Graffiti: what Americans search for
1.88 million US searches a month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, 10,270 distinct searches.
How much, and which way
There is no clear direction. Searches are +2.9% on the year before as Google reports them, but −5.2% once the months a review flagged as one-off spikes are left out. Over three years, against Sep 2022 to Aug 2023, the change is +0.4%.
When in the year
Searches run highest in May, March and April and lowest in July and June, from 81 to 109 against an average month of 100.
What people look for
Every search is placed in a topic tree. The largest topic, products and types, holds 59% of searches.
| Topic | Share of searches | vs year before | vs 3 years before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Products and types | 58.9% | +1% | −7% |
| The category itself | 19.6% | +7% | +1% |
| Places and services | 11.7% | −5% | +26% |
| Uses problems and occasions | 8.5% | +18% | +34% |
| Brands and stores | 1.4% | +7% | +24% |
The ten largest branches
| Branch | Share of searches | vs year before | vs 3 years before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lettering and alphabets | 22.4% | +1% | −20% |
| Places to see it | 10.7% | −4% | +28% |
| Drawings and ideas | 9.9% | +5% | 0% |
| Fonts and generators | 9.2% | +12% | +38% |
| Styles | 7.3% | −4% | −10% |
| Artists and crews | 3.8% | −3% | 0% |
| School and history | 3.6% | +18% | +34% |
| Clothing and accessories | 3.1% | −8% | −5% |
| Removal and prevention | 2.3% | +6% | +37% |
| Supplies | 2.2% | 0% | +1% |
Searches that grew in every quarter
237 searches grew steadily: at least 50 a month, up 30% or more on the year before, up in each of the last four quarters on the same quarter a year earlier, no single month carrying the year, and not fading in the latest quarter. The 8 that added the most searches:
- graffiti generator38,400 a month +11,500
- goo gone graffiti remover2,470 a month +1,440
- freeman alley graffiti3,570 a month +1,350
- game graffiti2,530 a month +935
- tattoo easy sketch graffiti art1,750 a month +910
- beef graffiti640 a month +390
- balenciaga graffiti runner1,020 a month +345
- easy cool graffiti drawings800 a month +300
Right column: searches a month added on the year before. Lines are 3-month averages over four years.
The biggest searches
The eight largest searches of the last 12 months, with the change on the year before.
- graffiti206,700 a month +17%
- letter graffiti124,500 a month 0%
- fonts graffiti60,400 a month +15%
- graffiti generator38,400 a month +43%
- kilroy graffiti35,200 a month +22%
- abc in graffiti29,900 a month +14%
- graffiti as art29,400 a month +2%
- draw graffiti18,000 a month +8%
How this was made
Scope, sources and rules behind the numbers
- Scope: US searches containing "graffiti", 20 or more a month, off-topic rows such as the film American Graffiti left out.
- Volumes are Google’s rounded monthly estimates for the US. Close variants that Google counts as one are counted once, and searches about something else are left out.
- Charts of months over time are 3-month averages. The seasonal profile is drawn as it is.
- Months that a review judged to be one-off spikes stay in the data as reported. The opening change on the year before is given with and without them. Without them, it compares only the calendar months that no review flagged in either year. Every other figure is as reported.
- Source: Graffiti and street art search demand, October 2026 edition. Google Search Data, US, Sep 2022 to Aug 2026.
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