Google Ngrams provide a fascinating peak at trending topics over time by allowing us to compare the popularity of expressions in published books. For Halloween this week I whipped up the following sketch of some of Hollywood's favorite monsters:

Ngram Monsters Infographic

Thoughts

  • Popular vampire movies since the '90s (Interview with a Vampire, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Twilight, etc.) helped catapult our leading ghoul. Read more