🆚 p5.js vs. Unity

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 p5.js is much more popular than Unity.
🌍 p5.js is more popular in all countries.

p5.js

Unity

Type

JavaScript library

Animation technology

About

p5.js is an open-source JavaScript library for creating interactive 2D and 3D graphics and visualizations.

Unity is a cross-platform game engine that can create JavaScript applications that run in the browser using HTML5, JavaScript, WebAssembly, and WebGL.

Headquarters

New York, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

p5js.org #62,380

unity.com #298

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The p5.js JavaScript library is 6 times more popular than Unity.

Total websites

Market share

Animation

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

p5.js is more popular than Unity in all countries.

United States

Germany

Japan

United Kingdom

Italy

Spain

France

Netherlands

Brazil

Switzerland

Awards

⬆️ 23rd most popular in the United States in the Animation category.
⬆️ 23rd most popular in Germany in the Animation category.
⬆️ 242nd most popular in Germany in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 249th most popular in the United States in the JavaScript Libraries category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

p5.js is more popular among sites focused on business, blogs and wiki, and Internet services, while Unity is more commonly used on games sites.

Business

Blogs/Wiki

Games

Internet Services

Software/Hardware

Education/Reference

Entertainment

Finance/Banking

Recreation/Hobbies

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#3,051

#19,023

#31,027

#69,789

#76,621

Name

Rank

#7,825

#58,255

#147,131

#178,888

#180,064