TechCrunchies - Internet Statistics and Numbers http://techcrunchies.com Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:37:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Most Popular MMORPG (Online role playing games) By Time Spent Per Week http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunchies/~3/Xd4NVaxdM9I/ http://techcrunchies.com/most-popular-mmorpg-online-role-playing-games-by-time-spent-per-week/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:37:21 +0000 Anand http://techcrunchies.com/?p=800 MMORPG stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. Though World of Warcraft is a rage among its users, survey upon the average time spent per week suggests that it is not number 1. Here are the top ten with the average time spent in minutes per week beside the list.

1. Second Life (760)
2. Civilization IV : Beyond the Sword (668)
3. World of Warcraft (653)
4. Dark Messiah of might and magic (582)
5. Starcraft (334)
6. Civilization IV (332)
7. Half-life 2 (313)
8. Warcraft III : Reign of Chaos (213)
9. Bookworm (169)
10. Chessmaster Challenge (54)

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1. Russia : 6.6 hours
2. Brazil : 6.3
3. Canada : 5.6
4. Puerto Rico : 5.3
5. Spain : 5.3
6. Finland : 4.7
7. United Kingdon : 4.6
8. Germany : 4.5
9. United States : 4.2
10. Colombia : 4.1

Average time spent across the world : 3.7 hours per month

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iPhone : 9.9%
Blackberry : 15.2%
Treo : 19.9%

The study was conducted by Squaretrade

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1. Entertainment
2. Social Networks
3. News and Media
4. Lifestyle
5. Search Engines
6. Online Retail
7. Business and Finance
8. Music
9. Education
10. Sports
11. Travel

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1. John
2. David
3. Michael
4. Chris
5. Mike
6. Mark
7. Paul
8. Daniel
9. James
10. Maria

The top ten last names on Facebook are

1. Smith
2. Jones
3. Johnson
4. Lee
5. Brown
6. Williams
7. Rodriguez
8. Garcia
9. Gonzalez
10. Lopez

The most popular ‘full’ names on Facebook are

1. John Smith
2. Joe Smith
3. Bob Smith
4. Mike Smith
5. Juan Carlos
6. Jane Smith
7. Mike Jones
8. David Smith
9. Sarah Smith
10. James Smith

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1. Bild.de
2. Welt.de
3. SuedDeutche.de
4. Faz.net
5. Zeit.de

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Price : 64%
Quality : 55%
Convenience : 33%

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Facebook : 70.278 million
MySpace : 70.255 million

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13-17 : 5%
18-24 : 13%
25-34 : 29%
35-54 : 36%
55 + : 17%

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India : 30%
China : 19%
Rest of Asia : 20%
Africa : 13%
Latin America : 6%
Middle East : 5%
East Europe : 3%
US & Canada : 2%
West Europe : 2%

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