Here are some stats that I got from Google trends and I am surprised at the downward trend towards animation, particularly as there are so many excellent animated films being produced, and that it used so much in advertising now.
Here is a link to the page as it is interactive and has more info: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=animation&cmpt=geo
It does have embed links, but annoyingly none of them would show in the blog?! So I had to resort to a screenshot.
