Rage Clicks
Rage clicks are when users repeatedly click (and click and click) in a certain area or on a specific element of your website over a short period of time.
And often indicative of poor user experience.
Percent of navigations with rage clicks on Chrome, split by CLS and INP score.
Data from an analysis of rage clicks on Chrome page loads over 1 day, split by operating system.
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Page loads with poor/needs improvement CLS have more rage clicks.
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Interaction to Next Paint
Page loads with poor/needs improvement INP have more rage clicks.
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But there are a lot of open questions about the definition.
Timing
Should there be a time limit between clicks, or do all clicks in the same place count?
Position
Should the position be a distance from the first click, or should clicks on the same element count too?
Lifecycle
Should we count rage clicks at any time during the page's lifetime, or just at load?
Triple Click
Is "three or more clicks" too mouse-centric of a definition?
TOP TIP!�To replace the cut-out click here to select from a range of other cut-outs.
And the definition affects the results!
Distribution of rage clicks by OS in Chrome, as measured by Chrome (top) and mPulse (bottom).
But it’s a User Behavior Metric
User behavior metrics don’t have a single, clear meaning like performance metrics:
Are rage clicks a good topic for the Web Performance Working Group?