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
24
Open Page Rank 8+
0
260
Open Page Rank 7+
2
840
Open Page Rank 6+
2
1,432
Open Page Rank 5+
3
2,383
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
10
20,741
United States
14
18,320
Brazil
8
13,488
France
8
8,911
Germany
6
8,448
Italy
5
8,367
Spain
6
7,458
Indonesia
5
7,019
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 | 50 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 750 ms | 1300 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Sep 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.