Words With Friends, Bubble Witch Saga Top This Week’s List of Fastest-Growing Games by DAU
Zynga games are seeing a bit of the lift this week as Words With Friends claims the top spot on our list of fastest-growing games by daily active users. Bubble Witch Saga and CityVille round out our top three.
While thoroughly integrated with its mobile parent game, Words With Friends for Facebook takes a different approach to monetization. The mobile game gets people to pay for a one-time download mainly as a way to avoid watching video ads between moves. The Facebook version keeps the video ads, but only allows players to opt out of watching them by inviting a certain number of friends. The actual monetization in the Facebook game comes from spending Facebook Credits on one of three gameplay-boosting features, like a “Count” tool that displays a player’s possible score as they place down individual tiles.
Top Gainers This Week – Games
| Name | DAU | Gain | Gain,% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Words With Friends |
4,900,000 | +400,000 | +9% |
| 2. | 2,200,000 | +200,000 | +10% | |
| 3. |  CityVille |
11,800,000 | +200,000 | +2% |
| 4. |  FarmVille |
7,400,000 | +200,000 | +3% |
| 5. | 1,400,000 | +200,000 | +15% | |
| 6. |  Bejeweled Blitz |
2,700,000 | +100,000 | +4% |
| 7. |  Bubble Island |
2,200,000 | +100,000 | +5% |
| 8. |  Bubble Saga |
1,400,000 | +100,000 | +8% |
| 9. |  Diamond Dash |
2,400,000 | +100,000 | +4% |
| 10. |  Games |
1,700,000 | +100,000 | +6% |
| 11. |  Monster World |
1,800,000 | +100,000 | +6% |
| 12. |  Tetris Battle |
1,900,000 | +100,000 | +6% |
| 13. |  Texas HoldEm Poker |
6,500,000 | +100,000 | +2% |
| 14. |  المزرعة السعيدة |
670,000 | +100,000 | +18% |
| 15. | 400,000 | +90,000 | +25% | |
| 16. | 230,000 | +70,000 | +37% | |
| 17. |  Airport City |
390,000 | +60,000 | +17% |
| 18. |  Bubble Speed |
310,000 | +60,000 | +24% |
| 19. |  3D Slots |
270,000 | +50,000 | +22% |
| 20. |  BINGO Blitz |
800,000 | +50,000 | +7% |
All data in this post comes from our traffic tracking service, AppData. Stay tuned for our look at the top emerging apps on Friday.
