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
25
Open Page Rank 8+
0
271
Open Page Rank 7+
2
866
Open Page Rank 6+
2
1,469
Open Page Rank 5+
3
2,438
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
21,257
United States
15
18,715
Brazil
9
14,094
France
9
8,535
Germany
6
8,529
Italy
6
7,744
Indonesia
5
7,306
Spain
7
6,931
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Epoch | particles.js |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 1.7 s | 2.6 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 900 ms | 1300 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.