Yik Yak's combination of anonymous messaging and intense locality shows that there's a genuine interest in
userbases in having an experience with not only those around them, but potentially those that they don't yet know.
Not exact matches
JM: It's mainly been that we look at our
userbase, we look at where they
have the most friends, and that's mainly the function of what cities we're
in, just because it's really about the social connections, so when we go to a city that
has a lot of friends who are already using Hinge, it makes it a lot easier for us to get off the ground.
Another interesting nugget: At the time, Facebook
had a 1.9 million monthly
userbase (out of which an impressive 1.2 million logged on every day, proving that even
in its infancy, Facebook was potently addictive) that primarily used the network to do things like «find students who share similar interests or courses.»
Yik Yak's success
has been found through the messaging board mentality that
has potentially seen Fling flung into consistent active
userbase in under a year.
Redfin got access to those listings by becoming a broker itself, but Zillow, at least at the beginning, relied on brokers uploading listings themselves — which they were willing to do, thanks to the
userbase Zillow
had already built up thanks
in part to its Zestimate house valuation tool.
Because of this growth
in userbase, Zoosk says its revenues
have grown tremendously and surpassed expectations.
The Short Version: With its unapologetically honest attitude and member - curated
userbase, BeautifulPeople.com
has created the largest, most exclusive dating site for attractive people
in the world, «where beautiful relationships begin.»
In addition to attracting a lot of women who might be on the fence, they simply
have a huge
userbase.
JDate's
userbase has slowly been declining, while ChristianMingle saw an abrupt drop following a cut
in advertising spending.
The game that seemingly makes the world go round
has seen huge success
in the Far East, with over half of its total 10 million
userbase coming from that part of the world.
the Halo franchise can't do it all, and with it almost a guarantee that Mass Effect will come to the PS3
in the same way that Bioshock now
has, Microsoft doesn't need to CLOSE studios, they need to take some of that money they spent seducing Rockstar for GTAIV DLC, and Square - Enix for a FFXIII 360 release, and apply that to establishing ALL NEW studios that can work on true EXCLUSIVE GAMES for the 360, not add on content to games that, with time, will only
have their
userbases DIMINISH as newer and better games come out.
Tree of Savior is similar to NEXON's titles
in that it's a free to play online game that's funded by microtransactions and it
would also work well through the NEXON launcher, giving it access to an increased
userbase.
Few truly skill - based games are often unable to find the balance between incorporating new players and existing
userbase, and Chrono Phantasma
has found a way to embrace both while giving up very little
in return.
It remains to be seen how well these games will do but it seems
in the short term at least that Nintendo
have the right idea on which IP's to launch, how to monetise their games and how to grow their Nintendo account
userbase.
This is just an incremental upgrade of the DS, while the enthusiast market is a shoe -
in I'm not sure how Nintendo is going to grab the expanded audience again (and without those people they
'd have a shrinking
userbase which is catastrophic).
It
has been growing rapidly since its launch
in 2008, and its
userbase now numbers over 25 million.
Even though both services
have strong
userbases in their native Japan and other parts of the world, it is hard to see them challenging the dominant set at this stage.
Why
would I care about WhatsApps
userbase in other countries when I live
in the US?
Uhmm... are you sure that Allo
has a bigger
userbase than WhatsApp
in the US?
Still, even with the possibility of slightly misleading data
in mind, it's clear Facebook Live
has a dedicated
userbase.
HMD says that India is one of the top three markets worldwide, and the Nokia brand still
has a loyal
userbase in the country.
Of course they'll need to make sure they
've got a
userbase in place for the phone first — and that might take a few years to make real.
While some of you may be familiar with Social Point — well, quite a few of you
in fact, considering their two most popular titles
have a cumulative
userbase of 180 million players — you might be wondering what this news is doing on a website dedicated to Red Dead Redemption 2.
Venmo's
userbase is very much comprised of younger consumers who
have grown up
in a society where cash is more of an inconvenience than a way to shop.