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+
24
1
Open Page Rank 8+
260
1
Open Page Rank 7+
840
2
Open Page Rank 6+
1,432
2
Open Page Rank 5+
2,383
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
20,741
4
United States
18,320
4
Brazil
13,488
6
France
8,911
5
Germany
8,448
4
Italy
8,367
4
Spain
7,458
2
Indonesia
7,019
2
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | Protovis |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.6 s | 1.7 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms | 900 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.