diff --git a/src/content/container.ts b/src/content/container.ts
index c5eaf2d8f..b964fd2f9 100644
--- a/src/content/container.ts
+++ b/src/content/container.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   type ContentToBackgroundMessage,
   MessageManager,
 } from '@/shared/messages';
+import { IdleDetection } from './services/idleDetection';
 
 export interface Cradle {
   logger: Logger;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export interface Cradle {
   message: MessageManager<ContentToBackgroundMessage>;
   monetizationLinkManager: MonetizationLinkManager;
   frameManager: FrameManager;
+  idleDetection: IdleDetection;
   contentScript: ContentScript;
 }
 
@@ -44,6 +46,11 @@ export const configureContainer = () => {
       .inject(() => ({
         logger: logger.getLogger('content-script:tagManager'),
       })),
+    idleDetection: asClass(IdleDetection)
+      .singleton()
+      .inject(() => ({
+        logger: logger.getLogger('content-script:idleDetection'),
+      })),
     contentScript: asClass(ContentScript)
       .singleton()
       .inject(() => ({
diff --git a/src/content/services/idleDetection.ts b/src/content/services/idleDetection.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3f03fc1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/services/idleDetection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { Cradle } from '@/content/container';
+
+export class IdleDetection {
+  private document: Cradle['document'];
+  private logger: Cradle['logger'];
+  // Pass this to the class to make e2e testing easier instead of declaring
+  // it here.
+  private isIdle: boolean = false;
+  private readonly idleTimeout: number = 10000;
+
+  constructor({ document, logger }: Cradle) {
+    Object.assign(this, {
+      document,
+      logger,
+    });
+  }
+
+  detectUserInactivity() {
+    let lastActive = Date.now();
+    let timeoutId: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined = undefined;
+
+    const onInactivityTimeoutReached = () => {
+      const now = Date.now();
+      const timeLeft = lastActive + this.idleTimeout - now;
+
+      // There is probably an edge case when the timeout is reached and the user
+      // will move the mouse at the same time?
+      if (timeLeft <= 0) {
+        // Send `STOP_MONETIZATION`.
+        this.logger.debug(
+          `No activity from the user - stopping monetization` +
+            `  Last active: ${new Date(lastActive).toLocaleString()}`,
+        );
+        this.isIdle = true;
+      }
+    };
+
+    const activityListener = () => {
+      lastActive = Date.now();
+      if (this.isIdle) {
+        this.logger.debug('Detected user activity - resuming monetization');
+        // Send `RESUME_MONETIZATION`
+        this.isIdle = false;
+        clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+        timeoutId = setTimeout(onInactivityTimeoutReached, this.idleTimeout);
+      }
+    };
+
+    timeoutId = setTimeout(onInactivityTimeoutReached, this.idleTimeout);
+
+    this.registerDocumentEventListeners(activityListener);
+    this.logger.debug('Started listening for user activity');
+
+    // We should probably have a cleanup when the document is not focused?
+  }
+
+  private registerDocumentEventListeners(fn: () => void) {
+    // Additional events that we might want to register:
+    // - mousedown
+    // - touchstart (not relevant at the moment)
+    // - touchmove (not relevant at the moment)
+    // - click
+    // - keydown
+    // - scroll (will this bubble when scrolling inside a scrollable element?)
+    // - wheel
+    this.document.addEventListener('mousemove', fn);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/content/services/monetizationLinkManager.ts b/src/content/services/monetizationLinkManager.ts
index 2a8ebcd43..07316f8ce 100644
--- a/src/content/services/monetizationLinkManager.ts
+++ b/src/content/services/monetizationLinkManager.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class MonetizationLinkManager extends EventEmitter {
   private document: Cradle['document'];
   private logger: Cradle['logger'];
   private message: Cradle['message'];
+  private idleDetection: Cradle['idleDetection'];
 
   private isTopFrame: boolean;
   private isFirstLevelFrame: boolean;
@@ -29,13 +30,14 @@ export class MonetizationLinkManager extends EventEmitter {
     { walletAddress: WalletAddress; requestId: string }
   >();
 
-  constructor({ window, document, logger, message }: Cradle) {
+  constructor({ window, document, logger, message, idleDetection }: Cradle) {
     super();
     Object.assign(this, {
       window,
       document,
       logger,
       message,
+      idleDetection,
     });
 
     this.documentObserver = new MutationObserver((records) =>
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ export class MonetizationLinkManager extends EventEmitter {
       'visibilitychange',
       this.onDocumentVisibilityChange,
     );
+    // I feel like this should be moved in the main service?
+    this.idleDetection.detectUserInactivity();
     this.onFocus();
     this.window.addEventListener('focus', this.onFocus);