comScore released yesterday the results of a global study into online gaming, showing the number of unique visitors to these sites to have reached almost 217 million worldwide – a year-on-year growth of 17 percent.

The comScore World Metrix study took into account all sites that provide online or downloadable games, excluding gambling sites. The sector attracted 28 percent of the total worldwide online population in May and recorded an average of 9 visits per visitor.

Yahoo! Games was the largest property, attracting 53 million unique visitors. MSN Games followed in second place, and Miniclip in third place, having grown by over 18 percent since May 2006 to reach 30 million unique visitors in May 2007!
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