Definition of ‘Bounce Rate’
Bounce rate is a metric used in website analytics, normally expressed as a percentage. A website’s bounce rate is the rate of visitors who land on a page, do nothing, and then leave. This means they don’t click buttons, visit other pages or fill out forms. The action of leaving could either be hitting ‘Back’ or closing the tab.
A low bounce rate is generally considered better than a high bounce rate, although a bounce rate of 0% is extremely unlikely and normally indicates an error with the tracking code.
Bounce rate is typically calculated through this formula:
Total number of single page sessions divided by total number of sessions, multiplied by 100
Example
“Our bounce rate is 0% across the whole site … we might have accidentally installed two GA tracking codes.”