The number of patents related to the Internet has been skyrocketing.

Thirty years later, that number has skyrocketed to almost 60 percent.

He said the number of infants getting the disease has "skyrocketed" in recent years.

The number of arrests has skyrocketed since then as well.

At the same time, the number of available channels has skyrocketed from 87 to 308.

But that Tuesday, the number of visitors skyrocketed to 243,974.

Even during these hard economic times, the number of farmers markets has skyrocketed.

The number of personal ads a week has skyrocketed from fewer than 100, to 800.

As a result, he said, the number of property tax appeals has skyrocketed.

The number of views skyrocketed to over 1.8 million after little more than 2 months.