diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/BackToTopButton/index.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/BackToTopButton/index.tsx
index f9a3d04c5e..d5e4edfc41 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/BackToTopButton/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/src/theme/BackToTopButton/index.tsx
@@ -5,122 +5,15 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import React, {useRef, useState} from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
 import {translate} from '@docusaurus/Translate';
+import {ThemeClassNames, useBackToTopButton} from '@docusaurus/theme-common';
 
 import styles from './styles.module.css';
-import {
-  ThemeClassNames,
-  useScrollPosition,
-  useLocationChange,
-} from '@docusaurus/theme-common';
-
-const threshold = 300;
-
-// Not all have support for smooth scrolling (particularly Safari mobile iOS)
-// TODO proper detection is currently unreliable!
-// see https://github.com/wessberg/scroll-behavior-polyfill/issues/16
-const SupportsNativeSmoothScrolling = false;
-// const SupportsNativeSmoothScrolling =
-//   ExecutionEnvironment.canUseDOM &&
-//   'scrollBehavior' in document.documentElement.style;
-
-type CancelScrollTop = () => void;
-
-function smoothScrollTopNative(): CancelScrollTop {
-  window.scrollTo({top: 0, behavior: 'smooth'});
-  return () => {
-    // Nothing to cancel, it's natively cancelled if user tries to scroll down
-  };
-}
-
-function smoothScrollTopPolyfill(): CancelScrollTop {
-  let raf: number | null = null;
-  function rafRecursion() {
-    const currentScroll = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
-    if (currentScroll > 0) {
-      raf = requestAnimationFrame(rafRecursion);
-      window.scrollTo(0, Math.floor(currentScroll * 0.85));
-    }
-  }
-  rafRecursion();
-
-  // Break the recursion. Prevents the user from "fighting" against that
-  // recursion producing a weird UX
-  return () => raf && cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
-}
-
-type UseSmoothScrollTopReturn = {
-  // We use a cancel function because the non-native smooth scroll-top
-  // implementation must be interrupted if user scroll down
-  smoothScrollTop: () => void;
-  cancelScrollToTop: CancelScrollTop;
-};
-
-function useSmoothScrollToTop(): UseSmoothScrollTopReturn {
-  const lastCancelRef = useRef<CancelScrollTop | null>(null);
-
-  function smoothScrollTop(): void {
-    lastCancelRef.current = SupportsNativeSmoothScrolling
-      ? smoothScrollTopNative()
-      : smoothScrollTopPolyfill();
-  }
-
-  return {
-    smoothScrollTop,
-    cancelScrollToTop: () => lastCancelRef.current?.(),
-  };
-}
 
 export default function BackToTopButton(): JSX.Element {
-  const [show, setShow] = useState(false);
-  const isFocusedAnchor = useRef(false);
-  const {smoothScrollTop, cancelScrollToTop} = useSmoothScrollToTop();
-
-  useScrollPosition(({scrollY: scrollTop}, lastPosition) => {
-    const lastScrollTop = lastPosition?.scrollY;
-
-    // No lastScrollTop means component is just being mounted.
-    // Not really a scroll event from the user, so we ignore it
-    if (!lastScrollTop) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (isFocusedAnchor.current) {
-      isFocusedAnchor.current = false;
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const isScrollingUp = scrollTop < lastScrollTop;
-
-    if (!isScrollingUp) {
-      cancelScrollToTop();
-    }
-
-    if (scrollTop < threshold) {
-      setShow(false);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (isScrollingUp) {
-      const documentHeight = document.documentElement.scrollHeight;
-      const windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
-      if (scrollTop + windowHeight < documentHeight) {
-        setShow(true);
-      }
-    } else {
-      setShow(false);
-    }
-  });
-
-  useLocationChange((locationChangeEvent) => {
-    if (locationChangeEvent.location.hash) {
-      isFocusedAnchor.current = true;
-      setShow(false);
-    }
-  });
-
+  const {shown, scrollToTop} = useBackToTopButton({threshold: 300});
   return (
     <button
       aria-label={translate({
@@ -132,10 +25,10 @@ export default function BackToTopButton(): JSX.Element {
         'clean-btn',
         ThemeClassNames.common.backToTopButton,
         styles.backToTopButton,
-        show && styles.backToTopButtonShow,
+        shown && styles.backToTopButtonShow,
       )}
       type="button"
-      onClick={() => smoothScrollTop()}
+      onClick={scrollToTop}
     />
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useBackToTopButton.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useBackToTopButton.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa7e2fd7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useBackToTopButton.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+import {useRef, useState} from 'react';
+import {useScrollPosition, useSmoothScrollTo} from '../utils/scrollUtils';
+import {useLocationChange} from '../utils/useLocationChange';
+
+/** Wires the logic for the back to top button. */
+export function useBackToTopButton({
+  threshold,
+}: {
+  /**
+   * The minimum vertical scroll position, above which a scroll-up would not
+   * cause `shown` to become `true`. This is because BTT is only useful if the
+   * user is far down the page.
+   */
+  threshold: number;
+}): {
+  /**
+   * Whether the button should be displayed. We only show if the user has
+   * scrolled up and is on a vertical position greater than `threshold`.
+   */
+  shown: boolean;
+  /**
+   * A (memoized) handle for starting the scroll, which you can directly plug
+   * into the props.
+   */
+  scrollToTop: () => void;
+} {
+  const [shown, setShown] = useState(false);
+  const isFocusedAnchor = useRef(false);
+  const {startScroll, cancelScroll} = useSmoothScrollTo();
+
+  useScrollPosition(({scrollY: scrollTop}, lastPosition) => {
+    const lastScrollTop = lastPosition?.scrollY;
+    // Component is just being mounted. Not really a scroll event from the user.
+    // Ignore it.
+    if (!lastScrollTop) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (isFocusedAnchor.current) {
+      // This scroll position change is triggered by navigating to an anchor.
+      // Ignore it.
+      isFocusedAnchor.current = false;
+    } else if (scrollTop >= lastScrollTop) {
+      // The user has scrolled down to "fight against" the animation. Cancel any
+      // animation under progress.
+      cancelScroll();
+      setShown(false);
+    } else if (scrollTop < threshold) {
+      // Scrolled to the minimum position; hide the button.
+      setShown(false);
+    } else if (
+      scrollTop + window.innerHeight <
+      document.documentElement.scrollHeight
+    ) {
+      setShown(true);
+    }
+  });
+
+  useLocationChange((locationChangeEvent) => {
+    if (locationChangeEvent.location.hash) {
+      isFocusedAnchor.current = true;
+      setShown(false);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return {shown, scrollToTop: () => startScroll(0)};
+}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useHideableNavbar.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useHideableNavbar.ts
index 2eb85744e8..70ef84e3d1 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useHideableNavbar.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/hooks/useHideableNavbar.ts
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ export function useHideableNavbar(hideOnScroll: boolean): {
     }
   }, []);
 
-  useScrollPosition((currentPosition, lastPosition) => {
+  useScrollPosition(({scrollY: scrollTop}, lastPosition) => {
     if (!hideOnScroll) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const scrollTop = currentPosition.scrollY;
-
     // Needed mostly for handling rubber band scrolling.
     // See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/5721
     if (scrollTop < navbarHeight.current) {
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/index.ts
index a823af8d42..82b95d8495 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/index.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export {
   useScrollController,
   useScrollPosition,
   useScrollPositionBlocker,
+  useSmoothScrollTo,
 } from './utils/scrollUtils';
 
 export {
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ export {
   type NavbarSecondaryMenuComponent,
 } from './contexts/navbarSecondaryMenu';
 
+export {useBackToTopButton} from './hooks/useBackToTopButton';
 export {useHideableNavbar} from './hooks/useHideableNavbar';
 export {
   useKeyboardNavigation,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/scrollUtils.tsx b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/scrollUtils.tsx
index 9c49e0c146..88142d54f2 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/scrollUtils.tsx
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-common/src/utils/scrollUtils.tsx
@@ -232,3 +232,76 @@ export function useScrollPositionBlocker(): {
     blockElementScrollPositionUntilNextRender,
   };
 }
+
+// Not all have support for smooth scrolling (particularly Safari mobile iOS)
+// TODO proper detection is currently unreliable!
+// see https://github.com/wessberg/scroll-behavior-polyfill/issues/16
+const SupportsNativeSmoothScrolling = false;
+// const SupportsNativeSmoothScrolling =
+//   ExecutionEnvironment.canUseDOM &&
+//   'scrollBehavior' in document.documentElement.style;
+
+type CancelScrollTop = () => void;
+
+function smoothScrollNative(top: number): CancelScrollTop {
+  window.scrollTo({top, behavior: 'smooth'});
+  return () => {
+    // Nothing to cancel, it's natively cancelled if user tries to scroll down
+  };
+}
+
+function smoothScrollPolyfill(top: number): CancelScrollTop {
+  let raf: number | null = null;
+  const isUpScroll = document.documentElement.scrollTop > top;
+  function rafRecursion() {
+    const currentScroll = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
+    if (
+      (isUpScroll && currentScroll > top) ||
+      (!isUpScroll && currentScroll < top)
+    ) {
+      raf = requestAnimationFrame(rafRecursion);
+      window.scrollTo(
+        0,
+        Math.floor(Math.abs(currentScroll - top) * 0.85) + top,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  rafRecursion();
+
+  // Break the recursion. Prevents the user from "fighting" against that
+  // recursion producing a weird UX
+  return () => raf && cancelAnimationFrame(raf);
+}
+
+/**
+ * A "smart polyfill" of `window.scrollTo({ top, behavior: "smooth" })`.
+ * This currently always uses a polyfilled implementation, because native
+ * support detection seems unreliable.
+ *
+ * This hook does not do anything by itself: it returns a start and a stop
+ * handle. You can execute either handle at any time.
+ */
+export function useSmoothScrollTo(): {
+  /**
+   * Start the scroll.
+   *
+   * @param top The final scroll top position.
+   */
+  startScroll: (top: number) => void;
+  /**
+   * A cancel function, because the non-native smooth scroll-top
+   * implementation must be interrupted if user scrolls down. If there's no
+   * existing animation or the scroll is using native behavior, this is a no-op.
+   */
+  cancelScroll: CancelScrollTop;
+} {
+  const cancelRef = useRef<CancelScrollTop | null>(null);
+  return {
+    startScroll: (top: number) => {
+      cancelRef.current = SupportsNativeSmoothScrolling
+        ? smoothScrollNative(top)
+        : smoothScrollPolyfill(top);
+    },
+    cancelScroll: () => cancelRef?.current,
+  };
+}