# Tabs per session

Understand how users navigate across tabs in your application.

> **Automatically tracked**
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> The SDK automatically tracks the events that feed this widget.

This widget shows the average number of tabs users open during a single session in your application. It helps you evaluate user navigation patterns on how users explore your content.

## Metrics

![Tabs per session widget](/assets/reference/analytics/application/tabs-per-session.png)

The chart includes:

1. **Tabs per session**\
   The average number of tabs opened per session.

> **Question: What does the comparison over the last period mean?**
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> It represents the growth or decline of the metric compared to the previous period.
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> The *last period* refers to the date filter you selected. For example, if the filter is set to the **last 7 days**, the *last period* will be the **7 days immediately before that range**.

## Interpretation

This metric helps you understand usage behaviors related to navigation.

### What the number tells you

This metric reveals how users navigate your application.

- Higher values suggest exploratory behavior where users open multiple tabs to compare content or locate specific information.
- Lower values indicate a more linear navigation pattern where users focus on one page at a time.

## Explore

- [Events](/reference/event/overview#event-types): Learn how to track user events for analytics and personalization.
- [Audiences](/explanation/audience): Understand how to delivery content to specific groups of users.