Esports gaming platform Skillz says people spend 65 minutes a day competing. That is more than Facebook peak use and more than the average daily Netflix stream. It is not hard-core gamers alone driving the growth, as casual gamers are becoming more involved.
. It hosts about 2 million tournaments, featuring online games of solitaire, mahjong and a number of sports-related mobile titles for amateur gamers who earn cash prizes based on their performance. Back in November, Skillz revealed that collectively, players on the platformAnd not only are they earning more, they're playing more during a time that Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise calls "the beginning of the most prolific media environment ever.
Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise says the mobile gaming company has doubled revenue over the last five months."Skillz is delivering 65 minutes a day per person," Paradise told CNBC. "It's more prolific than Facebook at its peak, YouTube and Snapchat." In fact, the average Skillz user is spending more time on the platform than Netflix subscribers spend watching content, with the average subscriber for the streaming site clocking in at about 50 minutes per day. The boom in Skillz' platform, according to Paradise, is in large part due to the competitive element that results in a higher engagement number.
"The casual gamer is becoming a hardcore or mid-core gamer, and it's reflective of this evolution in media usage," said Paradise, who specifies that a Skillz user in the past would spend an average of about 30 minutes a day on the platform. Many of those users are women — seven of the top 10 earners on Skillz last year were female players, a group that took home $8 million in prize money. According to a study released by Newzoo earlier this year, 46% of all gamers are female and it is a market that may include more than 1 billion women around the world.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
31. Skillz2019 Disruptor 50: No. 31 Skillz
Read more »
2019 Disruptor 50: No. 31 SkillzThere are 18 million registered users on mobile gaming platform Skillz and the company says players collectively earn over $675,000 in prizes on average, every day.
Read more »
2019 Disruptor 50: No. 31 SkillzThere are 18 million registered users on mobile gaming platform Skillz and the company says players collectively earn over $675,000 in prizes on average, every day.
Read more »
31. Skillz2019 Disruptor 50: No. 31 Skillz
Read more »
Apple’s new TV app lets users download ‘Game of Thrones’ episodesApple launched its new TV app, which includes access to premium channels that allow users to download full episodes of popular series including HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”
Read more »
Facebook is dialling up punishments for users who abuse live video after the Christchurch massacreFacebook is also investing $7.5 million in research to solve the problem of edited videos slipping past its automated systems.
Read more »