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title: "What is Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)?"  
description: "What is Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)?"  
author: "Anubhav Sharma"  
published: 2025-04-06  
updated: 2025-04-06  
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category: "web development"  
tags: ["web development"]  
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# What is Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)?

What is [Cumulative Layout Shift](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/303470/cracking-the-code-understanding-cumulative-layout-shift-and-how-to-fix-it) ([CLS](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2595/difference-between-cts-and-cls))?


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