[G_o_D]

You may have seen.

https://i.postimg.cc/qqCYtL6V/Screenshot-2026-04-08-134800.j...

The pic above is representation of skeleton screen on youtube.com when opened in browser

Placeholder with same dimension or colors as actual content, which will get replaced it keep user engaged rather having a blank screen that suddenly fills or spinners.

[junon]

Ahhh okay, have never seen it called that before. Thanks!

[stuaxo]

Thanks, I had not heard this term before.

Been working on websites on and off since 1999