During 2022 the Second Life user daily concurrency remained pretty stable with a high peak of 55, 737 on 5th February 2022. For the rest of 2022 it did not surpass that high peak figure because the concurrency levels for Second Life slightly dropped a little by the end of 2022.
2023 Second Life user daily concurrency levels as of 8th January 2023…
Maximum: 48, 000 to 53, 000 – (average)
Median: 37, 000 to 42, 000 – (average)
Minimum: 28, 000 to 30, 000 – (average)
2022 Second Life user daily concurrency levels
Between January 2022 to March 2022 the daily maximum average was around the 55, 000 mark at peak times.
From April 2022 to May 2022 the maximum dropped slightly to 53, 000
Last part of 2022 remained around the 51, 000 mark
2023 Predictions
The road ahead for the rest of 2023 remains unknown for the Second Life user daily concurrency levels. Depending on the cost of living crisis (high inflation expected) and possible recession upcoming. There could be a noticeable decline in the Second Life user daily concurrency levels at some point this year. I hope it won’t be that bad and the stats recovers quickly.
Anything can happen but for now I think the Second Life user daily concurrency levels will stay the same for the next 3 months unless something big happens. From April 2023 to December 2023 there could be bumps along the road. If any big changes happen I’ll blog about it.
What do you think will happen during 2023 in terms of the Second Life user daily concurrency ?
Stay tuned for more Second Life statistics blog posts in the months ahead.
Good news to start 2023 of with is that Second Life has been positively been growing since 2021. During the past few years Private Estates have increased by at least one thousand regions and Linden Owned regions have increased by at least 500 regions.
Hopefully region growth will continue though 2023 and I will be blogging any major changes during the yeah ahead. Stay tuned for those updates in (March, June, September and December 2023) on my blog.
Below are the region counts from 2021, 2022 and now 2023. More growth in 2022 it appears and hopefully there will be growth in 2023/2024. It’s not known if 2023 will any easier than 2022 was with the cost of living going up globally (risk of another recession). We will have to wait and see what happens.
Total Regions
3rd January 2021: 25, 555
2nd January 2022: 27, 231
1st January 2023: 27, 659 – (1812.66 KM)
Private Estates
3rd January 2021: 17, 024
2nd January 2022: 18, 332
1st January 2023: 18, 370
Linden Owned
3rd January 2021: 8, 531
2nd January 2022: 8, 909
1st January 2023: 9, 289
All data supplie via the Second Life grid survey.
New Grid Statistics 2023
Second Life Main Grid size as of 1 Jan 2023
Ownership
Total
General
Moderate
Adult
Offline
Total Area (km�)
Total
27659
2580
17254
7821
4
1812.66
Linden Owned
9289
1583
7299
407
0
608.76
Private Estates
18370
997
9955
7414
4
1203.90
I will be blogging about Second Life user concurrency levels from 2022 shortly.
I reported back in July 2022 on my blog that the Second Life grid been growing steadily since the start of 2022 and that at least 300 new regions were added this year. It seems the positive 2022 growth for Second Life has briefly ended by this week’s grid numbers. Hopefully this will be just a blip moment and the rebound growth will come back again soon.
Since the end of July 2022 it appears the Main Grid has lost roughly 200 regions and if another 100+ regions go offline before the end of September 2022 then the grid will end up being what it was at the start of 2022 roughly. The loss came mainly from Private Estates it appears and from the loss of SSP development regions in early August 2022.
Second Life Main Grid size as of 11 Sep 2022
Ownership
Total
General
Moderate
Adult
Offline
Total Area (km�)
Total
27374
2580
17000
7786
8
1793.98
Linden Owned
9210
1568
7235
407
0
603.59
Private Estates
18164
1012
9765
7379
8
1190.40
Second Life Grid Survey Data
There is no need to panic yet unless the it goes under the 27, 000 mark for the total number of main grid regions in Second Life or it goes under the 18, 000 mark for Private Estates. Even then Second Life continues as normal and remains pretty healthy in the economy.
Inflation is a big worry going forward over the next 3-6 months+ and I hope this is not the start of a huge decline for Second Life again after positive net growth in recent years or so. Challenging times ahead maybe.
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Region Stats From 2020, 2021 and 2022
Here are the region statistics as of 24th July 2022…
Total: 27, 575
Private Estates: 18, 326
Linden Owned: 9, 249
Here are the region statistics from 2nd January 2022…
Total: 27, 231
Private Estates: 18, 332
Linden Owned: 8, 909
Here are the region statistics from 3rd January 2021…
Total: 25, 555
Private Estates: 17, 024
Linden Owned: 8, 531
Here are the region statistics from 20th January 2020
Since the start of 2022 Second Life has been growing steadily showing positive net growth for Private Estates and Linden Owned regions. At least 300 new regions have been added since the start of 2022 which is amazing and hopefully hundreds more will arrive in the months ahead.
The growth again has mostly come from the expansion of the Bellisseria continent (Linden owned regions) which still having a positive effect on the overall grid numbers (Newbrooke expansion etc). More Linden Owned regions are expected to arrive on the grid between now and the end of 2022. It will be interesting to see the total amount later in the year to see the overall growth for 2022.
Since the start of 2021 there has been roughly 2, 000 new regions that have been added on the grid which is pretty cool. By the end of 2023/early 2024 at the current rates I estimate it may reach the 28, 000 regions mark. The big issue would be if the inflation rate goes up the grid may suffer in the winter months ahead (a recession hits or something major). Anything is possible and it’s not clear what impact it could have.
Here are the latest Second Life region statistics as of Sunday 24th July 2022.
Total: 27, 575
Private Estates: 18, 326
Linden Owned: 9, 249
Here are the region statistics from 2nd January 2022…
Total: 27, 231
Private Estates: 18, 332
Linden Owned: 8, 909
Here are the region statistics from 3rd January 2021….
Total: 25, 555
Private Estates: 17, 024
Linden Owned: 8, 531
One thing is for sure is that Second Life is growing after 19 years being online and hopefully this growth trend will continue for some time yet.
It appears that the Second Life resident signups API data has returned on the Second Life Grid Survey, SL Stats and the API Second Life page. The newest data started to come in from 15th March 2022 up to 4th April 2022 on the Second Life Grid Survey. For some reason between late October 2020 to mid March 2022 the data stopped.
There have been roughly 2 million resident signups since 21st October 2020 if this data this correct. If this trend continues then Second Life would reach 70 million resident signups by 2025/2026.
4th April 2022: 66, 568, 939
21st October 2020: 64, 687, 961
4th December 2009: 17, 456, 832 (first data published)
I just wonder how long the data will be keep on being published and I hope that it stays switched on for historical purposes. I will check it from time to time to see if the data api is running and will report back later in the year.
Second Life Grid Survey – As of 4th April 2022
SL Stats – As of 6th April 2022
Second Life API – As of 6th April 2022
Do you think this data is correct from the sources above ? Let me know in comments below.
This is the spring update on the latest Second Life grid statistics looking back at the past three months of 2022. My last stats blog post was made on 2nd January 2022 where I reported that 2021 was a good strong year for Second Life growth. Interest overall was up for residents buying their own private estates around the grid and Linden Owned regions showed positive growth trends through 2021.
As we approach the start of April 2022 it’s time to look at what’s been happening over the past three months in terms of regions, daily concurrency, registered signups and the Second Life website traffic stats. My next grid statistics blog posts will be published at the end of June, September and December 2022. I will blog if any big changes do happen of course during the year.
Second Life Regions
Since early January 2022 the Second Life grid has showed steady positive growth (+172 regions). This is really good news to see more regions being added on the Second Life grid and I really hope this positive regions trend continues for the rest of the year. There might be something in the upcoming Premium Plus package where interest for new regions will go up even further or if the lab announce any land price reductions.
Most of the growth during the past three months has again come from Linden Owned regions where most of which have been added to the Bellisseria continent in Second Life. There is at least another few Linden Home themes still yet to be announced and be released on the grid. I would expect the Linden Owned regions will triple over the next 10 months or so. It’s going to be close to 28, 000 by 2023 hopefully if more growth happens.
Main Grid Size as of 27th March 2022 – (vs 2nd January 2022)
Total: 27, 403 – (up from 27, 231)
Private Estates: 18, 339 – (up from 18, 332)
Linden Owned: 9, 064 – (up from 8, 909)
Total Area: 1795.88KM – (up from 1784.61KM)
Second Life Daily User Concurrency
At the end of December 2021 I reported that the Second Life user concurrency remained stable through 2021 which was good to see happening. The highest peak for 2021 was 57, 746 on 23rd March 2021 and since it’s been averaging around 51, 000 to 55, 000 since start of 2022.
March 2022 Daily Concurrency Levels
Maximum Daily Concurrency: 48, 000 to 53, 000 (average)
Median Daily Concurrency: 38, 000 to 42, 000 (average)
Minimum Daily Concurrency: 28, 000 to 33, 000 (average)
The green line above marks the start of 2022 for reference and as you can see there has already been some noticeable drops in daily user concurrency on 25th January, 8th February and 15th February. It’s not really gone above the 56, 000 mark (at max) so far in 2022 but hopefully there will be high peaks again soon.
We will have to see if the trends continue like this or get better when I published my next stats blog post in June 2022.
Second Life Registered Signups
On 29th March 2022 the SL Stats graphs showed that there have been 66, 557, 066 registered Second Life signups since the launch back in 2003. Data resumed from 15th March 2022 and it’s not clear if these are correct figures or if there has been a mix up somewhere. Back at SL18B the official figure’s from the lab was 70+ million registered accounts as of mid June 2021.
Here are the latest Second Life website traffic stats for the past three months via similarweb which tracks secondlife.com traffic. These are pretty interesting statistics when you scroll down the page from the global rank, average visit duration, pages per visit, bounce rate and more.
Employees: 201 – 500
Revenue: $10.0M – $15.0M
Global Rank: 3, 730 / Country Rank: 1, 405 (US)
Total Visits Last 3 Months – (it’s a month behind)
December 2021: 12.1 million
January 2022: 11.4 million
February 2022: 10.3 million
March 2022: Should be published at some point in April 2022
Top Countries – Based on geographic location of a site’s core audience over the past month. Here are the countries sending the most traffic to secondlife.com in order.
United Stats: 48.70%
United Kingdom: 5.55%
Germany: 4.58%
Brazil: 4.32%
Canada: 4.30%
Others: 32.55%
Marketing Channels Overview – Digital marketing channels driving traffic to secondlife.com
Direct: 72.81%
Search: 16.43%
Social: 7.19%
Referrals: 1.94%
Mail: 1.60%
Display: 0.03%
Keyword Search Traffic – List of top paid and organic keywords driving traffic to secondlife.com
Organic: 99.97% / Paid: 0.03%
Total Keywords: 16.8k
secondlife – 14.43%
sl marketplace – 3.69%
secondlife – 3.28%
Social Network Distribution – Top social media networks directing traffic to secondlife.com
Facebook: 42.46%
YouTube: 24.59%
Pinterest: 10.30%
Twitter: 5.71%
Flickr: 4.81%
Others: 12.14%
I hope these grid and website statistics are useful for everybody. Feel free to blog about it and spread the word. Thanks.
On 2nd January 2022 the Second Life Grid Survey region data updated with the latest grid region statistics for Private Estates and Linden Owned regions. It shows how many General, Moderate, Adult, Offline regions there are including the total area (KM).
2021 overall was a good strong year for Second Life growth in terms of regions on the grid which now equals to 1784.61 KM. Private Estates showed net growth through 2021 which is good news and Linden Owned regions grew further once again. I believe region losses for 2021 were much lower compared with previous years.
Interest for regions were on up during 2021 and hopefully these positive trends will continue in the right direction during 2022. I will blog again in April, August and December to see what’s going on with the latest grid statistics.
On Sunday 5th December the statistics were updated on the Second Life Grid Survey showing the current main grid size of Second Life. The small table at the top of the main page normally gets updated at the end of each week. This is a great resource to keep track on the latest Second Life metrics.
The good news is that 2021 overall has been a very good year for region growth in Second Life and the net losses has not been that bad for at least a few years or so now. Yay! 🙂
Most of the net growth has come from the Private Estates (over 1, 000 regions added in 2021) and the growth of the Bellisseria continent (over 300 regions added in 2021). The total area of Second Life is now 1786.64 km. I hope this upward trend continues throughout 2022 and into 2023.
I would expect the expansion of the Bellisseria continent will continue for at least another few years at least as more Linden home themes are planned to be released. Maybe another 200 to 500 Linden home regions before 2023. I would hope there will be further increases in Private Estates throughout 2022 along with improvements made to Second Life.
Over 80 regions were offline at the time of this latest update on the SL Grid Survey page. We will have to wait and see if the numbers change much in the last three weeks of 2021.
Here is the Main Grid size as of 5th December 2021…
Here is the Main Grid size at the start of January 2021…
One thing is for sure interest for Second Life is continuing to show positive signs of growth once again. I will post another update at the end of December 2021 to report on any recent changes that may occur.
This is the October 2021 Update on the latest Second Life Grid Statistics including region stats, daily concurrency stats and Second Life website traffic. It’s hard to believe there are just a few months left of 2021. My next grid statistics blog post will be published end of December 2021.
Second Life Regions
Since the end of September 2021 Second Life has continued to show positive net growth from 27, 220 on 26th September 2021 to 27, 284 as of 24th October 2021. Private Estate growth has slowly slightly while there is a big increase in Linden Owned regions in recent weeks. Linden owned regions count was 8, 867 on 26th September and now it’s gone up to 8, 934 as of 24th October 2021.
At the end of 2020 there was 25, 614 regions in total in Second Life. Since then the grid has showed positive net growth for Private Estates and Linden Owned regions. There has been more interest this year it appears which is very good news for the lab.
Ownership
Total
General
Moderate
Adult
Offline
Total Area (km�)
Total
27284
2619
16987
7667
11
1788.08
Linden Owned
8934
1577
6949
407
1
585.50
Private Estates
18350
1042
10038
7260
10
1202.59
Main Grid Size as of 24th October 2021
The growth of Linden owned regions is mainly due to the expansion of the Bellisseria continent from the east side of the chalet sub continent and west/north side of the new fantasy sub continent. This is set to rise further in the next 6 to 12 months as more Linden home themes are being either worked on now or being planned soon.
The next Linden home theme will probably be announced at the 2021 SL Christmas Expo happening from 3rd to 14th December 2021.
Second Life Daily Concurrency
The daily Second Life user concurrency is staying stable at the moment with no major maximum peaks during the past month or so. The daily user concurrency seems to be averaging between 30, 000 at non-peak to 54, 000 at peak. At the start of 2021 the daily peak levels were slightly higher with 57, 000 (average) inworld and as the year has gone on it’s dropped down.
I would expect the Second Life daily user concurrency to rise again slightly during the winter (2021) and into early spring 2022 as everyone normally stays inside. Something between 34, 000 to 58, 000 I predict in the winter months.
Daily User Concurrency Levels – October 2021
Maximum Daily Concurrency: 48, 000 to 54, 000 (average)
Median Daily Concurrency: 38, 000 to 42, 000 (average)
Minimum Daily Concurrency: 30, 000 to 32, 000 (average)
Second Life Website Traffic
Here are the latest Second Life website traffic stats below for September 2021. These are numbers are reported on similarweb which tracks secondlife.com traffic.
11 million visits – (global rank 3, 605)
Average visit duration – 10mins / 59seconds
Pages per visit – 13.12
United States 45.89% + United Kingdom 6.13% (most website traffic)
95.51% organic searches / 4.49% paid searches to secondlife.com
> Second Life registered accounts data is no longer available anymore.
Here are the latest Second Life grid statistics as of Sunday 26th September 2021 via the Second Life Grid Survey. Since early July 2021 Second Life is still showing strong positive growth in new Private Estates and new Linden Owned regions. This is very good news and hopefully this positive upward trend will continue for many more months to come.
It’s gone from 24, 147 total main grid regions on 20th January 2020 to 27, 220 on 26th September 2021. Wow! 🙂
Most of the recent region growth has come from the new Fantasy sub continent which opened in early August 2021 where hundreds of new regions were added on the grid. It’s expected hundreds of more Linden home regions (new themes) will be added within the next 12 months or so.
If the total main grid regions count surpasses 28, 000 then it would be like 2012/2013 levels again which would be great to see. If it reaches 29, 000 or 30, 000 then that would be amazing.
September 2021 Region Stats
Ownership
Total
General
Moderate
Adult
Offline
Total Area (km)
Total
27220
2621
16909
7682
8
1783.89
Linden Owned
8867
1576
6882
408
1
581.11
Private Estates
18353
1045
10027
7274
7
1202.78
As of 26th September 2021
Second Life Grid Statistics on 4th July 2021
Total: 26, 946 – (up from 26, 504 on 11th April 2021)
Private Estates: 18, 316 – (up from 17, 864 on 11th April 2021)
Linden Owned: 8, 630 – (down from 8, 640 on 11th April 2021)
Total Area (KM): 1765.93 – (up from 1736.97 on 11th April 2021)
My next Second Life Grid Statistics blog post will be published in late October 2021.
Daniel Voyager 