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Bounce Rate

Bounce rate is the percentage of visitors who land on a page and leave without taking any further action or visiting a second page.

A bounce is a single-page, single-interaction session. A high bounce rate can signal a mismatch between what the visitor expected and what the page delivered — slow loading, irrelevant content, or a confusing layout.

Context matters before you panic about a high number. A blog post that fully answers a question may have a high bounce rate and still be a success, because the visitor got what they came for.

Note that newer analytics (such as GA4) emphasise 'engagement rate' instead, defining engaged sessions by time, conversions, or page views — a more forgiving and often more useful lens than classic bounce rate.

Example

If 700 of 1,000 visitors to a page leave without a second interaction, the bounce rate is 70%.

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