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
17
Open Page Rank 8+
9
196
Open Page Rank 7+
17
557
Open Page Rank 6+
27
929
Open Page Rank 5+
44
1,381
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
230
6,767
Japan
74
4,906
France
113
4,623
India
221
4,057
Spain
107
4,134
Italy
103
3,679
Germany
120
3,199
United Kingdom
133
3,001
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Paths.js | Raphael |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.2 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, 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.