The Israeli military actions in Yemen, while significant, probably didn't single-handedly cause Polymarket's daily active users to triple over a year.
That kind of full expression of growth demands more than a single event; it needs a sustained, systemic reason for new users to join and stay.
Think about it: one major news story creates a spike, but not an entire year of peak performance, unless it fundamentally changed how people interact with the platform.
For example, if the event triggered a new, easily accessible feature that attracted a huge, previously untapped demographic, then maybe.
Otherwise, it's just one data point in a much larger, more complex user acquisition strategy.