01 Definition

Heatmap meaning: A visual summary showing where measured activity is concentrated.

A website heatmap uses color to display aggregated clicks cursor movement scrolling or attention estimates across a page.

Also called

click mapscroll map

Why it matters

How Heatmap fits the work

It can quickly surface interaction patterns and areas users overlook.

In context

The scroll heatmap showed that few visitors reached the pricing comparison.

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Practical note

Heatmaps show what happened but not why and some types are only rough proxies for attention.