The phrase "a popular example of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to something that is widely recognized or frequently cited as an illustration of a particular concept or category.
Example: "The smartphone is a popular example of modern technology that has transformed communication."
Alternatives: "a well-known instance of" or "a common illustration of".
A popular example of this is La Manga Club near Cartagena on the Costa Calida (00 34 968 175577; lamangaclub.com), which began life as a golf course in a residential development.
John Moschus, (born c. 540 550, probably Damascus, Syria died 619 or 634, Rome [Italy], or Constantinople, Byzantine Empire) Byzantine monk and writer whose work Pratum spirituale ("The Spiritual Meadow"), describing monastic spiritual experiences throughout the Middle East, became a popular example of ascetic literature during the medieval period and was a model for similar works.
A popular example of this is Velcro, which is easily loosened when pulled up from one side, but displays a highly increased resistance to detachment when pulled sideways (Matouschek and Bustamante 2003).
The bee's awareness of the relative size of a discovered food source information communicated in the scout's dance is a popular example of this sort of ability (Frisch 1953).
On AlterNet, Kevin Tillman addresses a popular example of the tendency to target the immigrant community in Stimulus Spin: Unauthorized Immigrants Will Get Construction Jobs.
Originally referring to the British pub styles like milds and bitter, session beers have come to mean anything under about 5% alcohol, and earlier this year the Session IPA (a full-flavored but low-booze version of the India Pale Ale) became a popular example of this trend towards lighter brews.
"SHONEN JUMP DAY IN NEW YORK CITY," a celebration of manga, Japanese comic books, in honor of the debut of the United States edition of a popular example, Shonen Jump.
Tylenol is a common, popular example of acetaminophen.
A prominent and popular example of SDR platform is to use the universal software radio peripheral (USRP) hardware kit[25] along with the open-source GNU Radio software toolkit[26] that implements in software various necessary signal processing blocks.
The ballerina Ekaterina Geltser – saviour of Russian ballet, according to no less an authority than Konstantin Stanislavski – was at the time performing The Red Poppy, an early and popular example of Soviet propaganda where brave workers side with the oppressed Chinese against the fiendish British.
The exhibition was a well-known and popular example of "Victorian whimsy" for many years, even after Potter's death; however enthusiasm for such entertainments waned in the twentieth century, and his collection was finally dispersed in 2003.
