Typography is crucial in the world of website design where the right font can make or break an entire website. Google Fonts (previously Google Web Fonts) has made it extremely easy for seasoned designers and novice developers to make use of hundreds of fonts throughout their web projects.
Recently a new analytics section has been added, showcasing the popularity of the many web fonts that Google offers. The page lets you see how many times any one of the Google web fonts has been viewed overall, during just the last year, and what change the view count has had since the previous time period. Furthermore you can see which browsers a specific font was used on the most, and view the trends behind a specific fonts usage.
Interesting data all around – but why would you want to see this? Well graphic and web design happens in trends, and as a certain font becomes popular you will notice two main things:
- You’re suddenly seeing it everywhere.
- You’re clients keep asking for it – albeit often times calling it the wrong name.
So what you really want to know is which fonts are the most popular. For a graphic or web designer knowledge of the most popular fonts is a surefire way to please the majority of your clientele – while business owners may wish to request some of the more popular fonts since they’ve had a tested and proven positive feedback by the majority of the Internet.
So here are the top 4 most popular Google fonts, and how many times they have been viewed (3/15/2016 7:10pm EST). The numbers will continue to change as each font gets more and more impressions, however chances are that these fonts will remain in their respective positions for at least the first half of 2016.
