requestAnimationFrame

API allowing a more efficient way of running script-based animation, compared to traditional methods using timeouts. Also covers support for cancelAnimationFrame

Spec	https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/webappapis.html#animation-frames
Status	WHATWG Living Standard

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11	95	93	95	15	80
10	94	92	94	14.1	79
9	93	91	93	14	78
8	92	90	92	13.1	77
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7	91	89	91	13	76
6	90	88	90	12.1	75
5.5	89	87	89	12	74
	88	86	88	11.1	73
	87	85	87	11	72
	86	84	86	10.1	71
	85	83	85	10	70
	84	82	84	9.1	69
	83	81	83	9	68
	81	80	81	8	67
	80	79	80	7.1	66
	79	78	79	7	65
	18	77	78	6.1	64
	17	76	77	6 (*)	63
	16	75	76	5.1	62
	15	74	75	5	60
	14	73	74	4	58
	13	72	73	3.2	57
	12	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43
		57	58		42
		56	57		41
		55	56		40
		54	55		39
		53	54		38
		52	53		37
		51	52		36
		50	51		35
		49	50		34
		48	49		33
		47	48		32
		46	47		31
		45	46		30
		44	45		29
		43	44		28
		42	43		27
		41	42		26
		40	41		25
		39	40		24
		38	39		23
		37	38		22
		36	37		21
		35	36		20
		34	35		19
		33	34		18
		32	33		17
		31	32		16
		30	31		15
		29	30		12.1
		28	29		12
		27	28		11.6
		26	27		11.5
		25	26		11.1
		24	25		11
		23	24		10.6
		22 (*)	23 (*)		10.5
		21 (*)	22 (*)		10.0-10.1
		20 (*)	21 (1,*)		9.5-9.6
		19 (*)	20 (1,*)		9
		18 (*)	19 (1,*)
		17 (*)	18 (1,*)
		16 (*)	17 (1,2,*)
		15 (*)	16 (1,2,*)
		14 (*)	15 (1,2,*)
		13 (*)	14 (1,2,*)
		12 (*)	13 (1,2,*)
		11 (*)	12 (1,2,*)
		10 (1,*)	11 (1,2,*)
		9 (1,*)	10 (1,2,*)
		8 (1,*)	9
		7 (1,*)	8
		6 (1,*)	7
		5 (1,*)	6
		4 (1,*)	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15	all	94	10	64	94	92	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4		12					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3		11.5					12.0
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13.3		4.1		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2		4		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1 (*)
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

1. Partial support refers to lacking cancelAnimationFrame support.

2. Supports webkitCancelRequestAnimationFrame rather than webkitCancelAnimationFrame.

^* Partial support with prefix.

Bugs

• There's an issue with requestAnimationFrame on iOS6, the bug still appears to exist in 6.1.3

Resources

• Blog post
• Mozilla Hacks article
• WebPlatform Docs
• MDN Web Docs - requestAnimationFrame