Along with interactive theater, vintage culture and speakeasy bars have also experienced a recent rise in popularity, which Stampfl credits to the secretive nature of the hidden locations.
The landslide election in 1997 of President Mohammad Khatami, a moderate cleric who pledged wider social freedoms, is widely credited to his popularity among young people and especially among young women.
The C's popularity might be credited to rising gasoline prices and Toyota's improved quality and dependability.
Univision credited the surge to the popularity of its recently introduced morning drive-time show, "El Bueno, la Mala y el Feo" (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).
Research in Motion credits the increase to the popularity of smartphones throughout the holiday selling season.
Clearmountain, then a rising star in record production, is often credited for the popularity of the NS-10; Phil Ward, writing in Sound on Sound, suggested that Clearmountain was probably not the earliest, but was certainly the most influential early adopter.
The 1958 NFL Championship game, in which they lost 23 17 in overtime to the Baltimore Colts, is credited with increasing the popularity of the NFL in the United States.
The televised game became the first professional football game to go into overtime, and is credited with increasing the popularity of the NFL in the US.
Author George Sand was portrayed as a character in several works in the 19th century; writer Mario Praz credited the popularity of lesbianism as a theme to Sand's appearance in Paris society in the 1830s.
Mr. Spivack, the redevelopment official, credited the popularity of Staples Center with reviving interest in downtown itself.
