Top 100 MMO Rankings: Forge of Empires fastest-growing Browser MMO in August
(13.08.2012, 18:06:00) After adding the world's most-played Browser MMOs to our Top 100 MMO rankings last month we will now be publishing the fastest-growing Browser MMOs also.
The new ranking is giving an overview of what games are trending at the moment. While the World's top 100 Browser MMOs by active players are naturally dominated by older titles with a huge fanbase the World's top 100 Browser MMOs by player growth are mostly led by new releases:
- Forge of Empires is the fastest-growing Browser MMO right now. Gaining more than 500K active players the latest release by InnoGames was able to double its player base in July. With more than 1M players overall just a few months after release it is also climbing up to a top spot in the active players ranking.
- Pirate Storm, Drakensang Online, Fantasyrama and Ice Age Online are just a few of Bigpoint-operated titles in the Top 20. Thanks to their fast internationalization they all manage to grow strongly right from the start.
- upologus and Garbage Garage by upjers also launched very well and are now striving to hit the 100K players barrier.
You can find all Browser MMOs that made it into the top 100 fastest-growing Browser MMOs in our Top 100 MMO Rankings section. Other rankings you will be finding there are the top 100 most-played Browser MMOs and rankings based on the amount of check ins here at mmofacts.
While check in rankings are computed live those based on active player numbers will receive their next udpate in September. If you don't want to miss the latest ranking, simply subscribe to our newsletter or follow us via RSS, Facebook,Google+ or Twitter.
What are active player numbers?
Active player numbers measure the amount of unique users who logged into a certain title in the last month.
How are players numbers determined?
Active player numbers are estimated using publicly available data provided by publishers as well as data gathered by our market research partners. Allthough this numbers should generally reflect actual player numbers we cannot guarantee their accuracy.
How accurate are estimated player numbers?
We are aware that our methodology has some weaknesses. We believe that player numbers for Browser MMOs primarily offered through portals or third-party websites tend to be too low. Furthermore we don't have sufficient data for the Chinese market. We are working hard sourcing additional data in order to improve the quality of our estimates.
What's coming next?
We expect the beta test to last for about 3 to 6 months. We are planning to introduce additional active player rankings for Download and Mobile MMOs during this time as well as greater data detail. Please be aware that estimated player numbers are subject to change! As we encounter errors we will be making corrections without further notice.
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Do you think that player numbers are wrong for a specific title? We'd love to hear your feedback! Simply drop us an email or post a comment in our support forums!
Autor: Redaktion
