diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/JsonReaderHelper.net8.cs b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/JsonReaderHelper.net8.cs
index 08f72de280193c..656164278345c3 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/JsonReaderHelper.net8.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/src/System/Text/Json/Reader/JsonReaderHelper.net8.cs
@@ -21,5 +21,20 @@ internal static partial class JsonReaderHelper
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
         public static int IndexOfQuoteOrAnyControlOrBackSlash(this ReadOnlySpan<byte> span) =>
             span.IndexOfAny(s_controlQuoteBackslash);
+
+        /// <summary>JSON insignificant whitespace: space (0x20), tab (0x09), CR (0x0D), and LF (0x0A).</summary>
+        /// <remarks>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8259#section-2</remarks>
+        private static readonly SearchValues<byte> s_whiteSpace = SearchValues.Create(" \t\r\n"u8);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the index of the first byte that is not JSON insignificant whitespace,
+        /// or the length of the span if every byte is whitespace.
+        /// </summary>
+        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+        public static int IndexOfFirstNonWhiteSpace(this ReadOnlySpan<byte> span)
+        {
+            int index = span.IndexOfAnyExcept(s_whiteSpace);
+            return index < 0 ? span.Length : index;
+        }
     }
 }
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 dd1cb741873c09..7a5e1cee2e7b65 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
@@ -1008,6 +1008,30 @@ private void SkipWhiteSpace()
         {
             // Create local copy to avoid bounds checks.
             ReadOnlySpan<byte> localBuffer = _buffer;
+#if NET
+            // Vectorized scan to the first non-whitespace byte. The SearchValues-based
+            // IndexOfAnyExcept already handles short and long runs efficiently, so there is no
+            // need to special-case small inputs with a scalar pre-scan.
+            ReadOnlySpan<byte> remaining = localBuffer.Slice(_consumed);
+            int idx = remaining.IndexOfFirstNonWhiteSpace();
+            if (idx > 0)
+            {
+                // Reproduce the scalar loop's line/byte-position bookkeeping for the skipped run.
+                (int newLines, int lastLineFeedIndex) = JsonReaderHelper.CountNewLines(remaining.Slice(0, idx));
+                _lineNumber += newLines;
+                if (lastLineFeedIndex >= 0)
+                {
+                    // Byte positions on the current line start after the last line feed character.
+                    _bytePositionInLine = idx - lastLineFeedIndex - 1;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _bytePositionInLine += idx;
+                }
+
+                _consumed += idx;
+            }
+#else
             for (; _consumed < localBuffer.Length; _consumed++)
             {
                 byte val = localBuffer[_consumed];
@@ -1031,6 +1055,7 @@ not JsonConstants.LineFeed and
                     _bytePositionInLine++;
                 }
             }
+#endif
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/tests/System.Text.Json.Tests/Utf8JsonReaderTests.cs b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/tests/System.Text.Json.Tests/Utf8JsonReaderTests.cs
index 7d48fa855c1903..1cfb1ea78f933a 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/tests/System.Text.Json.Tests/Utf8JsonReaderTests.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Text.Json/tests/System.Text.Json.Tests/Utf8JsonReaderTests.cs
@@ -2152,6 +2152,84 @@ public static void PositionInCodeUnits(string jsonString, int expectedlineNumber
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public static void ReadLongWhitespaceAndDigitRuns()
+        {
+            // Long whitespace runs exercise the vectorized whitespace-skipping path in
+            // Utf8JsonReader, alongside long integer/fraction digit runs, to lock in correct
+            // tokenization and number parsing for large runs.
+            string jsonString =
+                "[" + new string(' ', 60) + "1234567890123456789," +
+                "\n\n" + new string(' ', 40) + "-1.25e3," +
+                new string('\t', 33) + "42," +
+                new string(' ', 48) + "12345678901234567890123456789012345678" +
+                "\n]";
+            byte[] dataUtf8 = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jsonString);
+
+            var json = new Utf8JsonReader(dataUtf8, isFinalBlock: true, state: default);
+
+            Assert.True(json.Read());
+            Assert.Equal(JsonTokenType.StartArray, json.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.True(json.Read());
+            Assert.Equal(JsonTokenType.Number, json.TokenType);
+            Assert.Equal(1234567890123456789L, json.GetInt64());
+
+            Assert.True(json.Read());
+            Assert.Equal(JsonTokenType.Number, json.TokenType);
+            Assert.Equal(-1250.0, json.GetDouble());
+
+            Assert.True(json.Read());
+            Assert.Equal(JsonTokenType.Number, json.TokenType);
+            Assert.Equal(42, json.GetInt32());
+
+            Assert.True(json.Read());
+            Assert.Equal(JsonTokenType.Number, json.TokenType);
+            Assert.Equal(38, json.ValueSpan.Length);
+
+            Assert.True(json.Read());
+            Assert.Equal(JsonTokenType.EndArray, json.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.False(json.Read());
+            Assert.Equal(dataUtf8.Length, json.BytesConsumed);
+        }
+
+        public static IEnumerable<object[]> WhitespaceBeforeInvalidTokenData()
+        {
+            yield return new object[] { "\n\n\n   ", 3, 3 };
+            yield return new object[] { "\r\n\t\t", 1, 2 };
+            yield return new object[] { new string(' ', 100), 0, 101 };
+            yield return new object[] { new string('\n', 50) + new string(' ', 30), 50, 30 };
+            yield return new object[] { " \t \t \r\n", 1, 0 };
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(WhitespaceBeforeInvalidTokenData))]
+        public static void WhitespaceRunBeforeInvalidToken_ReportsLineAndBytePosition(string whitespace, int expectedLineNumber, int expectedBytePosition)
+        {
+            byte[] dataUtf8 = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("[" + whitespace + "@]");
+
+            foreach (JsonCommentHandling commentHandling in Enum.GetValues(typeof(JsonCommentHandling)))
+            {
+                var state = new JsonReaderState(new JsonReaderOptions { CommentHandling = commentHandling });
+                var json = new Utf8JsonReader(dataUtf8, isFinalBlock: true, state);
+
+                Assert.True(json.Read());
+                Assert.Equal(JsonTokenType.StartArray, json.TokenType);
+
+                try
+                {
+                    json.Read();
+                    Assert.Fail("Expected JsonException was not thrown.");
+                }
+                catch (JsonException ex)
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal(expectedLineNumber, ex.LineNumber);
+                    Assert.Equal(expectedBytePosition, ex.BytePositionInLine);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [MemberData(nameof(InvalidJsonStrings))]
         public static void InvalidJson(string jsonString, int expectedlineNumber, int expectedBytePosition, int maxDepth = 64)