Are you one of those who think that Wordfeud was a craze at the start of this decade? If you are, think again. For this app is still very popular and has a large fixed player base.
Still one of the most downloaded
It is especially in the Nordic countries where Wordfeud is still super popular. According to the service App Annie, the app is still in the top 10 of the most downloaded games when it comes to apps in the board game category (board games).
And you ask at one of the sites that benefit from Wordfeuds long living time, namely The cheat site wordfeudsnyd.dk, then it is also confirmed that there is still life in the old app. Here you see even a slight increase in traffic of players who need help when they are stuck with their 7 letters.
The site is one of the many aids that sprang up when the app really took off. In addition Wordfuedsnyd.dk there were also several apps that helped users find the best combinations of letters. Some worked by taking a screen print to upload, and others were completely manual where you entered your own letters, and based on these got a wide range of words to choose from.
Many were strongly opposed to these Helping Hands that players were suddenly given the opportunity to use, and these probably also helped to kill the interest of the usual user.
However, it has not had a particularly violent impact on the earnings of Bertheussen it who owns Wordfeud, which you can also read further down in the article.
Popular in Africa
Looking further at the statistics, Wordfeud has found its entry into Africa in recent times. Here it is countries such as Kenya, Ghana, Gambia and Nigeria that have the app on the list of the most downloaded games in their part of Africa.
Hos Wordfeudsnyd.dk one also sees an increase in traffic from Africa, also from countries other than the above. However, it is still primarily Denmark, Norway and Sweden where most players come from, but also the United States is well represented.
The story behind the wordfeud success
Wordfeud was made by the Norwegian Haakon Bertheussen in early 2010 at the age of only 27 years. However, it was only a few years later that the app got its big breakthrough. At one point they talked about that this one app made about 100,000 kroner a day!
This has made the young Norwegian many millionaires, and the latest figures, which are from 2017 show that the app still makes sales of 20 million each year.
There have since been other popular word game apps, like Ordguf and Ordhaven, but no one has been able to achieve the same success as Wordfeud did in its time.
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This old app is still alive
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Are you one of those who think that Wordfeud was a craze at the start of this decade? If you are, think again. For…
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