diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/JsonHelpers.cs b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/JsonHelpers.cs
index b551ef4dee1a56..eb356f88a0b03b 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/JsonHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/JsonHelpers.cs
@@ -163,6 +163,39 @@ public static bool IsInRangeInclusive(JsonTokenType value, JsonTokenType lowerBo
         /// </summary>
         public static bool IsDigit(byte value) => (uint)(value - '0') <= '9' - '0';
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Advances <paramref name="i"/> past any consecutive ASCII digit bytes ('0'..'9') in <paramref name="data"/>.
+        /// On return, <paramref name="nextByte"/> contains the first non-digit byte, or <see langword="default"/> if the
+        /// end of the span was reached.
+        /// </summary>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public static void SkipDigits(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, ref int i, out byte nextByte)
+        {
+#if NET
+            int nonDigitOffset = data.Slice(i).IndexOfAnyExceptInRange((byte)'0', (byte)'9');
+            if (nonDigitOffset < 0)
+            {
+                i = data.Length;
+                nextByte = default;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                i += nonDigitOffset;
+                nextByte = data[i];
+            }
+#else
+            nextByte = default;
+            for (; i < data.Length; i++)
+            {
+                nextByte = data[i];
+                if (!IsDigit(nextByte))
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+#endif
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Perform a Read() with a Debug.Assert verifying the reader did not return false.
         /// This should be called when the Read() return value is not used, such as non-Stream cases where there is only one buffer.
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/Utf8JsonReader.MultiSegment.cs b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/Utf8JsonReader.MultiSegment.cs
index f31686429527d5..6a1801c893a0cf 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/Utf8JsonReader.MultiSegment.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/Utf8JsonReader.MultiSegment.cs
@@ -1354,17 +1354,10 @@ private ConsumeNumberResult ConsumeZeroMultiSegment(ref ReadOnlySpan<byte> data,
 
         private ConsumeNumberResult ConsumeIntegerDigitsMultiSegment(ref ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, scoped ref int i)
         {
-            byte nextByte = default;
-            int counter = 0;
-            for (; i < data.Length; i++)
-            {
-                nextByte = data[i];
-                if (!JsonHelpers.IsDigit(nextByte))
-                {
-                    break;
-                }
-                counter++;
-            }
+            byte nextByte;
+            int startIndex = i;
+            JsonHelpers.SkipDigits(data, ref i, out nextByte);
+            int counter = i - startIndex;
             if (i >= data.Length)
             {
                 if (IsLastSpan)
@@ -1394,14 +1387,7 @@ private ConsumeNumberResult ConsumeIntegerDigitsMultiSegment(ref ReadOnlySpan<by
                     HasValueSequence = true;
                     i = 0;
                     data = _buffer;
-                    for (; i < data.Length; i++)
-                    {
-                        nextByte = data[i];
-                        if (!JsonHelpers.IsDigit(nextByte))
-                        {
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
+                    JsonHelpers.SkipDigits(data, ref i, out nextByte);
                     _bytePositionInLine += i;
                     if (i >= data.Length)
                     {
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/Utf8JsonReader.cs b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/Utf8JsonReader.cs
index db764ccc153875..26d75bc8dedffd 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/Utf8JsonReader.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/Utf8JsonReader.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public ref partial struct Utf8JsonReader
 
         private readonly bool IsLastSpan => _isFinalBlock && (!_isMultiSegment || _isLastSegment);
 
+#if NET
+        private static readonly SearchValues<byte> s_whitespaceLookup = SearchValues.Create(" \t\n\r"u8);
+#endif
+
         internal readonly ReadOnlySequence<byte> OriginalSequence => _sequence;
 
         internal readonly ReadOnlySpan<byte> OriginalSpan => _sequence.IsEmpty ? _buffer : default;
@@ -1008,6 +1012,36 @@ private void SkipWhiteSpace()
         {
             // Create local copy to avoid bounds checks.
             ReadOnlySpan<byte> localBuffer = _buffer;
+
+#if NET
+            // Use vectorized search to find the first non-whitespace byte.
+            // JSON RFC 8259 section 2 says only these 4 characters count as whitespace.
+            ReadOnlySpan<byte> remaining = localBuffer.Slice(_consumed);
+            int idx = remaining.IndexOfAnyExcept(s_whitespaceLookup);
+            if (idx < 0)
+            {
+                idx = remaining.Length;
+            }
+
+            if (idx > 0)
+            {
+                ReadOnlySpan<byte> whitespace = remaining.Slice(0, idx);
+                int newLineCount = whitespace.Count(JsonConstants.LineFeed);
+
+                if (newLineCount > 0)
+                {
+                    _lineNumber += newLineCount;
+                    int lastLF = whitespace.LastIndexOf(JsonConstants.LineFeed);
+                    _bytePositionInLine = idx - lastLF - 1;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _bytePositionInLine += idx;
+                }
+
+                _consumed += idx;
+            }
+#else
             for (; _consumed < localBuffer.Length; _consumed++)
             {
                 byte val = localBuffer[_consumed];
@@ -1031,6 +1065,7 @@ not JsonConstants.LineFeed and
                     _bytePositionInLine++;
                 }
             }
+#endif
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -1603,15 +1638,7 @@ private ConsumeNumberResult ConsumeZero(ref ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, scoped ref
 
         private ConsumeNumberResult ConsumeIntegerDigits(ref ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, scoped ref int i)
         {
-            byte nextByte = default;
-            for (; i < data.Length; i++)
-            {
-                nextByte = data[i];
-                if (!JsonHelpers.IsDigit(nextByte))
-                {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
+            JsonHelpers.SkipDigits(data, ref i, out byte nextByte);
             if (i >= data.Length)
             {
                 if (IsLastSpan)