UX Best Practices: Paginated Vs. Long Scroll Content

Each method has strengths and weaknesses—we put them side by side to help you make the best choice for your project.

You must first decide if the content being presented is a linear story that needs to be consumed in a specific way/order, and then shape your experience from there.

Below are some pros/cons for each method to take into consideration when planning how to best lay out your experience's content.

Here’s an example of each format:

Paginated eBook from GumGum

Long Scroll media kit from Den of Geek