Epoch vs particles.js
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Epoch · particles.js · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
0
26
Open Page Rank 8+
0
296
Open Page Rank 7+
2
893
Open Page Rank 6+
2
1,513
Open Page Rank 5+
3
2,509
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Epoch · particles.js · share of sites in each country using one or the other
India
12
24,611
United States
15
21,297
Brazil
10
15,388
France
10
10,517
Germany
7
9,736
Italy
5
9,293
Indonesia
6
8,580
Spain
8
8,159
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Epoch | particles.js |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.8 s | 2.7 s |
| INP | 62 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 800 ms | 1300 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.