diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 006f73ee..8b930f28 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7244,6 +7244,11 @@
         "setimmediate": "1.0.5"
       }
     },
+    "tiny-queue": {
+      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tiny-queue/-/tiny-queue-0.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-JaZ/LG4lOyypQZd7XvdELvl6YEY="
+    },
     "tmp": {
       "version": "0.0.31",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.31.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f43f8f2..f039a99d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "svelte-loader": "^2.3.3",
     "svelte-transitions": "^1.1.1",
     "svgo": "^1.0.3",
+    "tiny-queue": "^0.2.1",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.1.5",
     "url-search-params": "^0.10.0",
     "webpack": "^3.10.0",
diff --git a/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualList.html b/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualList.html
index c179ab73..ed3cb403 100644
--- a/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualList.html
+++ b/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualList.html
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
       makeProps="{{makeProps}}"
       key="{{wrappedItem.item}}"
       intersectionObserver="{{intersectionObserver}}"
-      hide="{{shouldHide(wrappedItem.item, $intersectionStates)}}"
+      isIntersecting="{{isIntersecting(wrappedItem.item, $intersectionStates)}}"
+      isCached="{{isCached(wrappedItem.item, $intersectionStates)}}"
       height="{{getHeight(wrappedItem.item, $intersectionStates)}}"
     />
   {{/each}}
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
       let intersectionStates = this.store.get('intersectionStates')
       let keys = Object.keys(intersectionStates)
       for (let key of keys) {
-        intersectionStates[key].isIntersecting = false
+        intersectionStates[key].isCached = true
       }
       this.store.setForRealm({intersectionStates: intersectionStates})
 
@@ -60,8 +61,11 @@
       }
     },
     helpers: {
-      shouldHide(key, $intersectionStates) {
-        return !!($intersectionStates[key] && !$intersectionStates[key].isIntersecting)
+      isIntersecting(key, $intersectionStates) {
+        return !!($intersectionStates[key] && $intersectionStates[key].isIntersecting)
+      },
+      isCached(key, $intersectionStates) {
+        return !!($intersectionStates[key] && $intersectionStates[key].isCached)
       },
       getHeight(key, $intersectionStates) {
         return $intersectionStates[key] && $intersectionStates[key].rect.height
diff --git a/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualListItem.html b/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualListItem.html
index 0c3df6a0..578b71ab 100644
--- a/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualListItem.html
+++ b/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualListItem.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <div class="pseudo-virtual-list-item"
      aria-hidden="{{hide}}"
      pseudo-virtual-list-key="{{key}}"
-     style="height: {{hide ? `${height}px` : ''}};"
+     style="height: {{shouldHide ? `${height}px` : ''}};"
      ref:node>
-  {{#if !hide}}
+  {{#if !shouldHide}}
     <:Component {component}
                 virtualProps="{{props}}"
                 virtualIndex="{{index}}"
@@ -13,10 +13,38 @@
 </div>
 <script>
 
+  import { scheduleIdleTask } from '../../_utils/scheduleIdleTask'
+  import { mark, stop } from '../../_utils/marks'
+
   export default {
     oncreate() {
+      this.observe('isIntersecting', isIntersecting => {
+        if (isIntersecting) {
+          mark('render')
+          this.set({hide: false})
+          stop('render')
+        } else {
+          // unrender lazily; it's not a critical UI task
+          scheduleIdleTask(() => {
+            mark('unrender')
+            if (!this.get('isIntersecting')) {
+              this.set({hide: true})
+            }
+            stop('unrender')
+          })
+        }
+      })
+
       let intersectionObserver = this.get('intersectionObserver')
       intersectionObserver.observe(this.refs.node)
+    },
+    computed: {
+      shouldHide: (isIntersecting, isCached, hide) => {
+        if (isCached) {
+          return true // if it's cached, always unrender immediately until proven it's intersecting
+        }
+        return !isIntersecting && hide
+      }
     }
   }
 </script>
diff --git a/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualListLazyItem.html b/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualListLazyItem.html
index 473d3e39..2ff50c5b 100644
--- a/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualListLazyItem.html
+++ b/routes/_components/pseudoVirtualList/PseudoVirtualListLazyItem.html
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
                          :index
                          :scrollToThisItem
                          :intersectionObserver
-                         :hide
+                         :isIntersecting
+                         :isCached
                          :height
                          on:scrollToPosition
   />
diff --git a/routes/_utils/scheduleIdleTask.js b/routes/_utils/scheduleIdleTask.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..989fcc33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/_utils/scheduleIdleTask.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Wrapper to call requestIdleCallback() to schedule low-priority work.
+// See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Background_Tasks_API
+// for a good breakdown of the concepts behind this.
+
+import Queue from 'tiny-queue'
+
+const taskQueue = new Queue()
+let runningRequestIdleCallback = false
+
+function runTasks(deadline) {
+  while (taskQueue.length && deadline.timeRemaining() > 0) {
+    taskQueue.shift()()
+  }
+  if (taskQueue.length) {
+    requestIdleCallback(runTasks)
+  } else {
+    runningRequestIdleCallback = false
+  }
+}
+
+export function scheduleIdleTask(task) {
+  taskQueue.push(task)
+  if (!runningRequestIdleCallback) {
+    runningRequestIdleCallback = true
+    requestIdleCallback(runTasks)
+  }
+}
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