The industry-leading social network site for gamers Raptr has announced that it has surpassed 10 million registered users. Of these, at least 1 million are active on any given day. This far surpasses the other big names in the gaming-focused social network space:
- gamerdna.com with ~450,000 registered users*
- playfire.com with ~400,000 registered users*
- wegame.com with >350,000 registered users*
- pwned.com with ~25,000 registered users*
Raptr’s release notes that this large, active user base gives them an immense amount of data and helps guide users to upcoming trends and releases in the gaming space.
* Numbers as advertised or derived from these sites’ own marketing/user lists.
Rapidly Growing Social Network for Gamers Delivers Personalized News and Content;
Provides Unique Insight Into the Gaming Industry for Developers and Publishers
San Francisco – Sept. 15, 2011 – Raptr, the leading social network for gamers, now has more than 10 million registered users, including more than one million daily active users. Raptr provides a centralized hub for people to connect, share and discover content about the games they love. Built with powerful proprietary data tracking features, Raptr delivers personalized news and content based on players’ interests and gameplay activities.
“With more than 10 million users, Raptr has become a vibrant community for gamers to share and discover a fun mix of content about the games they are passionate about. We’re constantly adding features that enhance the Raptr community by leveraging our deep data tracking to help users get more out of their games and fuel conversation between players with similar interests,” said Dennis Fong, CEO of Raptr. “As a result, Raptr is also in a unique position to provide developers and publishers a deeper understanding of consumer trends and habits, helping game creators connect with their consumers in meaningful ways.”
In May, Raptr launched an all-new personalized news feed allowing players to “follow” gaming topics that interest them. In just three months, users have followed more than 500 thousand topics related to upcoming game launches.
Raptr analyzes more than 23 million gaming sessions and a billion minutes of gameplay each month, and is the industry’s only source for comprehensive gameplay trends and statistics across consoles and PC. Raptr partners with video game publishers who bundle Raptr’s client into their games to enhance their products with social features that increase adoption, interaction and revenue. It also provides game developers and publishers with deep insight into player trends across titles, genres and platforms.
About Raptr
Created by a world-class team led by CEO and founder Dennis Fong (co-founder of Xfire, Lithium, and Gamers.com), the award-winning Raptr service provides gamers with a central location to connect with both friends and the games they play. More than 10 million people already use Raptr to track their game and to discover gaming news personalized by their gameplay activity. Since 2007, Raptr has raised more than $27 million in funding from investors Accel Partners, Founder’s Fund, DAG Ventures, and Tenaya Capital.