10-19-2016, 08:46 PM
Hi Guys, I'm researching viral growth in games and wanted to do a bit more digging on the explosive growth of Agario in 2015, culminating with the game entering the public consciousness through its spot on House of Cards.
I came across the game at the end of July 2015 through a friend, but by this time, the game already had an established following on web through word of mouth, various youtube streamers, and other social media sites.
So far, I've been able to construct the following timeline:
April 28th: Matheus Valaderes launches the game on Agar.io following a suggestion off /v/ on 4chan
April 29th: /r/Agario is created on Reddit
May 2nd: Let's Play streamer ZeRoyalViking plays the game
May 3rd: Agario is submitted to Steam Greenlight and quickly approved
Rest of May: Game is picked up by numerous streamers / news outlets
May 30th: 1st Pewdiepie video on youtube
June 23rd: Markiplier video on youtube
June 30th: Agarioforums.net created
July 9th: Miniclip releases mobile port (iOS/Android simultanous release)
How and when did you guys find out about Agario?
(I'm posting this on Reddit too in order to get more responses; sorry if you're seeing this more than once!
I came across the game at the end of July 2015 through a friend, but by this time, the game already had an established following on web through word of mouth, various youtube streamers, and other social media sites.
So far, I've been able to construct the following timeline:
April 28th: Matheus Valaderes launches the game on Agar.io following a suggestion off /v/ on 4chan
April 29th: /r/Agario is created on Reddit
May 2nd: Let's Play streamer ZeRoyalViking plays the game
May 3rd: Agario is submitted to Steam Greenlight and quickly approved
Rest of May: Game is picked up by numerous streamers / news outlets
May 30th: 1st Pewdiepie video on youtube
June 23rd: Markiplier video on youtube
June 30th: Agarioforums.net created
July 9th: Miniclip releases mobile port (iOS/Android simultanous release)
How and when did you guys find out about Agario?
(I'm posting this on Reddit too in order to get more responses; sorry if you're seeing this more than once!