Paths.js vs Raphael
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Paths.js · Raphael · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
4
13
Open Page Rank 8+
11
167
Open Page Rank 7+
16
482
Open Page Rank 6+
30
826
Open Page Rank 5+
44
1,250
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Paths.js · Raphael · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
219
5,902
Japan
72
4,344
France
112
3,814
Spain
104
3,691
India
170
3,515
Italy
101
3,163
Germany
116
2,748
United Kingdom
124
2,622
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Paths.js | Raphael |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.1 s | 1.9 s |
| INP | 100 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 700 ms | 800 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.