This Week's Facebook Losers and Winners_ Zynga Only Dominates One of These Charts

For the past couple of months I’ve been taking time every Monday morning to report on the top ten Facebook games by daily active users. That list has barely budged in four week. Here’s a better pair of lists — the top fan gainers and losers of the week, featuring a chart that’s almost entirely Zynga! The fine folks at AppStats give us many exciting ways to track and chart Facebook app data, so since that one list wasn’t working out, I switched to something more exciting. These two charts show the top fan gainers and losers by monthly active users. It’s a much better way to track trends than a simple list of games with the largest number of players.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"5959712","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"uncategorized","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"uncategorized","TAGS":"","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); For instance, take a look at the top gainers this week. Zynga’s recent adventure update for Ruby Blast looks to have done its job, bringing new players to the game in droves. https://kotaku.com/ruby-blast-adds-a-heaping-helping-of-adventure-5954957 But it’s the only Zynga game on the list. The rest are up-and-coming companies, new games and a pair of mobile titles with Facebook page presence. Top Facebook Fan Gainers — 11/12/2012 Rank Application MAU Change 1. Ruby Blast Adventures Zynga 14,000,000 +500,553 2. Pet Rescue Saga King.com 1,100,000 +127,483 3. Oferece uma rosa Social Sweethearts GmbH 740,000 +99,988 4. Stormfall: Age of War huc Plarium 280,000 +79,345 5. Regala una rosa Social Sweethearts GmbH 570,000 +78,639 6. Bubble Island Wooga 7,100,000 +70,942 7. Dragon City Social Point 13,800,000 +69,644 8. Candy Crush HUC99 Saga King.com 16,200,000 +55,495 9. n98 Bike Race 2,000,000 +46,140 10. Subway Surfers Kiloo Games 3,600,000 +41,958 So where’s all the Zynga? Aside from a game based on Fanta soda and a game I’ve never heard of, Zynga has got the losers chart covered. Makes sense; they have the most to lose. Top Facebook Fan Losers — 11/12/2012 Rank Application MAU Change 1. FarmVille 2 Zynga Inc. 59,500,000 -546,027 2. ChefVille Zynga 23,500,000 -272,121 3. FarmVille Zynga 16,500,000 -205,956 4. The Ville Zynga 12,300,000 -170,963 5. Zynga Slingo Zynga 20,000,000 -146,368 6. Bubble Safari Zynga 24,600,000 -93,646 7. Fanta-Players The Coca-Cola Company 480,000 -75,841 8. The Tycoon 3 (симс) 92 -73,251 9. Zynga Bingo Zynga 4,400,000 -59,952 10. CastleVille Zynga 12,300,000 -52,758 Want to keep track of these on your own? Visit AppStats, where they obsessively stare at Facebook statistics all day long.