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title: What is bounce rate?
description: "**Bounce Rate** is the percentage of single interaction visits to your website. Typically, a visitor who only views a single page before leaving. A high bounce rate means your website is not performing well. A visitor should be spend time on…"
url: "https://support.bluspider.com/kb/what-is-bounce-rate/"
updated: "2024-08-09"
category: Analytics
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# What is bounce rate?

**Bounce Rate** is the percentage of single interaction visits to your website. Typically, a visitor who only views a single page before leaving. A high bounce rate means your website is not performing well. A visitor should be spend time on the website and visit multiple pages before leaving.

Bounce rate measurement is subjective, but consider the following as guidelines

- 26 – 40% = Excellent
- 41 – 55% = Average
- 56 – 70% = Higher than average
- > 70% = disappointing

When looking at your bounce rate also look at the pageviews. You want > 1 page viewed during any session. The number shown is an average of sessions tracked over the designated period. Viewing the two numbers together will give you a better indication of your site performance.