Top 10 Most Popular MMOs

Everton | Jun 16, 2007 | Comments 4


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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About the Author: 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 8 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

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  1. listikal says:
    June 16, 2007 at 6:58 pm

    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.

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  2. Brown Baron says:
    June 17, 2007 at 5:08 am

    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.

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  3. Everton says:
    June 17, 2007 at 11:39 am

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

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  4. Dennis Bjørn Petersen says:
    June 17, 2007 at 9:17 pm

    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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