3 Dots Bounce
The three-dots-bounce icon represents a playful loading animation featuring dots that bounce vertically in sequence.
Exports at 24 × 24 px
Code
3 Dots Bounce in your framework
In any framework. Customize it above, and the code follows.
export const 3DotsBounceIcon = (props: React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>) => (
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" {...props}>
<circle cx="4" cy="12" r="3" fill="currentColor"><animate id="SVGKiXXedfO" attributeName="cy" begin="0;SVGgLulOGrw.end+0.25s" calcMode="spline" dur="0.6s" keySplines=".33,.66,.66,1;.33,0,.66,.33" values="12;6;12"/></circle><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="3" fill="currentColor"><animate attributeName="cy" begin="SVGKiXXedfO.begin+0.1s" calcMode="spline" dur="0.6s" keySplines=".33,.66,.66,1;.33,0,.66,.33" values="12;6;12"/></circle><circle cx="20" cy="12" r="3" fill="currentColor"><animate id="SVGgLulOGrw" attributeName="cy" begin="SVGKiXXedfO.begin+0.2s" calcMode="spline" dur="0.6s" keySplines=".33,.66,.66,1;.33,0,.66,.33" values="12;6;12"/></circle>
</svg>
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What the 3 Dots Bounce icon means and where it's used, then how to install, style, label and license it.
The three-dots-bounce icon represents a playful loading animation featuring dots that bounce vertically in sequence. This familiar pattern has become strongly associated with messaging applications and typing indicators in modern communication interfaces.
In messaging platforms like Slack, Discord, and WhatsApp, you'll see this bouncing dots animation indicating typing activity and message composition. It appears in chat interfaces and real-time collaboration tools where the bouncing motion creates anticipation for incoming content while maintaining a friendly, approachable aesthetic.
From a communication design perspective, this loading indicator communicates more than just waiting status - it specifically indicates human activity, real-time interaction, and imminent content arrival. The bouncing animation anthropomorphizes the loading state, making digital wait times feel more engaging and human-centered.
3 Dots Bounce is one of 46 icons in SVG Spinners, made by Utkarsh Verma and released under MIT. It is drawn on a 24 × 24 grid.
Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds 3DotsBounceIcon to components/icons/svg-spinners-3-dots-bounce.tsx: one file, a size prop (24 by default) and every SVG prop, with no icon package.
Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed 3DotsBounceIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. Only the icons you import reach your bundle. It works in Next.js and any React app.
Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside, and SVG and data URL copies are there for plain HTML and CSS.
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It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it: a class like text-primary recolors it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.
Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 24 × 24 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.
Yes. It follows the text color, so with text-foreground (or any theme token) it changes with your light and dark themes. The icon is a vector, so it needs no separate dark asset.
Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="3 Dots Bounce", so screen readers say what it does.
Yes. 3DotsBounceIcon passes every SVG prop to the svg element, so <3DotsBounceIcon aria-hidden="true" /> works, and so do role="img" with aria-label, or a title child, when it carries meaning on its own.
Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.
Yes. MIT allows commercial use; keep the license notice when you ship the icons' source files. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.
No visible credit is required: MIT only asks that you keep the license notice if you ship the icons' source files. Icons installed with the shadcn CLI already start with a comment naming SVG Spinners, Utkarsh Verma and the license.
Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.
Its tags are chat, messaging, loading, typing and dots. Each tag page lists the icons that carry it from every library, which is the quickest way to find a match for 3 Dots Bounce in another set.
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