Roblox's unbridled growth

Boosting imagination, this is how the official Roblox site is presented. According to what the company says on the official website, the objective is to bring the world together through play. By fostering imagination, creation and fun, users seek to explore 3D experiences created by the developer community. With these values, the multiplayer platform has managed to increase its presence in recent years at a rate that today places it among the most popular and the ones that generate the most revenue.
The name is due to a play on words between Ro refering to Robot and Blox in reference to blocks. The main axis of the game is to give players the possibilities to create their mini-games and at the same time share them (and market them) with other users. This feature gives the platform dynamism and, on the one hand, the possibility for developers to monetize their creations, while on the other hand it assures regular players that they will be able to access a varied offer of game modalities since the creative possibilities are very high.
When consulted assiduously as a result of the amount of news about Roblox that try to understand the popularity of the phenomenon, David Baszucki, the CEO and creator of the virtual environment, admits that they always sought to find content at the center of the scene and that From the company they are dedicated to providing tools for developers who are the true creative geniuses.
In the context of the coronavirus advance in 2020 that led many families to have to spend a large amount of time with children at home and suspend activities such as meetings or birthdays, Roblox (like most applications) experienced considerable Upload downloads and sales within the platform.

Roblox numbers

The latest news about Roblox do not stop shedding numbers that show the constant growth and the amount they represent. Indicators that position the game are referenced, launching in 2006 as a contender capable of contesting the top of tanks such as Fortnite or Minecraft.
On the official site of the company it was reported in 2019 that the number of Roblox users exceeded 100 million monthly assets, a large part of this community are developers who received to date $150 million as a result of the creations they market In-game (from items and costumes to full mini-games), 2.7 million is the indicator of maximum simultaneous users. Furthermore, the organization highlights the plural nature of the product, considering that 40% of users are women and that it is possible to find profiles from more than 200 countries. This global nature of the system enables it to be available in Portuguese, English, French, German, Korean, Chinese and Spanish.
It is possible to download Roblox on Android since 2014, in 2017 it paid developers $30 million and in 2018 double. In 2019, on mobile devices alone, it recorded $1 billion in revenue, that same year marked more than 290 million downloads on smartphones and tablets.

The virus was not a problem

From the situation that was triggered by the confinement policies that the different governments took to face the coronavirus crisis, the video game industry and digital stores showed a growth in operations. Roblox accumulates a total of 22,768,871 downloads on mobile phones in 2020, in April the indicator is 1,757,439 and the increase in traffic compared to March is 61%. According to the data recorded in different reports, in the United States on iOS during April, Roblox's earnings were $2.7 million a day, which makes it number one for titles as powerful as Fortnite or Candy Crush.
During March 2020, the popular game was among the ten applications that generated the most profits when it was in tenth position with a report close to $70 million. The first place was held by PUGB Mobile with a figure that exceeded $232 million.

The latest news about Roblox shows that there is a growing interest among users for sharing and enjoying inventions among players. Apart from the remarkable growth shown by the data in the period of the confinement situation in the countries, Roblox brings improvements and successes years ago.