Sentence examples for expansion in popularity from inspiring English sources

These elements were taken up by a "second generation" of heavy metal bands into the late 1970s, including: Judas Priest, UFO, Motörhead and Rainbow from Britain; Kiss, Ted Nugent, and Blue Öyster Cult from the US Rushh from Canada and Scorpions from Germany, all marking the expansion in popularity of the subgenre.

After its release, StarCraft, along with its expansion Brood War, rapidly grew in popularity in South Korea, establishing a successful professional gaming scene.

Shifts in trends have played a large role in the expansion of music―as popularity dies in one area, a new one surfaces.

The area's professional team, Sacramento Republic, have boomed in popularity since team the MLS' expansion plans were announced, in 2013, and have set themselves up as strong contenders.

Growing in popularity with Apple now focusing on worldwide expansion, the iPhone now sits in the number four spot.

For starters, rock and roll has depended upon (and concerned itself with) expansion in media and technology: the increased popularity of portable AM radios in the nineteen-sixties, the birth of MTV in the eighties, and so on.

The rise in popularity of chemical engineering among students entering university has prompted expansion of the UK provision, through increased intake into current degree programmes and with the rise of new providers.

With rapid globalisation, the expansion of technology, and the power and diffusion of different forms of media, international sports tournaments have grown in popularity.

Why the surge in popularity?

Basketball is growing in popularity.

Hunting, for example, has declined in popularity.