Words With Friends
Game · 2009 · Viral
Newtoy reported 1.6 million daily players before Alec Baldwin's plane dispute.
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How it worksNumbers
- Monthly players, Guinness record dated August 2012
- 15M
- As of Aug 13, 2012 · Guinness World Records
- Observed peak date
- Mar 6 ’12
- Jul 2009 to Mar 6 ’12
- Platforms
- 8
- Started on App stores
- Origin
- Seeded
- Gaming
How it spread
Trace the originNewtoy reported millions of daily players before Baldwin's plane dispute. Mayer's tweet and Reddit voting preceded Android and Facebook releases. Zynga used the dispute in ads, and Hasbro later sold a board game.
Observed peak within the documented measurement window; not an all-time maximum. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
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July 2009
October 2009
John Mayer platform jump · Oct 5 ’09
John Mayer endorsed the game on Twitter; Newtoy said it had not arranged the post.[2]
December 2009
WIRED press · Dec 8 ’09
WIRED nominated Words With Friends in its reader poll of favorite iPhone apps.[4]
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