Meta Magic Studio » Linden Lab http://www.metamagicstudio.com/blog News, Information and Observations from Meta Magic Studio Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:23:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Second Life User hours increased by 61% over 2007 http://www.metamagicstudio.com/blog/archives/74 http://www.metamagicstudio.com/blog/archives/74#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:33:32 +0000 admin http://www.metamagicstudio.com/blog/?p=74 Zee Linden has posted a blog today on Second Life useage over 2007 entitled Second Life Residents logged nearly 400 million hours in 2008, growing 61% over 2007.  It is showing continued growth both in hours of usage and peak-concurrency despite many so-called industry experts who have predicted its death.

Key results are:

  • User hours increased by 61% over 2007, highlighting the tremendous growth rate in user engagement that Second Life maintained throughout 2008.
  • User hours increased steadily each quarter, culminating in a record-setting 112 million user hours in Q4.
  • Peak concurrent users were up 31% over 2007
  • Land owned by Residents increased 82% over 2007
  • Exchange Volume increased 33% over 2007
  • User-to-user transactions in Q4 increased 54% over Q4 of 2007
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