Are you still addicted to FarmVille?

On Facebook, FarmVille is the top game this year with over 26 Million active users, 3 times biggest than the second most active, Cafe World.

Last December, I asked readers how long they’d think Facebook becomes old, and a lot of the responses points to the games as a major attracting feature. No wonder Zynga keeps on buying Facebook App Development companies out there.

Since FarmVille is the largest random sampling for Facebook activity, we can somewhat use it as a yardstick to monitor the trend of usage on the social networking site.

If that 26 Million daily active users keep on growing or if a new game emerges and surpasses that number, then the growth is still moving up. With over 8 million Facebook ~~users~~ accounts from the Philippines, we could be seeing a plateau really soon (this was in the vicinity of the number of Friendster users when it also plateaued). Nevertheless, telcos will continue to feel the pain of losing millions of pesos due to shifting communication channels (FB messages over SMS).

So, going back to the question — Are you still addicted to FarmVille? I stopped tending to my farm like months ago.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

61 Comments

Jhay says:

15 years ago

I never played Farmville. It never stuck to me, but I’m still playing CafeWorld.

Telcos could still earn from FB and other social networking sites by offering more affordable mobile browsing services, making their networks more reliable, and expanding coverage.
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Carlo says:

15 years ago

I never was. I am a Farm Town guy. But I stopped palying FB games all together.
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ocean16 says:

15 years ago

i do play my farmville.. but not that hooked with it.
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Neth says:

15 years ago

I never was and I never will. Madami pa akong paglalaanan ng oras kesa paglalaro ng facebook apps.
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Jon says:

15 years ago

Good thing I don’t have a Facebook account.
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whaâ„¢ says:

15 years ago

hahaha.. parang na umay ako.. i stopped already
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rbsoriano says:

15 years ago

I never been addicted to FarmVille, I only played twice I think. Nakakatamad kaya mag-click ng maraming beses. ROFL
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Pedro says:

15 years ago

i’ve stopped playing farmville since January…
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CK says:

15 years ago

i used to be an addict of FV but i came to realize that it won’t benefit me at all. for me, it’s just a waste of precious time though many people are saying that it’s part of managing stress and killing their idle time.
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garyboi says:

15 years ago

Well, lately I got bored especially when I finally got hold of the largest farm size and got tired of clicking. Hahaha! Nothin’ new that would make me play more.

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