diff --git a/src/components/OverlayScrollArea.tsx b/src/components/OverlayScrollArea.tsx
index 0b546a5c..30ade1a5 100644
--- a/src/components/OverlayScrollArea.tsx
+++ b/src/components/OverlayScrollArea.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export default function OverlayScrollArea({
   const perfFlags = usePerfProbeFlags();
   const wrapRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const viewportRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  /** Coalesce burst scroll events to one thumb update per animation frame. */
+  const scrollRecomputeRafRef = useRef(0);
   const [meta, setMeta] = useState({ thumbH: 0, thumbT: 0, visible: false });
 
   const recompute = useCallback(() => {
@@ -71,6 +73,21 @@ export default function OverlayScrollArea({
     setMeta(computeOverlayScrollbarThumbMeta(vp, trackH));
   }, []);
 
+  const scheduleScrollRecompute = useCallback(() => {
+    if (scrollRecomputeRafRef.current !== 0) return;
+    scrollRecomputeRafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      scrollRecomputeRafRef.current = 0;
+      recompute();
+    });
+  }, [recompute]);
+
+  useEffect(() => () => {
+    if (scrollRecomputeRafRef.current !== 0) {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(scrollRecomputeRafRef.current);
+      scrollRecomputeRafRef.current = 0;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   const measureKey = JSON.stringify(measureDeps ?? []);
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
@@ -138,7 +155,7 @@ export default function OverlayScrollArea({
         id={viewportId}
         ref={setViewportNode}
         className={viewportClass}
-        onScroll={perfFlags.disableOverlayScrollbars ? undefined : recompute}
+        onScroll={perfFlags.disableOverlayScrollbars ? undefined : scheduleScrollRecompute}
         onWheel={viewportOnWheel}
         onTouchMove={viewportOnTouchMove}
       >
diff --git a/src/styles/components.css b/src/styles/components.css
index 2fd21a52..ac2981f7 100644
--- a/src/styles/components.css
+++ b/src/styles/components.css
@@ -401,6 +401,12 @@
   contain-intrinsic-size: 0 220px;
 }
 
+/* Same wrap as Albums grid; defer layout/paint for off-screen artist tiles (helps scroll on WebKit/Linux). */
+.album-grid-wrap > .artist-card {
+  content-visibility: auto;
+  contain-intrinsic-size: 0 220px;
+}
+
 
 @media (min-width: 1024px) {
   .album-grid-wrap {
@@ -420,6 +426,11 @@
   contain-intrinsic-size: 0 240px;
 }
 
+.album-grid .artist-card {
+  content-visibility: auto;
+  contain-intrinsic-size: 0 240px;
+}
+
 .album-card-more {
   flex: 0 0 clamp(140px, 15vw, 180px);
   display: flex;