diff --git a/packages/react/src/internal/popup-menu/utils/use-mouse-trail.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/internal/popup-menu/utils/use-mouse-trail.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55ee3ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/internal/popup-menu/utils/use-mouse-trail.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react'
+import * as React from 'react'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { useMouseTrail } from './use-mouse-trail.js'
+
+function MouseTrailProbe({ limit = 4 }: { limit?: number }) {
+  useMouseTrail(limit)
+  return null
+}
+
+describe('useMouseTrail', () => {
+  it('shares a single global pointermove listener across subscribers', () => {
+    const addEventListenerSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'addEventListener')
+    const removeEventListenerSpy = vi.spyOn(window, 'removeEventListener')
+
+    const { unmount } = render(
+      <React.Fragment>
+        <MouseTrailProbe />
+        <MouseTrailProbe />
+      </React.Fragment>,
+    )
+
+    const addPointerMoveCalls = addEventListenerSpy.mock.calls.filter(
+      ([type]) => type === 'pointermove',
+    )
+
+    expect(addPointerMoveCalls).toHaveLength(1)
+
+    unmount()
+
+    const removePointerMoveCalls = removeEventListenerSpy.mock.calls.filter(
+      ([type]) => type === 'pointermove',
+    )
+
+    expect(removePointerMoveCalls).toHaveLength(1)
+
+    addEventListenerSpy.mockRestore()
+    removeEventListenerSpy.mockRestore()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/react/src/internal/popup-menu/utils/use-mouse-trail.ts b/packages/react/src/internal/popup-menu/utils/use-mouse-trail.ts
index d0868139..ca0d228d 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/internal/popup-menu/utils/use-mouse-trail.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/internal/popup-menu/utils/use-mouse-trail.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,66 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
 
+type MousePoint = [number, number]
+
+interface MouseTrailSubscriber {
+  trailRef: React.MutableRefObject<MousePoint[]>
+  limit: number
+}
+
+const mouseTrailSubscribers = new Set<MouseTrailSubscriber>()
+
+let removeMouseTrailListener: (() => void) | null = null
+
+function ensureMouseTrailListener() {
+  if (removeMouseTrailListener !== null || typeof window === 'undefined') {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const onMove = (event: PointerEvent) => {
+    for (const subscriber of mouseTrailSubscribers) {
+      const trail = subscriber.trailRef.current
+      trail.push([event.clientX, event.clientY])
+      if (trail.length > subscriber.limit) {
+        trail.shift()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  window.addEventListener('pointermove', onMove, { passive: true })
+
+  removeMouseTrailListener = () => {
+    window.removeEventListener('pointermove', onMove)
+    removeMouseTrailListener = null
+  }
+}
+
+function cleanupMouseTrailListenerIfIdle() {
+  if (mouseTrailSubscribers.size === 0) {
+    removeMouseTrailListener?.()
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Keeps track of the last N mouse positions without causing re-renders.
  * Used for calculating mouse trajectory in aim guard.
  */
 export function useMouseTrail(n = 4) {
-  const trailRef = React.useRef<[number, number][]>([])
+  const trailRef = React.useRef<MousePoint[]>([])
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
-    const onMove = (e: PointerEvent) => {
-      const a = trailRef.current
-      a.push([e.clientX, e.clientY])
-      if (a.length > n) a.shift()
+    const subscriber: MouseTrailSubscriber = {
+      trailRef,
+      limit: n,
+    }
+
+    mouseTrailSubscribers.add(subscriber)
+    ensureMouseTrailListener()
+
+    return () => {
+      mouseTrailSubscribers.delete(subscriber)
+      trailRef.current = []
+      cleanupMouseTrailListenerIfIdle()
     }
-    window.addEventListener('pointermove', onMove, { passive: true })
-    return () => window.removeEventListener('pointermove', onMove)
   }, [n])
 
   return trailRef