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+
1
14
Open Page Rank 8+
9
172
Open Page Rank 7+
16
513
Open Page Rank 6+
27
875
Open Page Rank 5+
40
1,309
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
213
5,895
Japan
65
4,335
France
100
3,777
India
182
3,584
Spain
89
3,507
Italy
93
3,069
Germany
110
2,769
United Kingdom
113
2,646
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, 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.