Website Bounce Rates (Forbes)
The average website bounce rate across industries is typically 40–60%, meaning roughly half of visitors leave after viewing only one page.
Studies consistently point to five major reasons:
They don't immediately understand what the business does.
The messaging doesn't match what they expected.
Navigation is confusing.
There isn't a clear next step.
The page loads too slowly.
Notice something?
Four of those five are clarity problems, not design problems.