Hello. I came up with the following information in answer to your
question:
"As of April 2003, Neopets has registered more than 51 million
accounts worldwide. Due to the multiple accounts that users create for
a variety of reasons, this figure represents approximately 16 million
individuals (by Company estimates)."
http://info.neopets.com/presskit/faqs.html
Age/Gender Demographics:
Age
12 and younger 39%
13 - 17 40%
18 and older 21%
Gender
Male 43%
Female 57%
http://info.neopets.com/presskit/press05.html
International Demographics:
"Neopets has significant penetration throughout the United States, as
well as in other English-speaking regions, including The United
Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand."
http://info.neopets.com/presskit/faqs.html
The average time spent on the site is 4 hours and 31 minutes (!)
http://info.neopets.com/presskit/press02.html
Growth:
"Neopets.com continues to be one of the fastest-growing youth
communities on the Internet. Neopets' account registrations grow by
over 60,000 per day, as more and more members throughout the
world share their enthusiasm about the site with friends. At its
current rate of growth, Neopets will reach 60 million registrations
by the end of 2003."
http://info.neopets.com/presskit/press04.html
Neopets is easily the largest site of it's kind, but here are a couple
of links to lists of other similar sites:
Here is the Yahoo directory listing for other 'virtual pet' sites:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Computer_Games/Titles/Simulation/Life/Virtual_Pets/
The Yahoo listing for other 'virtual adoption' sites:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Games/Computer_Games/Titles/Simulation/Life/Virtual_Pets/Virtual_Adoption/
I hope that you have found this information helpful. Thank you.
-shiva777
search strategy:
Google: "neopets demographics"
Yahoo: "Neopets" -> Directory -> Virtual Pets |
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