diff --git a/plugins/home/api-report.md b/plugins/home/api-report.md
index 8c0177e251..acc073f685 100644
--- a/plugins/home/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/home/api-report.md
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ import { CardSettings as CardSettings_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-home-react';
 import { ComponentParts as ComponentParts_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-home-react';
 import { ComponentRenderer as ComponentRenderer_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-home-react';
 import { createCardExtension as createCardExtension_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-home-react';
-import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
+import { Dispatch } from 'react';
 import { JSX as JSX_2 } from 'react';
 import { default as React_2 } from 'react';
 import { ReactElement } from 'react';
 import { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import { RendererProps as RendererProps_2 } from '@backstage/plugin-home-react';
 import { RouteRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { SetStateAction } from 'react';
+import { stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 
 // @public
 export type Breakpoint = 'xxs' | 'xs' | 'sm' | 'md' | 'lg' | 'xl';
@@ -99,6 +101,25 @@ export type CustomHomepageGridProps = {
   preventCollision?: boolean;
 };
 
+// @public
+export const DoNotTrack: ({
+  children,
+}: {
+  children?: ReactNode;
+}) => JSX.Element;
+
+// @public
+export const getToEntityRef: ({
+  rootPath,
+  stringifyEntityRefImpl,
+}?: {
+  rootPath?: string | undefined;
+  stringifyEntityRefImpl?: typeof stringifyEntityRef | undefined;
+}) => ({ pathname }: { pathname: string }) => string | undefined;
+
+// @public
+export const getVisitName: (document: Document) => () => string;
+
 // @public
 export const HeaderWorldClock: (props: {
   clockConfigs: ClockConfig[];
@@ -193,6 +214,9 @@ export type ToolkitContentProps = {
   tools: Tool[];
 };
 
+// @public
+export const useVisitListener: () => VisitListenerContextValue;
+
 // @public
 export type Visit = {
   id: string;
@@ -215,24 +239,46 @@ export type VisitedByTypeProps = {
   kind: VisitedByTypeKind;
 };
 
+// @public
+export const VisitListener: ({
+  children,
+  toEntityRef,
+  visitName,
+}: {
+  children?: React_2.ReactNode;
+  toEntityRef?:
+    | (({ pathname }: { pathname: string }) => string | undefined)
+    | undefined;
+  visitName?: (({ pathname }: { pathname: string }) => string) | undefined;
+}) => JSX.Element;
+
 // @public (undocumented)
-export type VisitFilter = {
-  field: string;
-  operator: '<' | '<=' | '==' | '>' | '>=' | 'contains';
-  value: JsonValue;
+export const VisitListenerContext: React_2.Context<VisitListenerContextValue>;
+
+// @public (undocumented)
+export type VisitListenerContextValue = {
+  doNotTrack: boolean;
+  setDoNotTrack: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>;
 };
 
 // @public
 export interface VisitsApi {
   listUserVisits(queryParams?: VisitsApiQueryParams): Promise<Visit[]>;
-  saveVisit(saveParams: VisitsApiSaveParams): Promise<void>;
+  saveVisit(saveParams: VisitsApiSaveParams): Promise<Visit>;
 }
 
 // @public
 export type VisitsApiQueryParams = {
   limit?: number;
-  orderBy?: Record<string, 'asc' | 'desc'>;
-  filterBy?: VisitFilter[];
+  orderBy?: Array<{
+    field: keyof Visit;
+    direction: 'asc' | 'desc';
+  }>;
+  filterBy?: Array<{
+    field: keyof Visit;
+    operator: '<' | '<=' | '==' | '>' | '>=' | 'contains';
+    value: string | number;
+  }>;
 };
 
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/home/package.json b/plugins/home/package.json
index f69db9d4ee..6a9c5306c1 100644
--- a/plugins/home/package.json
+++ b/plugins/home/package.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "@testing-library/dom": "^8.0.0",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.10.1",
     "@testing-library/react": "^12.1.3",
+    "@testing-library/react-hooks": "^8.0.1",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.0.0",
     "@types/react-grid-layout": "^1.3.2",
     "msw": "^1.0.0"
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApi.ts b/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApi.ts
index c461a5159b..4ffb37e8b6 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/home/src/api/VisitsApi.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 import { createApiRef } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
-import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 
 /**
  * @public
@@ -48,13 +47,6 @@ export type Visit = {
   entityRef?: string;
 };
 
-/** @public */
-export type VisitFilter = {
-  field: string;
-  operator: '<' | '<=' | '==' | '>' | '>=' | 'contains';
-  value: JsonValue;
-};
-
 /**
  * @public
  * This data structure represents the parameters associated with search queries for visits.
@@ -65,24 +57,36 @@ export type VisitsApiQueryParams = {
    */
   limit?: number;
   /**
-   * A record for which the key is a field name to sort on, and the value is the sort direction.
-   * For a multi-field sorting query, add multi entries to the record.
+   * Allows ordering visits on entity properties.
    * @example
    * Sort ascending by the timestamp field.
    * ```
-   * { orderBy: { timestamp: 'asc' } }
+   * { orderBy: [{ field: 'timestamp', direction: 'asc' }] }
    * ```
    */
-  orderBy?: Record<string, 'asc' | 'desc'>;
+  orderBy?: Array<{
+    field: keyof Visit;
+    direction: 'asc' | 'desc';
+  }>;
   /**
-   * Allows filtering visits on number of hits, timestamp and/or entityRef attributes.
+   * Allows filtering visits on entity properties.
    * @example
    * Most popular docs on the past 7 days
    * ```
-   * { orderBy: { hits: 'desc' }, filterBy: [{ field: 'timestamp', operator: '>=', value: <date> }, { field: 'entityRef', operator: 'contains', value: 'docs' }] }
+   * {
+   *   orderBy: [{ field: 'hits', direction: 'desc' }],
+   *   filterBy: [
+   *     { field: 'timestamp', operator: '>=', value: <date> },
+   *     { field: 'entityRef', operator: 'contains', value: 'docs' }
+   *   ]
+   * }
    * ```
    */
-  filterBy?: VisitFilter[];
+  filterBy?: Array<{
+    field: keyof Visit;
+    operator: '<' | '<=' | '==' | '>' | '>=' | 'contains';
+    value: string | number;
+  }>;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ export interface VisitsApi {
    * Persist a new visit.
    * @param pageVisit - a new visit data
    */
-  saveVisit(saveParams: VisitsApiSaveParams): Promise<void>;
+  saveVisit(saveParams: VisitsApiSaveParams): Promise<Visit>;
   /**
    * Get the logged user visits.
    * @param queryParams - optional search query params.
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.test.tsx b/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81cff08a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import React from 'react';
+import { TestApiProvider, renderInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
+import { Visit, visitsApiRef } from '../api';
+import { DoNotTrack, VisitListener, useVisitListener } from './VisitListener';
+import { waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { act, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react-hooks';
+import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+const visits: Array<Visit> = [
+  {
+    id: 'tech-radar',
+    name: 'Tech Radar',
+    pathname: '/tech-radar',
+    hits: 40,
+    timestamp: Date.now() - 360_000,
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'explore',
+    name: 'Explore Backstage',
+    pathname: '/explore',
+    hits: 35,
+    timestamp: Date.now() - 86400_000 * 1,
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'user-1',
+    name: 'Guest',
+    pathname: '/catalog/default/user/guest',
+    hits: 30,
+    timestamp: Date.now() - 86400_000 * 2,
+    entityRef: 'User:default/guest',
+  },
+];
+
+const mockVisitsApi = {
+  saveVisit: jest.fn(async () => visits[0]),
+  listVisits: jest.fn(async () => visits),
+};
+
+describe('<VisitListener/>', () => {
+  afterEach(jest.resetAllMocks);
+
+  it('registers a visit', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(document, 'title', 'get').mockReturnValue('MockedTitle');
+    const pathname = '/catalog/default/component/playback-order';
+
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[visitsApiRef, mockVisitsApi]]}>
+        <VisitListener />
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+      { routeEntries: [pathname] },
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(mockVisitsApi.saveVisit).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1),
+    );
+    expect(mockVisitsApi.saveVisit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      visit: {
+        pathname,
+        entityRef: 'component:default/playback-order',
+        name: 'MockedTitle',
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('renders its children', async () => {
+    const { getByTestId } = await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[visitsApiRef, mockVisitsApi]]}>
+        <VisitListener>
+          <div data-testid="child">child</div>
+        </VisitListener>
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+    );
+
+    expect(getByTestId('child')).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('is able to override how visit names are defined', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(document, 'title', 'get').mockReturnValue('MockedTitle');
+    const pathname = '/catalog/default/component/playback-order';
+
+    const visitNameOverride = ({ pathname: path }: { pathname: string }) =>
+      path;
+
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[visitsApiRef, mockVisitsApi]]}>
+        <VisitListener visitName={visitNameOverride} />
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+      { routeEntries: [pathname] },
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(mockVisitsApi.saveVisit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        visit: {
+          pathname,
+          entityRef: 'component:default/playback-order',
+          name: pathname,
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('is able to override how entityRefs are defined', async () => {
+    jest.spyOn(document, 'title', 'get').mockReturnValue('MockedTitle');
+    const pathname = '/catalog/default/component/playback-order';
+
+    const toEntityRefOverride = ({ pathname: path }: { pathname: string }) =>
+      path;
+
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[visitsApiRef, mockVisitsApi]]}>
+        <VisitListener toEntityRef={toEntityRefOverride} />
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+      { routeEntries: [pathname] },
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(mockVisitsApi.saveVisit).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        visit: {
+          pathname,
+          entityRef: pathname,
+          name: 'MockedTitle',
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe('<DoNotTrack/>', () => {
+  afterEach(jest.resetAllMocks);
+
+  it("doesn't register a visit", async () => {
+    const requestAnimationFrameSpy = jest.spyOn(
+      window,
+      'requestAnimationFrame',
+    );
+    await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[visitsApiRef, mockVisitsApi]]}>
+        <VisitListener>
+          <DoNotTrack />
+        </VisitListener>
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+    );
+    await waitFor(() => expect(requestAnimationFrameSpy).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    expect(mockVisitsApi.saveVisit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('renders its children', async () => {
+    const requestAnimationFrameSpy = jest.spyOn(
+      window,
+      'requestAnimationFrame',
+    );
+    const { getByTestId } = await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[visitsApiRef, mockVisitsApi]]}>
+        <VisitListener>
+          <DoNotTrack>
+            <div data-testid="child">child</div>
+          </DoNotTrack>
+        </VisitListener>
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+    );
+    await waitFor(() => expect(requestAnimationFrameSpy).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    expect(getByTestId('child')).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
+
+describe('useVisitListener()', () => {
+  it('returns the default context', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useVisitListener());
+    expect(result.current.doNotTrack).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(result.current.setDoNotTrack).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
+  });
+
+  it('changes the doNotTrack flag', () => {
+    const { result } = renderHook(() => useVisitListener(), {
+      wrapper: ({ children }) => (
+        <MemoryRouter>
+          <TestApiProvider apis={[[visitsApiRef, mockVisitsApi]]}>
+            <VisitListener>{children}</VisitListener>
+          </TestApiProvider>
+        </MemoryRouter>
+      ),
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      result.current.setDoNotTrack(true);
+    });
+    expect(result.current.doNotTrack).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.tsx b/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb92b47738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/VisitListener.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import React, {
+  createContext,
+  useState,
+  useEffect,
+  useContext,
+  Dispatch,
+  SetStateAction,
+  ReactNode,
+} from 'react';
+
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
+
+import { visitsApiRef } from '../api';
+import { useApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+import { stringifyEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+
+/** @public */
+export type VisitListenerContextValue = {
+  doNotTrack: boolean;
+  setDoNotTrack: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>;
+};
+
+const defaultVisitListenerContext: VisitListenerContextValue = {
+  doNotTrack: false,
+  setDoNotTrack: () => {},
+};
+
+/** @public */
+export const VisitListenerContext = createContext<VisitListenerContextValue>(
+  defaultVisitListenerContext,
+);
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * This function returns an implementation of toEntityRef which is responsible
+ * for receiving a pathname and maybe returning an entityRef compatible with the
+ * catalog-model.
+ * By default this function uses the url root "/catalog" and the
+ * stringifyEntityRef implementation from catalog-model.
+ * Example:
+ *   const toEntityRef = getToEntityRef();
+ *   toEntityRef(\{ pathname: "/catalog/default/component/playback-order" \})
+ *   // returns "component:default/playback-order"
+ */
+export const getToEntityRef =
+  ({
+    rootPath = 'catalog',
+    stringifyEntityRefImpl = stringifyEntityRef,
+  } = {}) =>
+  ({ pathname }: { pathname: string }): string | undefined => {
+    const regex = new RegExp(
+      `^\/${rootPath}\/(?<namespace>[^\/]+)\/(?<kind>[^\/]+)\/(?<name>[^\/]+)`,
+    );
+    const result = regex.exec(pathname);
+    if (!result || !result?.groups) return undefined;
+    const entity = {
+      namespace: result.groups.namespace,
+      kind: result.groups.kind,
+      name: result.groups.name,
+    };
+    return stringifyEntityRefImpl(entity);
+  };
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * This function returns an implementation of visitName which is responsible
+ * for receiving a pathname and returning a string (name). The default
+ * implementation ignores the pathname and uses the document.title .
+ */
+export const getVisitName = (document: Document) => () => document.title;
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * Component responsible for listening to location changes and calling
+ * the visitsApi to save visits.
+ */
+export const VisitListener = ({
+  children,
+  toEntityRef,
+  visitName,
+}: {
+  children?: React.ReactNode;
+  toEntityRef?: ({ pathname }: { pathname: string }) => string | undefined;
+  visitName?: ({ pathname }: { pathname: string }) => string;
+}): JSX.Element => {
+  const [doNotTrack, setDoNotTrack] = useState<boolean>(
+    defaultVisitListenerContext.doNotTrack,
+  );
+  const visitsApi = useApi(visitsApiRef);
+  const { pathname } = useLocation();
+  const toEntityRefImpl = toEntityRef ?? getToEntityRef();
+  const visitNameImpl = visitName ?? getVisitName(document);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Wait for the browser to finish with paint with the assumption react
+    // has finished with dom reconciliation and the doNotTrack state update.
+    const requestId = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      if (!doNotTrack)
+        visitsApi.saveVisit({
+          visit: {
+            name: visitNameImpl({ pathname }),
+            pathname,
+            entityRef: toEntityRefImpl({ pathname }),
+          },
+        });
+    });
+    return () => cancelAnimationFrame(requestId);
+  }, [doNotTrack, visitsApi, pathname, toEntityRefImpl, visitNameImpl]);
+
+  return (
+    <VisitListenerContext.Provider value={{ doNotTrack, setDoNotTrack }}>
+      {children}
+    </VisitListenerContext.Provider>
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * Hook used to access visit listener context. Is able to control if tracking
+ * should be disabled.
+ */
+export const useVisitListener = () => {
+  const value = useContext(VisitListenerContext);
+
+  if (value === undefined)
+    throw new Error(
+      'useVisitListener found an undefined context, <VisitListener/> could be missing',
+    );
+
+  return value;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @public
+ * Use this component to warn VisitListener to disable tracking.
+ */
+export const DoNotTrack = ({
+  children,
+}: {
+  children?: ReactNode;
+}): JSX.Element => {
+  const { setDoNotTrack } = useVisitListener();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setDoNotTrack(true);
+    return () => setDoNotTrack(false);
+  }, [setDoNotTrack]);
+
+  return <>{children}</>;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/index.ts b/plugins/home/src/components/index.ts
index e528e0795d..a6a4148e36 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 
 export { HomepageCompositionRoot } from './HomepageCompositionRoot';
 export * from './CustomHomepage';
+export * from './VisitListener';
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/Content.test.tsx b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/Content.test.tsx
index 329bf4e845..d73a9d1a75 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/Content.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/Content.test.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const visits = [
 ];
 
 const mockVisitsApi = {
-  saveVisit: async () => {},
+  saveVisit: async () => visits[0],
   listUserVisits: async () => visits,
 };
 
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/Content.tsx b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/Content.tsx
index 62b0de0d7d..4eef2a87ad 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/Content.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/Content.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export const Content = ({
       return await visitsApi
         .listUserVisits({
           limit: numVisitsTotal ?? 8,
-          orderBy: { timestamp: 'desc' },
+          orderBy: [{ field: 'timestamp', direction: 'desc' }],
         })
         .then(setVisits);
     }
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const Content = ({
       return await visitsApi
         .listUserVisits({
           limit: numVisitsTotal ?? 8,
-          orderBy: { hits: 'desc' },
+          orderBy: [{ field: 'hits', direction: 'desc' }],
         })
         .then(setVisits);
     }
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/HomePageVisitedByType.stories.tsx b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/HomePageVisitedByType.stories.tsx
index 64698da921..0dd9c9e873 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/HomePageVisitedByType.stories.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/homePageComponents/VisitedByType/HomePageVisitedByType.stories.tsx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const visits: Array<Visit> = [
 ];
 
 const mockVisitsApi = {
-  saveVisit: async () => {},
+  saveVisit: async () => visits[0],
   listUserVisits: async () => visits,
 };
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c9aa122ad9..2fdd9e041f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7406,6 +7406,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@testing-library/dom": ^8.0.0
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": ^5.10.1
     "@testing-library/react": ^12.1.3
+    "@testing-library/react-hooks": ^8.0.1
     "@testing-library/user-event": ^14.0.0
     "@types/react": ^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0
     "@types/react-grid-layout": ^1.3.2