Second Life Statistics… Sharing my research

Second Life LogoI have a whole section on this blog dedicated to virtual worlds as I’m fascinated by what they stand for. When you look at them from a macro lense, they potentially are teasing us as to what the web will become in the next few years. Wow. That’s fairly powerful.

Linden Lab, the maker of the ever popular Second Life has just released some significant raw data about the virtual world. Most people would never find this data but I was tipped off by a friend within the organization and while I thumbed through it, it was hard to follow because of all the numbers. I quickly turned these numbers into charts and pictures - and created a document (SecondLifeStats.pdf) to share with the world.

Who should read this document?

  • Any Second Life residents
  • Any marketers looking to launch some form of campaign/brand within Second Life or any virtual world
  • Futurists
  • People with a lot of time to kill

On a regular schedule, Linden Lab updates their Economic Statistics page which keeps us all informed of the ongoings of their economy. The data below was taken from their 2/6/2007 extraction.

Residents Logged-In During Last 7 Days 326,483
Residents Logged-In During Last 14 Days 487,651
Residents Logged-In During Last 30 Days 787,693
Residents Logged-In During Last 60 Days 1,122,586
3,436,015

The PDF is located here as a free download (~3.9mb), and goes much more in depth and hopefully sheds some light as to the population, currency, demographics, residents, and more. Enjoy it. Feel free to spread the world as well- bloggers, press, and anyone else - but please comment and send me feedback. I really look forward to hearing from you.

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8 Responses to “Second Life Statistics… Sharing my research”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    Visual Second Life Statistics…

    If you are interested in bringing your client or brand into the virtual world space, you probably should read the attached visual representation of Linden Lab’s (Second Life) latest data. This will help you see the latest demographics, population det…

  2. Michael Simmons Says:

    Thanks for compiling this Darren! Very interesting…

    Also, those are really, really nice 3D charts. What software did you use to make them?

  3. Alan Says:

    Thanks for pulling this together. Great information.

  4. 3pointD.com Says:

    Nice Visualizations of SL Data. Soon In 3D?…

    Total hours per month spent in Second Life
    Reader Darren Herman has generated a really nice-looking set of charts based on the recent statistical release of user and economic data from the virtual world of Second Life. It’s slightly unfortunate …

  5. Mica Says:

    Can’t wait to dig in.
    Thanks for sharing this!

  6. Gisela Guarienti Says:

    Thanks for sharing this great job!
    We’re all interested in Second Life’s statistics. And those 3D graphics are amazing!!!!
    Well done.

  7. Roo Reynolds Says:

    Nice presentation Darren. Graphs are so much easier to absorb than tables of figures aren’t they? Thanks for sharing. I second Michael Simmons’ question; what did you use to create the lovely charts?

  8. eightbar » Blog Archive » Many Eyes make light work Says:

    [...] following the release of some detailed Second Life stats by Linden Lab people like Raph Koster and Darren Herman shared some interesting graphs and visualisations of the raw [...]

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