JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground by Sergio Kagiema August 28, 2016 HTML <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js"></script> <section class="h-1000 jumbotron"> <h2>This is how many times<br/> the event is fired: </h2> <br> <br> <div class="test-area"> </div> </section> CSS .h-1000 { height: 1000px; } .jumbotron { background-color: #eee; padding-left: 60px; padding-right: 60px; padding-top: 48px; padding-bottom: 48px; } JavaScript $(function(){ var $testArea = $('.test-area'); var counter = 0; var testing = function() { var increasing = counter++; $testArea.html(increasing); }; $(window).off('scroll').on('scroll',testing); });