Draw Something Downloaded 50 Million Times

by William D'Angelo, posted on 04 April 2012 / 5,146 Views

Draw Something has been downloaded more than 50 million times in just 50 days. It is the fastest growing non-sequel mobile game in history. The game has also retaken the top of the paid downloads list on the iTunes store, from Angry Birds Space which debuted a week ago.

"We believe it's not only the fastest growing original mobile game of all time - 50 days to hit 50 million downloads - but one of the fastest growing web sensations that we've seen," says Zynga. "In addition, the game just regained its spot as the #1 paid app in the App Store, knocking off Angry Birds Space."

The social gaming giant, Zynga, purchased the Draw Something developer Omgpop two weeks ago for around $200 million. At the time the game had been downloaded more than 35 million times.


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3 Comments

thetonestarr
thetonestarr (on 04 April 2012)

Shame Zynga bought Omgpop. I hate Zynga.

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Podings
Podings (on 05 April 2012)

Think of all the good the founders of Omgpop will do with Zynga's money!

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wfz
wfz (on 04 April 2012)

What I find interesting is that it knocked off a newer release, Angry Birds Space, to hit the top spot again. I think Angry Birds has peaked. Zynga knows that, obviously, as they've been actively reaching out to nab up other developers with fresh ideas (such as these guys).

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Lafiel
Lafiel (on 07 April 2012)

Uhm, I'm not sure, but it seems you have mixed up Zynga (the Farmville guys) and Rovio (the Angry Bird guys).

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thetonestarr
thetonestarr (on 07 April 2012)

But Draw Something isn't really "fresh". It's the same concept that Zynga's already been doing - taking board games and putting them on smartphones. Draw Something is just a mobile partial remake of Pictionary.

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