diff --git a/packages/plugin-page-view-tracking-browser/src/page-view-tracking.ts b/packages/plugin-page-view-tracking-browser/src/page-view-tracking.ts
index 96bf9a771..a985c69a6 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-page-view-tracking-browser/src/page-view-tracking.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-page-view-tracking-browser/src/page-view-tracking.ts
@@ -167,13 +167,19 @@ const isCampaignEvent = (event: Event) => {
 
 export const shouldTrackHistoryPageView = (
   trackingOption: Options['trackHistoryChanges'],
-  newURL: string,
-  oldURL: string,
+  newURLStr: string,
+  oldURLStr: string,
 ): boolean => {
   switch (trackingOption) {
-    case 'pathOnly':
-      return newURL.split('?')[0] !== oldURL.split('?')[0];
+    case 'pathOnly': {
+      if (oldURLStr == '') return true;
+      const newURL = new URL(newURLStr);
+      const oldURL = new URL(oldURLStr);
+      const newBaseStr = newURL.origin + newURL.pathname;
+      const oldBaseStr = oldURL.origin + oldURL.pathname;
+      return newBaseStr !== oldBaseStr;
+    }
     default:
-      return newURL !== oldURL;
+      return newURLStr !== oldURLStr;
   }
 };
diff --git a/packages/plugin-page-view-tracking-browser/test/page-view-tracking.test.ts b/packages/plugin-page-view-tracking-browser/test/page-view-tracking.test.ts
index 7c1e0b8d1..75c429791 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-page-view-tracking-browser/test/page-view-tracking.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-page-view-tracking-browser/test/page-view-tracking.test.ts
@@ -530,7 +530,21 @@ describe('pageViewTrackingPlugin', () => {
     const url1 = 'https://www.example.com/path/to/page';
     const url2 = 'https://www.example.com/path/to/page?query=1';
     expect(shouldTrackHistoryPageView('all', url1, url2)).toBe(true);
-    expect(shouldTrackHistoryPageView('pathOnly', url1, url1)).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldTrackHistoryPageView('pathOnly', url1, url2)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('shouldTrackHistoryPageView pathOnly option with hash route', () => {
+    const url1 = 'https://www.example.com/path/to/page';
+    const url2 = 'https://www.example.com/path/to/page#home';
+    expect(shouldTrackHistoryPageView('all', url1, url2)).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldTrackHistoryPageView('pathOnly', url1, url2)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test('shouldTrackHistoryPageView pathOnly option with null previous url', () => {
+    const url1 = 'https://www.example.com/path/to/page';
+    const url2 = '';
+    expect(shouldTrackHistoryPageView('all', url1, url2)).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldTrackHistoryPageView('pathOnly', url1, url2)).toBe(true);
   });
 });