particles.js vs Protovis
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
particles.js · Protovis · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
25
1
Open Page Rank 8+
271
1
Open Page Rank 7+
866
2
Open Page Rank 6+
1,469
2
Open Page Rank 5+
2,438
4
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
particles.js · Protovis · share of sites in each country using one or the other
India
21,257
3
United States
18,715
4
Brazil
14,094
5
France
8,535
4
Germany
8,529
4
Italy
7,744
4
Indonesia
7,306
2
Spain
6,931
2
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | Protovis |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.6 s | 1.8 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms | 900 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.