Inside Social Games

It’s been just over a year since we first launched AppData, the easiest way to track application traffic on the Facebook Platform. Since then, the number of interesting applications on the Facebook Platform has only continued to grow. Today, we’re excited to announce two big updates to AppData: faster loading times and historical DAU (daily active user) charts.

With AppData, you can:

• See which applications are gaining and losing the most traffic – every day
  
• See the leading applications and developers in any application category
• View historical traffic charts for tens of thousands of Facebook applications

AppData was designed to be an easy to use resource for anyone interested in tracking application trends on the Facebook Platform. That being said, the site has a lot of room for growth and improvement, and we’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for features and functionality that you’d like to see added. Please send your thoughts, suggestions, and feedback to mail AT appdata DOT com. AppData is still in beta, and (as long as Facebook lets us) we look forward to making the site increasingly valuable to you in the future.

Here’s a look at what you’ll find on AppData:

1. Facebook Application and Developer Traffic Leaderboards

App Leaderboard 1. FarmVille 61,660,329 2. Causes 34,373,044 3. Mafia Wars 25,825,466 4. Café World 23,814,664 5. We’re Related by FamilyLink 21,249,758 6. Pet Society 20,714,196 7. YoVille 19,888,786 8. Farm Town 18,661,880 9. Texas HoldEm Poker 18,573,191 10. Happy Aquarium 18,351,975 11. Birthday Cards 17,670,442 12. Restaurant City 17,454,448 13. Facebook for iPhone 16,237,123 14. MindJolt Games 15,166,798 15. Movies 14,340,182

Developer Leaderboard 1. Zynga 174,616,631 2. Playfish 59,036,679 3. RockYou! 44,662,642 4. Causes 34,373,044 5. Facebook 27,458,622 6. Slide, Inc. 27,046,477 7. 6 waves 25,837,800 8. FamilyLink.com 22,016,200 9. eitandesign 21,409,274 10. CrowdStar 19,723,377 11. Slashkey 18,661,880 12. LivingSocial 15,262,473 13. MindJolt 15,166,798 14. 3happybytes 14,955,295 15. Flixster 14,340,182

2. Top Application Gainers and Losers – On a Daily and Rolling Weekly Basis

	Name	MAU	Gain	Gain, %
1.	Make a Quiz!	11,722,723	+4,488,718	+38.29
2.	Quiz Monster	10,036,195	+4,320,448	+43.05
3.	Happy Aquarium	18,351,975	+3,878,861	+21.14
4.	Café World	23,814,664	+3,755,339	+15.77
5.	Quiz Creator	4,748,099	+2,413,570	+50.83
6.	Causes	34,373,044	+1,844,044	+5.36
7.	RockYou Live	8,128,028	+1,539,703	+18.94
8.	FarmVille	61,660,329	+1,337,570	+2.17
9.	Movies	14,340,182	+1,175,306	+8.20
10.	Horoscopes	7,158,456	+874,836	+12.22
11.	Bejeweled Blitz	9,387,901	+672,871	+7.17
12.	Music Challenge	3,274,445	+609,191	+18.60
13.	Who was i, in my past life ?	1,830,061	+469,299	+25.64
14.	Music	11,832,427	+437,692	+3.70
15.	Pet Society	20,714,196	+432,279	+2.09
16.	Restaurant City	17,454,448	+379,576	+2.17
17.	Halloween Haunting	1,017,893	+371,167	+36.46
18.	Friend Quiz	4,312,447	+340,285	+7.89
19.	(Lil) Farm Life	5,767,916	+323,588	+5.61
20.	Facebook for iPhone	16,237,123	+294,116	+1.81

3. Historical Traffic Charts – For Tens of Thousands of Facebook Applications

That’s it for now! We look forward to hearing your thoughts. See more at AppData.com.