The phrase "attracted popularity" is not correct in standard written English.
It is not commonly used and may confuse readers, as "attract" typically requires a direct object that is not "popularity."
Example: "The new app attracted a lot of attention, but it hasn't yet attracted popularity."
Alternatives: "gained popularity" or "achieved popularity."
The rape case dealt a blow to Uber, which has attracted global popularity and controversy with a service that lets passengers summon cars through an app in more than 250 cities around the world.
In the nearly 60 years since her death, Woolf, author of novels like "Jacob's Room" (1922), "Mrs. Dalloway" (1925), "Orlando" (1928) and "The Waves" (1931) has attracted increasing popularity and esteem.
In comparison to NSAIDs, which one-third of patients suffer from gastric or duodenal ulcers when taking permanently, the resinous metabolites from Boswellia species have attracted increasing popularity in Western countries in the last decade [6].
The resinous metabolites commonly known as frankincense or olibanum are produced by trees of the genus Boswellia and have attracted increasing popularity in Western countries in the last decade for their various pharmacological activities.
The PredictProtein suite has attracted respectable popularity both online and offline.
Scrabulous's popularity attracted the attention of Hasbro and Mattel earlier this year, and they threatened legal action to shut it down.
Back in August it was running at 55M+ downloads — and the app's early popularity attracted speculation over the summer about whether or not the team would raise VC funding to keep developing or else get snapped up a social platform giant like Instagram or Snapchat keen to beef up its own in-house content creation talent.
Back in August it was running at 55M+ downloads — and the app's early popularity attracted speculation over the summer about whether or not the team would raise VC funding to keep developing or else get snapped up a social platform giant like Instagram or Snapchat keen to beef up its own in-house content creation talent.
Since the Mantra-Rock Dance brought the Hare Krishna movement to the wider attention of the American public, Prabhupada's increased popularity attracted the interest of the mainstream media.
But the growth of baseball's popularity soon attracted commercial interest.
