越来越多的...
Reach for this when you want to describe a trend — a quantity that is growing over time. 越来越多的 = 'more and more' as a modifier in front of a noun: 越来越多的人 = more and more people. It is the workhorse phrase for news articles, market reports, and commentary that points at a rising count.
Structure
越来越多的 + [NOUN] + [VERB/PREDICATE]
yuèláiyuè duō de ...
How to Think About It
越来越 by itself is an adverb meaning 'more and more,' and it modifies an adjective (越来越冷 = colder and colder). 越来越多 is just that pattern with 多 — 'more and more' (as in greater in number). Adding 的 turns the whole adjective phrase into a modifier you can stick in front of a noun. So the chain is: 越来越 [adverb] + 多 [adjective] + 的 [linker] + 名词. Drop the 的 and you get a complete sentence (人越来越多 — there are more and more people); keep the 的 and you get a noun phrase you can build a longer sentence around.
Examples
越来越多的年轻人选择留在小城市。
yuèláiyuè duō de niánqīngrén xuǎnzé liú zài xiǎo chéngshì.
More and more young people are choosing to stay in smaller cities.
越来越多的公司开始关注员工的心理健康。
yuèláiyuè duō de gōngsī kāishǐ guānzhù yuángōng de xīnlǐ jiànkāng.
More and more companies are starting to pay attention to employee mental health.
越来越多的家长不再要求孩子学钢琴。
yuèláiyuè duō de jiāzhǎng bú zài yāoqiú háizi xué gāngqín.
More and more parents no longer require their children to learn piano.
Common Mistake
Learners forget the 的 and try to use 越来越多 as a noun modifier directly: '越来越多人选择...' That is colloquially acceptable but technically incomplete; the careful written form needs 的. The opposite mistake is keeping 的 when you do not need a modified noun: '人越来越多的' is wrong.
越来越多人开始学中文。
越来越多的人开始学中文。
Don't Confuse With
越来越 + Adjective
Plain trend pattern without the noun (天气越来越冷). Use 越来越多的 only when you specifically want to modify a noun for quantity.
越...越...
Correlation, not trend. 越...越... links two changing properties (越学越有意思 = the more I study, the more interesting it gets). 越来越多的 just describes one rising quantity.
...的人数在增加
Same idea, more formal — 'the number of X is increasing.' Use in reports; 越来越多的 is more natural in news prose and speech.
Practice
Fill the blank: 越来越____的人开始关心环境问题。
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多
Fill the blank: 越来越多____城市出现了这个问题。
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的
Arrange: 喜欢 / 越来越 / 中国菜 / 多的 / 外国人
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越来越多的外国人喜欢中国菜。
Translate to Chinese: More and more students are studying online.
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越来越多的学生在网上学习。
Write a sentence using 越来越多的 to describe a rising trend.
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越来越多的人在家工作。
Hear It in Real Episodes
This pattern appears in 1 Fluentide episode: