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+
26
1
Open Page Rank 8+
296
1
Open Page Rank 7+
893
2
Open Page Rank 6+
1,513
2
Open Page Rank 5+
2,509
3
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
24,611
3
United States
21,297
7
Brazil
15,388
8
France
10,517
5
Germany
9,736
4
Italy
9,293
5
Indonesia
8,580
2
Spain
8,159
3
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | Protovis |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.7 s | 2 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 87 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms | 900 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.