Kitely comes second (after the non-profit Metropolis grid) in terms of active user numbers, with 385 active users added over the year, a 74% increase.
In terms of average activity per month, Kitely is fifth, with this list dominated by InWorldz followed by Metropolis and Avination.
Kitely came second (after InWorldz) in terms of signups: 12,020
For land area among commercial grids, Kitely again came second (after Lost Paradise), with 876 region equivalents added.Maria Korolov wrote:The other two top gainers on this list were Kitely and Avination, both commercial grids. This could be an indicator that for-profit grids do a better job promoting themselves than the non-profit grids do.
Maria's final quote is telling:
Who knows what 2015 will bring?Maria wrote:And, finally, the biggest story of 2014 — for a publication with the word “hypergrid” in the title, at least — the number of users on the hypergrid surpassed those of on the closed grids.
In fact, with the increased reliability of hypergrid teleports, communications, and shopping the hypergrid is beginning to seem like one large grid, instead of the 160 smaller ones that it actually is. [Emphasis added]