Here's a quick and dirty summary of some of the major virtual worlds platforms and their users.
| company |
world name |
Users |
| Activeworlds |
alphaworld |
70,000 registered, 1,000,000 hits to the universe server per day (August 2007) |
| MindArk PE AB |
Entropia Universe |
634K registered users, September 2007 |
| Google, Inc. |
Google Earth |
200M downloads by June 2007 |
| HiPiHi |
HiPiHi |
13K Users in Beta (August 2007) |
| imvu |
imvu |
More than 1M (August 2007) |
| Kaneva |
Kaneva |
"Close to 600,000" registered users (August 2007) |
| Microsoft Virtual Earth |
Microsoft Virtual Earth |
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| Yoick |
Project Outback |
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| ProtonMedia |
ProtoSphere |
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| Qwaq |
Qwaq Forums |
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| Linden Lab |
Second Life |
8.5M registrations, 88,797 premium subscribers, 556,643 Active Avatars |
| Sony PlayStation Home |
PlayStation Home |
In closed beta |
| Timeless Cities |
|
In stealth mode |
| Cisco Systems |
unknown |
|
| IBM |
IBM Quick Innovate Internal Metaverse Project |
In development |
| Makena Technologies, Inc. |
There.com |
1M Members (July 2007) |
| Three Rings |
Whirled |
In development |
| 3B International |
3B |
|
| Metaversum |
Twinity |
Will go into private beta in q3 2007 |
| Journeys |
Journeys |
In stealth mode |
| UoneNet |
Uworld |
Begins Alpha testing December 2007 |
| Co-core |
Meet-me |
In development due in December 2007 |
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| TEENS and TWEENS |
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| Linden Lab |
Teen Second Life |
4,842 Avatars (July 2007) |
| Doppelganger |
vside |
150,000 registered users (July 2007) |
| Flowplay |
unknown |
In development |
| Dubit Ltd. |
Dubit |
509,975 Active Members (Sept 2007) |
| Disney |
Club Penguin |
700K current subcribers, 12M activated accounts (August 2007), 2.9 million unique visitors Jan 2007 |
| MTV / Viacom |
Virtual Laguna Beach |
600K Registrations (March 2007) |
| MTV / Viacom |
Virtual MTV Video Music Awards |
|
| MTV / Viacom |
Virtual Newport Harbor |
|
| MTV / Viacom |
Virtual Pimp My Ride |
|
| MTV / Viacom |
Virtual The Real World |
|
| MTV / Viacom |
The Virtual Hills |
|
| Stardoll AB |
Stardoll |
10M registrations, 6M monthly unique users (August 2007) |
| Cyworld, Inc. |
Cyworld |
US: 250,000 members, 1M monthly uniques (June 2007), Global: 20M monthly uniques (March 2007) |
| Sulake Corporation |
Habbo |
7.5M uniques globally (Sept. 2007) |
| Gaia Interactive, Inc. |
Gaia Online |
2.5M Monthly Users (September 2007) |
| Circle 1 Limited |
Idea Seeker Universe |
800K Users (Sept 2007 from company) |
| IAC |
Zwinktopia |
9.5 million registered users, 4.6 million active users per month (September 2007) |
| Xivio |
Xivio |
22k registered users (Sept. 2007) |
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| KID WORLDS |
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| Disney |
ToonTown |
1.165 million users May 2007 |
| Ty Inc |
Ty Girlz |
under development |
| LEGO Group |
Lego Universe |
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| Mattel |
Barbie Girls |
4 Million Users (August 2007) |
| Viacom |
Nicktropolis |
1.4 million unique users May 2007 |
| Corus Entertainment |
multiple worlds |
|
| Viacom |
Neopets |
4.8M Unique visitors (June 2007) |
| Disney |
Virtual Magic Kingdom |
1 million player characters (Feb 2006) |
| Ganz |
Webkinz World |
1.9 million uniques, December 2006 |
| Numedeon |
Whyville |
1.7M registered citizens (Sept 2007) |
| gopets |
gopets |
744,431 registered users (from site September 2007) |
| Ragdoll Worldwide (by Nice Tech) |
Tronji |
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| FakeTown |
FakeTown |
35K Uniques/month (June 2007) |
| MGA Entertainment |
MyePets.com |
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| MGA Entertainment |
Be-Bratz.com |
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Source: www.VirtualWorldsNews.com
How does one apply for the uWorld alpha test, which should be in effect now or almost so.
Posted by: SuezanneC Baskerville | December 06, 2007 at 10:30 PM