Epic Games' Houseparty app has seen its downloads skyrocket by 2902 per cent month-on-month.
Data provided by mobile app marketing firm Sensor Tower confirmed the huge rise in numbers across both the App Store and Google Play, citing the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent regional lockdowns as a direct factor.
In March, the social networking app was installed an estimated 17.2 million times. For comparison, Houseparty was downloaded 533,000 times in February and 570,000 in January.
When it comes to revenue, Houseparty jumped from $17,000 in February to $155,000 in March, representing an enormous leap of 912 per cent in user spending.
Epic acquired Houseparty in June 2019 for an undisclosed fee. Following this, the game was installed an average of approximately 650,000 times a month from June to May that year.
欧洲增长
根据App Annie的数据，在英国，从3月1日到28日的四周时间里，iOS和Android的下载量较之前四周增长了1120%。这代表了大约12倍的增长，证明了它在国内的受欢迎程度。
其他欧洲国家也纷纷效仿，意大利3月15日至21日的周下载量是2019年第四季度平均周下载量的423倍，西班牙的安装量同样增长了2360倍。
Epic Games最近提供了100万美元的奖金，奖励任何能够提供证据证明其Houseparty应用程序受到“诽谤运动”的人，此前有传言称该游戏允许用户的详细信息被黑客攻击。
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