As Wikipedia's articles, contributors, and visitors skyrocketed in number, and Google's search algorithm continued to reward the site with top placement, I understood that this was another game changer for Encyclopædia Britannica.
After the photography blog Photojojo noticed his Instagram account last week, Edison's fans on the photo-sharing site skyrocketed in number, to the tens of thousands.
But, O.K.: there has indeed been a "skyrocketing" in the number of Americans needing some form of means-tested federal aid, although Obama's initiatives kept some six million people out of poverty in 2009, including more than two million children.
In April, Stripe opened Atlas to US-based companies (it initially launched as a service for companies outside the U.S). — "Since that launch we've seen a skyrocketing in the number of Atlas users," said Francis — and earlier this month the company launched a kind of content play, Stripe Atlas Guides, to start answering various questions founders might have.
Sidewalks, Goldsmith says, that had to be expanded when tourism numbers skyrocketed in recent years.
The number of prescriptions for opioid painkillers has skyrocketed in recent years, as has the number of people addicted to opioids.
Deer populations, for instance, have skyrocketed in recent years for a number of reasons: a decline in hunters, warming winters, and the fact that young timber plantations provide a rich (but temporary) food source.
The numbers have skyrocketed in recent years, with more than 800 climbers during the 2013 spring season.
While passenger numbers have skyrocketed in the last decade, airports have expanded in a makeshift fashion, leaving travelers to hike longer distances.
The sight of migrants struggling to make a living on the streets of Athens has been part of the city for the past two decades, but the numbers have skyrocketed in recent months.
Sales of her books Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead have skyrocketed in the past year, along with the number of Rand-themed articles in mainstream publications.
