Top 10 Most Popular MMOs

June 16th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

GigaOM have tried to pull together a list of the Top 10 MMOs (massively multiplayer online worlds).

What amazed me about the list is that I haven’t tried any of the MMOs listed. There used to be a time when it was rare that there was a service or a site on the web that I hadn’t tried before.  Even if I met a new company at work, it was more than likely that I knew at least one person working there. But, now the web is just getting far too big for it to be a little club now.

Admittedly, there are certain services that I try to avoid as I don’t want to get hooked as I don’t have a lot of spare time to play with. For instance, I only joined Facebook this week.  In some ways I wish I’d avoided starting a blog, as I’m now well and truly hooked!

Here’s the full list - how many have you tried?  How many hours do you spend a week using MMOs?

  1. World of Warcraft, released 2004 - 8.5 million subscribers.
  2. Habbo Hotel, released 2000 - 7.5 million active users.
  3. RuneScape, released 2001 - 5 million active users.
  4. Club Penguin, released 2006 - 4 million active users.
  5. Webkinz, released 2005 - 3.8 million active users.
  6. Gaia Online, released 2003 - 2 million active users.
  7. Guild Wars, released 2005 - 2 million active users.
  8. Puzzle Pirates, released 2003 - 1.5 million active users.
  9. Lineage I/II, released 1998 - 1 million subscribers.
  10. Second Life, released 2003 - 500,000 active users.

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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  1. #1

    Comment by listikal on 16 June 2007:

    Never even heard of half of these. Hard to believe that there are so few users on Second Life too, because they talk about it so much.

  2. #2

    Comment by Brown Baron on 17 June 2007:

    I thought there were more people playing Second Life. I guess I was wrong. I never played any of these, although my son used to play RuneScape until he got bored with it.

  3. #3

    Comment by Everton on 17 June 2007:

    I think there are certain sites that have a personal relationship with the Second Life guys, so it gets a disproportionate amount of coverage.

  4. #4

    Comment by Dennis Bjørn Petersen on 17 June 2007:

    I am more surprised that Everquest isn’t mentioned here. I’ve played both Everquest I and Everqeust II. I met some really great people playing MMO.

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