Social Gaming by the Numbers Graphic

Social Gaming by the Numbers Graphic
Social gaming is a massive venue.  It’s currently estimated that more  than 232 million users play games from developer Zynga on a monthly basis.  The majority of online and social gaming has taken place on Facebook in recent years, but now Google’s social network, Google+, has started to rock the gaming world with its recent announcement that it would be launching a new social games service, which it has indeed launched.  

Despite offering players 16 games including the popular Angry Birds and Bejeweled Blitz, offering software developers more generous financial terms than competitors, and gaining a huge amount of sign-ups since coming out of its closed beta status last month, Google+ still lags behind Facebook in the realm of social gaming, possibly because people already used to Facebook don’t see the point in trying something new.

Who is playing all of these social games?  What are the demographics of the people contributing the most to their popularity within social networks, and which games are the hottest?  Check out this infographic for more data on the state of social gaming:

 

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