popularity

noun

pop·​u·​lar·​i·​ty ˌpä-pyə-ˈler-ə-tē 

ˌpä-pyə-ˈla-rə-tē

: the quality or state of being popular

Synonyms of popularity

• vogue
• favor
• fashionability
• fashionableness

Examples of popularity in a Sentence

the increasing popularity of cell phones

Recent Examples on the Web

That scale and its popularity with customers online caught the attention of Unilever's Indian arm, which in January this year acquired Minimalist for 2,706 crore rupees, valuing it at over five times its annual revenue. —Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025

However, Means has gained popularity in wellness circles because of her messages about outsized corporate influence in the food and pharmaceutical industries. —Aria Bendix, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025

Over the years, Nvidia has released four new generations of GPUs that have since become the industry standard (the latest, Nvidia’s Blackwell GPU, is not yet standard but growing in popularity). —Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Oct. 2025

But as the region enjoys a recent surge in popularity, it’s welcomed a spate of new projects that continue to add to its vast tourism landscape. —Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

popular + -ity

Note: Probably an English coinage rather than a loan from Latin populāritās "fellow-citizenship, courtship of popular favor" (Late Latin, "population, general opinion").

First Known Use

1574, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing popularity

• popularity contest

Rhymes for popularity

• angularity
• bipolarity
• capillarity
• cellularity
• circularity
• familiarity
• granularity
• insincerity
• insularity
• modularity
• osmolarity
• regularity