Officially the most downloaded mobile pool game since 2014, according to data from Sensor Tower
8 Ball Pool is played for 260million hours every month, with 4,000 balls potted every second
London, 12th August 2021 – Miniclip, a global leader in digital games, has announced that 8 Ball Pool, Miniclip’s number one game and the biggest online pool game in the world, has been awarded a Guinness World Records title for the Most Downloaded Mobile Pool Game.
Ranked as Miniclip’s number one game, with 796,721,888 downloads worldwide, committed players rack up 260million hours of play time every month, potting 4,000 balls every second.
Rob Small, President of Miniclip, said: “8 Ball Pool is a household name when it comes to mobile games, and we know it’s loved by so many around the world. We wanted to make this an official achievement to recognise the hard work of the teams that have built and contributed to it over the years as well as our amazing community of gamers.”
Starting its life as an online Flash game on the Miniclip website in 2010, driving 20 million monthly visits to the site, Miniclip released 8 Ball Pool on mobile in 2013. 8 Ball Pool was an immediate hit on mobile, becoming the most downloaded mobile pool game in 2014, a title it has held onto ever since, as confirmed by mobile app intelligence firm Sensor Tower.
The hugely popular billiards game has previously beaten games such as Candy Crush Saga and Pokémon GO to the top spot on the UK App Store’s top grossing charts.
Sérgio Varanda, Chief Creative Officer at Miniclip, said: "Being part of the 8 Ball Pool journey over the years, and being able to positively impact so many players around the world every day with this game, has been really remarkable. 8 Ball Pool has evolved tremendously to what it is today through a combination of determined teams and listening to our base of players and always aiming to put them first."
To help players celebrate the Guinness World Records achievement, Miniclip will be holding a High Score event in 8 Ball Pool between the 12thand 29th of August, themed around players and their own in-game achievements. This includes a themed season pass and rewards, limited themed events and brand new and exclusive Cues to be unlocked. Players will also be tasked to send as many gifts as possible to each other between the 14th and 29th August, with the goal of breaking the existing record of 2.5billion gifts sent in a similar time period, unlocking another exclusive Cue.
Richard Stenning, Guinness World Records Adjudicator, said: “Achieving a record with Guinness World Records is no easy task, and we’re delighted to award Miniclip’s 8 Ball Pool the record for Most Downloaded Mobile Pool Game. This is a fantastic achievement, and one that will no doubt take some beating given downloads continue to rise daily.”
Miniclip is also celebrating its own 20th anniversary this year. Co-founder, and now President, Rob Small launched Miniclip.com in 2001 at the age of 24 with the dream of building a next generation game entertainment company. Today, Miniclip offers over 60 high-quality titles across more than 195 countries, generating three billion downloads and over 50 million active daily players.
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About Miniclip
Miniclip is a global leader in digital games with a mission of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’. The Company develops, publishes and distributes highly engaging games to an audience of over 250 million monthly active users across mobile, social and online platforms.
Founded in 2001, the Company has successfully grown a huge global audience in over 195 countries and across six continents. Miniclip has a unique understanding of the digital games space and has developed a strong portfolio of over 60 high-quality mobile games, extensive worldwide distribution, and an internationally recognised brand name. To date, Miniclip franchises including 8 Ball Pool™, Golf Battle™, Football Strike™ and Agar.io™ have generated more than 3 billion downloads. Miniclip has more than 50 million daily active players reaching people across the world in the pursuit of ‘unleashing the gamer in everyone’.
In February 2015, Miniclip was excited to receive a large majority investment from Tencent, one of the world’s largest technology companies and the world’s largest games publisher. This new chapter in Miniclip’s history strengthens the Company’s position, with Tencent recognising its achievements to date and future potential.
In the past two years, as part of their ambitious growth plans, Miniclip have been delighted to welcome the teams from Playsport (famous for Motorsport Manager), Yakuto (creators of Darts of Fury), Masomo (home of Head Ball 2), Ilyon (designers of Bubble Shooter), Eight Pixels Square (Sniper Strike) now operating as Miniclip Derby, Gamebasics (creators of OSM Online Soccer Manager), Green Horse Games (home of Football Rivals), and most recently Supersonic Software Ltd., trading as Appynation Ltd (the team behind the highly successful Puzzle Page and Picture Cross) to the Miniclip Group.
For more information, visit http://corporate.miniclip.com