Online gaming continues to be one of the top gaining categories over the past year growing at ten times the rate of the total U.S. Internet population and reaching nearly one out of every two Internet users.
Yahoo Games led comScore's list of most popular online gaming websites during May 2009, rising 6 percent from May 2008 to 19.4 million. EA Online followed, attracting 18 million users during the month, a 34 percent year-on-year increase. Nickelodeon Casual Games, which didn't exist in May 2008, attracted 14.8 million visitors. WildTangent was up 16 percent year-on-year with 13.8 million users.
comScore said Mochi Media, an online game distrubution company, attracted 17 million unique users, or about 8.7 percent of the total internet audience (193.8 million in total). Games2Win attracted 1.8 million, or 0.9 percent of the total internet population, while Tetris Online attracted 165,000 unique visitors during May, or 0.1 percent of the total internet population.
| Top Online Gaming Sites May 2009 vs. May 2008 Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations Source: comScore Media Metrix | |||
| | Total Unique Visitors (000) | ||
| May-2008 | May-2009 | % Change | |
| Total Internet : Total Audience | 190,858 | 193,825 | 2 |
| Online Gaming | 71,624 | 87,102 | 22 |
| Yahoo! Games | 18,340 | 19,391 | 6 |
| EA Online | 13,374 | 17,988 | 34 |
| Nickelodeon Casual Games | N/A | 14,836 | N/A |
| WildTangent Network | 11,896 | 13,844 | 16 |
| Disney Games | 12,137 | 11,717 | -3 |
| MSN Games | 10,017 | 8,986 | -10 |
| AOL Games | 8,318 | 8,711 | 5 |
| MINICLIP.COM | 7,551 | 8,432 | 12 |
| Betawave Partners - Partial List | 3,894 | 7,406 | 90 |
| Spil Games | 4,345 | 7,163 | 65 |
| GSN Games Network | 910 | 6,034 | 563 |
| Big Fish Games Sites | 4,392 | 5,592 | 27 |
| ARMORGAMES.COM | 2,684 | 3,860 | 44 |
| Y8.COM | 1,243 | 3,537 | 185 |
| GAMEVANCE.COM | 3,982 | 3,466 | -13 |
| RealArcade Sites | 6,143 | 3,427 | -44 |
| IWIN.COM | 2,112 | 3,356 | 59 |
| Midasplayer.com Ltd. | 1,601 | 2,872 | 79 |
| GAMENINJA.COM | 1,172 | 2,434 | 108 |
| Stardoll Sites | N/A | 2,294 | N/A |
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