The phrase "skyrocketing popularity" means that something has become extremely popular or widely liked very quickly, just like a skyrocket/firework shoots up into the sky rapidly.
Sentences with «skyrocketing popularity»
Corona: Mexico's best - selling beer with skyrocketing popularity in the U.S. (along with poor «taste ratings). (fortune.com)
For lovers of Optical Art, American Artist Richard Anuszkiewicz lives in rarified air, alongside Europeans Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely — all of whom are credited with fueling the genres skyrocketing popularity in the 1960s and 70s. (vertufineart.com)
«Instagram represents a new kind of stylish startup on the Web — one whose skyrocketing popularity, thanks to the prominence of outlets like Apple's App Store, largely precedes its evolution into a traditional company with such accoutrements as financing, office space — or even a permanent Web address,» noted BusinessWeek shortly after the financing was announced in February. (inc.com)