artsupplies reveals the world's most googled artists around the world

with many museums and art galleries having closed their doors during the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of art lovers have turned to the internet as the only way of viewing the works of their favorite artists. with this in mind, the team at ken bromley art supplies wanted to find out which artists were the most searched for in 2020, and who has been most popular in each country throughout the pandemic.

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the researchers at ken bromley art supplies used google search data to reveal the most googled artist of 2020 in each country, then, the designers created seven unique maps to display the results. leonardo da vinci might have topped the overall leader board, winning in 82 countries, but he wasn’t the number one choice in many places around the world. the UK favored homegrown artist banksy, as did the russians. interestingly, there were only 2 females out of the 13 winners, with frida kahlo the most searched for in the USA, mexico and brazil and artemisia gentileschi topping the list in both australia and china. (countries that didn’t have enough data to analyze have been left in grey).

north america’s most popular artist

south america’s most popular artist

europe’s most popular artist

africa’s most popular artist

asia’s most popular artist

oceania’s most popular artist

project info:

name: most googled artists around the world
by: ken bromley art supplies

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edited by: lynne myers | designboom