The PNG image file format is now more popular than GIFPosted by Matthias Gelbmann on 31 January 2013 in News, GIF, Image File Formats, PNG Summary: The PNG image file format has been created in 1995 as a response to some patent issues around the then-prevailing GIF format. PNG has gained popularity ever since, and it is now used on more websites than GIF. PNG is now used on 62.4% of all websites,