1 month, 2 weeks'
-            return _('%(delta)s from now') % {'delta': defaultfilters.timeuntil(value, now, time_strings={
-                # Translators: 'naturaltime-future' strings will be included in
-                # '%(delta)s from now'
-                'year': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d year', '%d years'),
-                'month': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d month', '%d months'),
-                'week': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d week', '%d weeks'),
-                'day': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d day', '%d days'),
-                'hour': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d hour', '%d hours'),
-                'minute': npgettext_lazy('naturaltime-future', '%d minute', '%d minutes')
-            })}
-        elif delta.seconds == 0:
-            return _('now')
-        elif delta.seconds < 60:
-            return ngettext(
-                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
-                # between count and time unit.
-                'a second from now', '%(count)s seconds from now', delta.seconds
-            ) % {'count': delta.seconds}
-        elif delta.seconds // 60 < 60:
-            count = delta.seconds // 60
-            return ngettext(
-                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
-                # between count and time unit.
-                'a minute from now', '%(count)s minutes from now', count
-            ) % {'count': count}
-        else:
-            count = delta.seconds // 60 // 60
-            return ngettext(
-                # Translators: please keep a non-breaking space (U+00A0)
-                # between count and time unit.
-                'an hour from now', '%(count)s hours from now', count
-            ) % {'count': count}
+            delta = value - now
+            if delta.days != 0:
+                return cls.time_strings['future-day'] % {
+                    'delta': defaultfilters.timeuntil(value, now, time_strings=cls.future_substrings),
+                }
+            elif delta.seconds == 0:
+                return cls.time_strings['now']
+            elif delta.seconds < 60:
+                return cls.time_strings['future-second'] % {'count': delta.seconds}
+            elif delta.seconds // 60 < 60:
+                count = delta.seconds // 60
+                return cls.time_strings['future-minute'] % {'count': count}
+            else:
+                count = delta.seconds // 60 // 60
+                return cls.time_strings['future-hour'] % {'count': count}