Last Updated: 15 Dec, 2025
When most people think of image formats, they picture JPEGs for photos, PNGs for transparent graphics, and GIFs for animations. But there’s another format quietly powering much of the modern web that deserves far more recognition: SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). Despite being available for over two decades, SVG remains one of the most underutilized and misunderstood image formats—even though it solves many problems that plague other image types.