diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/app/(app)/[organizationSlug]/[projectId]/realtime/realtime-reloader.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/app/(app)/[organizationSlug]/[projectId]/realtime/realtime-reloader.tsx
index 5a989666..27dbca2b 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/app/(app)/[organizationSlug]/[projectId]/realtime/realtime-reloader.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/app/(app)/[organizationSlug]/[projectId]/realtime/realtime-reloader.tsx
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ const RealtimeReloader = ({ projectId }: Props) => {
   useWS<number>(
     `/live/events/${projectId}`,
     () => {
-      router.refresh();
-      client.refetchQueries({
-        type: 'active',
-      });
+      if (!document.hidden) {
+        router.refresh();
+        client.refetchQueries({
+          type: 'active',
+        });
+      }
     },
     {
       debounce: {
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/overview/live-counter/live-counter.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/overview/live-counter/live-counter.tsx
index dc4908d3..53540dbb 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/overview/live-counter/live-counter.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/overview/live-counter/live-counter.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   TooltipContent,
   TooltipTrigger,
 } from '@/components/ui/tooltip';
+import { useDebounceVal } from '@/hooks/useDebounceVal';
 import useWS from '@/hooks/useWS';
 import { cn } from '@/utils/cn';
 import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
@@ -23,40 +24,46 @@ const AnimatedNumbers = dynamic(() => import('react-animated-numbers'), {
   loading: () => <div>0</div>,
 });
 
-const FIFTEEN_SECONDS = 1000 * 15;
+const FIFTEEN_SECONDS = 1000 * 30;
 
 export default function LiveCounter({ data = 0, projectId }: LiveCounterProps) {
   const client = useQueryClient();
-  const [counter, setCounter] = useState(data);
+  const counter = useDebounceVal(data, 1000, {
+    maxWait: 5000,
+  });
   const lastRefresh = useRef(Date.now());
 
   useWS<number>(`/live/visitors/${projectId}`, (value) => {
     if (!isNaN(value)) {
-      setCounter(value);
+      counter.set(value);
       if (Date.now() - lastRefresh.current > FIFTEEN_SECONDS) {
         lastRefresh.current = Date.now();
-        toast('Refreshed data');
-        client.refetchQueries({
-          type: 'active',
-        });
+        if (!document.hidden) {
+          toast('Refreshed data');
+          client.refetchQueries({
+            type: 'active',
+          });
+        }
       }
     }
   });
 
   return (
-    <TooltipComplete content={`${counter} unique visitors last 5 minutes`}>
+    <TooltipComplete
+      content={`${counter.debounced} unique visitors last 5 minutes`}
+    >
       <div className="flex h-8 items-center gap-2 rounded border border-border px-3 font-medium leading-none">
         <div className="relative">
           <div
             className={cn(
               'h-3 w-3 animate-ping rounded-full bg-emerald-500 opacity-100 transition-all',
-              counter === 0 && 'bg-destructive opacity-0'
+              counter.debounced === 0 && 'bg-destructive opacity-0'
             )}
           />
           <div
             className={cn(
               'absolute left-0 top-0 h-3 w-3 rounded-full bg-emerald-500 transition-all',
-              counter === 0 && 'bg-destructive'
+              counter.debounced === 0 && 'bg-destructive'
             )}
           />
         </div>
@@ -69,7 +76,7 @@ export default function LiveCounter({ data = 0, projectId }: LiveCounterProps) {
             damping: 10,
             stiffness: 200,
           })}
-          animateToNumber={counter}
+          animateToNumber={counter.debounced}
           locale="en"
         />
       </div>