Zynga’s Bubble Safari Ocean takes the No. 1 spot on our list of top Facebook apps growing by monthly active users this week with 22 percent gain.

Titles on our list gained the most MAU of any apps on the platform, growing from between 300,000 and 4.2 million MAU, based on our AppData tracking service.

Rovio’s cross-platform game Angry Birds Star Wars had 25 percent gain this week and came in at No. 6.

No. 8 Yelp had 5 percent growth to reach 13.7 million MAU, getting back to numbers it last saw in August 2012. The app slumped in the second half of 2012 after peaking at 15.6 million MAU in May that year.

Name MAU Gain Gain % 1.  Bubble Safari Ocean 23,300,000 +4,200,000 + 22% 2.  I want to add your birthday 24,300,000 +1,500,000 + 8% 3.  Instagram 45,800,000 +1,100,000 + 3% 4.  schoolFeed 24,000,000 +900,000 + 4% 5.  Texas HoldEm Poker 34,600,000 +700,000 + 2% 6.  Angry Birds Star Wars 3,000,000 +600,000 + 25% 7.  Megapolis 4,100,000 +600,000 + 17% 8.  Yelp 13,700,000 +600,000 + 5% 9.  Pet Rescue Saga 10,900,000 +500,000 + 5% 10.  Stormfall: Age of War 3,300,000 +500,000 + 18% 11.  Candy Crush Saga 24,000,000 +500,000 + 2% 12.  Ruzzle 2,200,000 +500,000 + 29% 13.  Diamond Dash 22,000,000 +500,000 + 3% 14.  Static HTML… [Ninth Tab] 760,000 +480,000 + 171% 15.  Criminal Case 1,200,000 +420,000 + 54% 16.  Full Bloom 2,200,000 +400,000 + 22% 17.  Words With Friends 14,400,000 +400,000 + 3% 18.  CastleVille 11,600,000 +400,000 + 4% 19.  I love your attitude 310,000 +310,000 N/A 20.  Fun Run 1,400,000 +300,000 + 27%

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Zynga’s Bubble Safari Ocean comes in at the No. 1 spot on our list of top growing Facebook apps by monthly active users this week. The game, which is a follow-up to Bubble Safari, launched last week and has reached 4.4 million MAU.

Titles on our list gained the most MAU of any apps on the platform, growing from between 400,000 and 4.28 million MAU, based on our AppData tracking service.

Top Gainers This Week

Name MAU Gain Gain % 1.  Bubble Safari Ocean 4,400,000 +4,280,000   + 3,567% 2.  Causes 10,000,000 +2,900,000   + 41% 3.  Videos! 4,300,000 +2,100,000   + 95% 4.  schoolFeed 22,600,000 +1,700,000   + 8% 5.  Megapolis 3,000,000 +1,500,000   + 100% 6.  I want to add your birthday 22,300,000 +1,400,000   + 7% 7.  Instagram 43,000,000 +1,100,000   + 3% 8.  JibJab 3,600,000 +900,000   + 33% 9.  Phrases 4 Fun 1,700,000 +790,000   + 87% 10.  CastleVille 10,900,000 +700,000   + 7% 11.  Dragon City 17,400,000 +600,000   + 4% 12.  Stormfall: Age of War 2,100,000 +600,000   + 40% 13.  Diamond Dash 20,900,000 +600,000   + 3% 14.  Candy Crush Saga 23,200,000 +500,000   + 2% 15.  Static HTML… [Third Tab] 2,900,000 +500,000   + 21% 16.  Ruzzle 1,400,000 +500,000   + 56% 17.  Amazon 3,200,000 +500,000   + 19% 18.  Static HTML… [Eleventh Tab] 840,000 +450,000   + 115% 19.  HTC Sense 10,000,000 +400,000   + 4% 20.  TopFace 2,800,000 +400,000   + 17%

All data in this post comes from our traffic tracking service, AppData. Stay tuned for our look at the top weekly gainers by daily active users on Thursday, and the top emerging apps on Friday.

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6waves’ Bubble Epic gained the most daily active users this week on our list of top growing Facebook apps by DAU. The game launched on Aug. 29.

The titles below grew between 160,000 and 540,000 DAU, based on AppData, our data tracking service covering growth for apps on Facebook.

Top Gainers This Week

Name DAU Gain Gain % 1.  Bubble Epic 680,000 +540,000   + 386% 2.  Yahoo! Social Bar 2,800,000 +500,000   + 22% 3.  Microsoft Live 13,300,000 +500,000   + 4% 4.  War Commander 910,000 +440,000   + 94% 5.  Formspring 600,000 +390,000   + 186% 6.  Static HTML: iframe tabs 1,100,000 +330,000   + 43% 7.  Dragon City 2,900,000 +300,000   + 12% 8.  Bing 3,600,000 +300,000   + 9% 9.  Lost Jewels 620,000 +240,000   + 63% 10.  Pandora 1,200,000 +220,000   + 22% 11.  Candy Crush Saga 4,700,000 +200,000   + 4% 12.  Static Iframe Tab 1,100,000 +200,000   + 22% 13.  Bubble Safari 4,600,000 +200,000   + 5% 14.  Tetris Battle 2,200,000 +200,000   + 10% 15.  Diamond Dash 4,100,000 +200,000   + 5% 16.  Skype 2,900,000 +200,000   + 7% 17.  Bejeweled Blitz 2,600,000 +200,000   + 8% 18.  Texas HoldEm Poker 6,900,000 +200,000   + 3% 19.  Static IFRAME Tab : Pin Icon 290,000 +180,000   + 164% 20.  Custom Tab 510,000 +160,000   + 46%

Zynga’s The Ville gained the most daily active users this week on our list of top growing Facebook apps by DAU. The developer’s Bubble Safari, Zynga Slingo and Ruby Blast also made appearances.

The titles below grew between 400,000 and 14.9 million DAU, based on AppData, our data tracking service covering growth for apps on Facebook.

Top Gainers This Week

Name MAU Gain Gain % 1.  The Ville 38,400,000 +14,900,000   + 63% 2.  SimCity Social 12,200,000 +4,000,000   + 49% 3.  SongPop 12,100,000 +1,400,000   + 13% 4.  Dragon City 8,100,000 +1,400,000   + 25% 5.  Instagram 25,200,000 +900,000   + 4% 6.  Bubble Safari 28,800,000 +800,000   + 3% 7.  Zynga Slingo 13,200,000 +700,000   + 6% 8.  Zoosk 12,700,000 +700,000   + 6% 9.  Washington Post Social Reader 3,300,000 +600,000   + 22% 10.  Diamond Dash 18,300,000 +600,000   + 4% 11.  YouTube 2,300,000 +600,000   + 35% 12.  Ruby Blast 1,900,000 +500,000   + 46% 13.  CSR Racing 2,200,000 +500,000   + 29% 14.  8 Ball Pool 4,200,000 +500,000   + 14% 15.  Spotify 26,000,000 +500,000   + 2% 16.  Keek 650,000 +410,000   + 171% 17.  HTML Page Tab #8 3,200,000 +400,000   + 19% 18.  HTML Page Tab #6 2,900,000 +400,000   + 16% 19.  Static HTML Iframe Tab 3,700,000 +400,000   + 12% 20.  The Sims Social 16,400,000 +400,000   + 3%

EA’s SimCity Social came in at No. 2 and The Sims Social closes our list at No. 20.

No. 9 Washington Post Social Reader is back on the rise after a period of decline when Facebook changed how news reader stories appear in News Feed.

YouTube‘s Facebook integration was No. 11 with a 35 percent increase in DAU likely related Olympic viewing. YouTube is powering livestreaming, replays and highlights for NBC. Many other outlets are updating their YouTube channels with coverage of the games.

All data in this post comes from our traffic tracking service, AppData. Stay tuned for our look at the top emerging apps on Friday.

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Zynga’s The Ville once again comes in at the No. 1 spot on our list of top growing Facebook apps by monthly active users this week, adding more than 16 million new players.

Titles on our list gained the most MAU of any apps on the platform, growing from between 350,000 and 16.4 million MAU, based on our AppData tracking service.

Top Gainers This Week

Name MAU Gain Gain % 1.  The Ville 32,500,000 +16,400,000  + 102% 2.  SimCity Social 10,700,000 +3,600,000  + 51% 3.  Dragon City 7,500,000 +1,500,000  + 29% 4.  SongPop 11,400,000 +1,100,000  + 12% 5.  HTML Page Tab #8 2,900,000 +900,000  + 45% 6.  Instagram 24,800,000 +900,000  + 4% 7.  Ruby Blast 1,700,000 +870,000  + 105% 8.  Zynga Slingo 12,900,000 +700,000  + 6% 9.  Zoosk 12,400,000 +700,000  + 6% 10.  Static Iframe Tab 17,600,000 +500,000  + 3% 11.  The Sims Social 16,300,000 +500,000  + 3% 12.  Horóscopo Diário 3,400,000 +500,000  + 17% 13.  Diamond Dash 18,000,000 +500,000  + 3% 14.  The Fan Machine 1,200,000 +410,000  + 52% 15.  HTML Page Tab #10 2,900,000 +400,000  + 16% 16.  CSR Racing 2,000,000 +400,000  + 33% 17.  Static HTML Iframe Tab 4,600,000 +400,000  + 10% 18.  Spotify 25,700,000 +400,000  + 2% 19.  Texas HoldEm Poker 35,500,000 +400,000  + 1% 20.  Super Texas Holdem Poker 410,000 +350,000  + 583%

Zynga’s The Ville vaulted from the emerging app charts to the top spot on our list of Facebook apps gaining the most daily active users this week. The life sim game had a 2,167 percent gain in DAU, as Zynga appears to be ramping up marketing efforts for the title.

The titles below grew between 100,000 and 6.5 million DAU, based on AppData, our data tracking service covering growth for apps on Facebook.

Top Gainers This Week

Name DAU Gain Gain % 1.  The Ville 6,800,000 +6,500,000   + 2,167% 2.  Viddy 3,100,000 +2,710,000   + 695% 3.  Voxer 870,000 +550,000   + 172% 4.  Dragon City 1,900,000 +500,000   + 36% 5.  Between You and Me 1,500,000 +500,000   + 50% 6.  NOOK by Barnes & Noble 510,000 +450,000   + 750% 7.  HootSuite 560,000 +450,000   + 409% 8.  Instagram 7,400,000 +400,000   + 6% 9.  我的傳奇 460,000 +320,000   + 229% 10.  Birthday Calendar 330,000 +300,000   + 1,000% 11.  Ruby Blast 420,000 +280,000   + 200% 12.  Super Texas Holdem Poker 280,000 +273,000   + 3,900% 13.  SongPop 2,800,000 +200,000   + 8% 14.  TripAdvisor™ 1,900,000 +200,000   + 12% 15.  Diamond Dash 3,800,000 +200,000   + 6% 16.  Birthday Reminder 1,100,000 +180,000   + 20% 17.  Anita predictions 150,000 +150,000   + 100% 18.  Get Revealed 980,000 +120,000   + 14% 19.  Ninja Saga 530,000 +110,000   + 26% 20.  Zynga Slingo 2,600,000 +100,000   + 4% 21.  SimCity Social 1,400,000 +100,000   + 8%

Zynga’s The Ville comes in at the No. 1 spot on our list of top growing Facebook apps by monthly active users this week. The game’s 2,629 percent gain suggests Zynga recently began an advertising campaign or some other promotion to support the title, which launched in late June.

Titles on our list gained the most MAU of any apps on the platform, growing from between 500,000 and 15.51 million MAU, based on our AppData tracking service.

Top Gainers This Week

Name MAU Gain Gain % 1.  The Ville 16,100,000 +15,510,000   + 2,629% 2.  SimCity Social 7,100,000 +2,300,000   + 48% 3.  SongPop 10,200,000 +1,500,000   + 17% 4.  Dragon City 5,800,000 +1,400,000   + 32% 5.  Voxer 2,000,000 +1,010,000   + 102% 6.  Static HTML Iframe Tab 4,200,000 +800,000   + 24% 7.  Instagram 23,900,000 +800,000   + 3% 8.  Spotify 25,200,000 +800,000   + 3% 9.  Static HTML Iframe Tab 3,100,000 +700,000   + 29% 10.  Yahoo! Social Bar 36,200,000 +700,000   + 2% 11.  Zoosk 11,700,000 +700,000   + 6% 12.  Texas HoldEm Poker 35,100,000 +700,000   + 2% 13.  HTML Page Tab #8 2,000,000 +600,000   + 43% 14.  HTML Page Tab #6 2,400,000 +600,000   + 33% 15.  Zynga Slingo 12,200,000 +600,000   + 5% 16.  Glassdoor 5,900,000 +600,000   + 11% 17.  Diamond Dash 17,400,000 +600,000   + 4% 18.  Photo Love 9,300,000 +600,000   + 7% 19.  Static HTML Iframe Tab : Custom Icons 4,900,000 +500,000   + 11% 20.  Static HTML Iframe Tab 3,000,000 +500,000   + 20%

Many of this week’s gainers were games and page tab applications, which for a while had been making fewer appearances in the top 20 gainers with the rise of Open Graph-enabled apps. Now page apps from Wooga are experiencing a resurgence, and some Open Graph apps are growing less rapidly than when they first launched.

Open Graph apps that made the list this week include No. 7 Instagram, No. 8 Spotify, No. 10 Yahoo! Social Bar, No. 11 Zoosk and No. 16 Glassdoor. Some games like The Ville and No. 3 SongPop also use Open Graph to publish custom stories to players’ Timelines.

No. 5 Voxer is a mobile walkie-talkie app that gained Facebook-connected users this week after recently releasing an update to the Apple App Store and Google Play.

All data in this post comes from our traffic tracking service, AppData. Stay tuned for our look at the top weekly gainers by daily active users on Thursday, and the top emerging apps on Friday.

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SimCity Social came in as No. 1 on our list of top growing Facebook apps by daily active users this week, doubling its DAU.

Titles on our list gained the most DAU of any apps on the platform, growing from between 440,000 and 2.5 million DAU, based on our AppData tracking service.

Top Gainers This Week

Name MAU Gain Gain % 1.  SimCity Social 5,800,000 +2,500,000 + 100% 2.  Spotify 24,800,000 +2,400,000 + 11% 3.  SongPop 9,400,000 +1,300,000 + 19% 4.  Dragon City 4,900,000 +1,100,000 + 29% 5.  TripAdvisor™ 37,000,000 +900,000 + 2% 6.  Instagram 23,400,000 +900,000 + 4% 7.  Static HTML Iframe Tab 3,900,000 +800,000 + 26% 8.  Chill 13,600,000 +800,000 + 6% 9.  Texas HoldEm Poker 34,800,000 +800,000 + 3% 10.  HTML Page Tab #8 1,700,000 +700,000 + 70% 11.  Conheça novas pessoas 6,100,000 +700,000 + 13% 12.  Glassdoor 5,600,000 +700,000 + 17% 13.  Zoosk 11,400,000 +700,000 + 8% 14.  Static HTML Iframe Tab : Custom Icons 4,900,000 +600,000 + 14% 15.  Diamond Dash 17,000,000 +600,000 + 4% 16.  HTML Page Tab #10 2,200,000 +500,000 + 29% 17.  HTML Page Tab #6 2,100,000 +500,000 + 31% 18.  HTML Page Tab #9 2,600,000 +500,000 + 24% 19.  Pinterest 15,300,000 +500,000 + 4% 20.  Custom Tab | Arrow #3 870,000 +440,000 + 102%

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Less than a year after the debut of gaming on Google’s social platform, Google+, two game developers are pulling their titles. Bejeweled Blitz, a popular game owned by Electronic Arts‘ Pop Cap divsion, and several titles from Wooga, the maker of games for children, will no longer be available on the Google+ social network.

You can visit Wooga’s Monster World here on Google+ and discover that it has already gone offline. Although the page still exists, if you try to load the game, you’re instead directed to a message reading “Monster World Says Goodbye.” According to the message, the game was officially shut down on May 1st, although it appears many are just spotting it today in light of the other major pullout – that of EA’s Bejeweled Blitz.

In addition to Monster World, SocialGamesObserver is reporting that Wooga’s Bubble Island and Diamond Dash will also be removed from the network on July 1st. We’ve now confirmed this with Wooga directly. A spokesperson provided the following statement, but declined to say more on the matter: ”In the coming weeks Wooga games Diamond Dash and Bubble Island will follow Monster World in leaving the Google+ platform.”

Google+ is not the first network to see Wooga leave, the company also pulled out of Berline-based StudiVZ last year, another situation where declining user engagement made it less worthwhile to dedicate resources there. Wooga continues to have a sizable Facebook audience, however, with over 40.1 million monthly active users across its total catalog.

The bigger name in terms of Google+ gaming exits is EA, which owns PopCap. The company is removing its only Google+ title, Bejeweled Blitz, according to Popcap’s customer support page. Here, the page informs players that Blitz will be taken offline by June 18th, and customers are encouraged to use up their remaining in-game coins by that time, as they cannot be transferred to another game or other versions of Bejeweled Blitz. Blitz, too, is a popular title on Facebook. It’s currently in the number 11 spot of top Facebook games with 2.9 million daily active users (source: AppData).

According to a PopCap spokesperson:

PopCap has decided to suspend Bejeweled Blitz on Google+ to redeploy our resources to other adaptations of Bejeweled. Certainly, Google is a valuable gaming partner for PopCap and EA, and we’ll continue to develop for Google platforms.

Bejeweled Franchise Director at PopCap, Giordano Contestabile, provided more color to the decision, telling InsideSocialGames, that “the Bejeweled team (not the greater PopCap, and certainly not EA) chose to scale back the Google+ offerings because, like most game teams, we want to spend our resources improving games to have the biggest impact on the most customers. Shifting some of our resources from Google+ onto higher-impact efforts was a pretty straightforward decision.”

The decision by these game makers to withdraw from the Google+ platform is clearly related to their ability to generate revenue. It’s notable that even though Google is under-cutting Facebook’s 30% fee for virtual goods by charging just 5%, that price cut alone was still not enough to make the resources the companies were dedicating to the platform worth the investment.

Updated 11 AM ET with most recent PopCap statement. 

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Facebook today announced that native Android apps will now be able to benefit from the same social discovery channels as web apps and native iOS apps that integrate with the social network.

Previously native Android apps that used Facebook login couldn’t get distribution through mobile News Feed, Timeline, bookmarks and requests. These channels have been available to HTML5 and iOS apps since October 2011; in February, Facebook told us that 60 million monthly active users navigated to mobile apps from the social network. Apps like Pinterest, BranchOut, Diamond Dash and Words With Friends are among those that have seen millions of additional monthly visits by incorporating Facebook single sign-on. As part of the latest update to Facebook for Android, native Android apps can now access the same features.

Android developers who currently use single sign-on can visit their app settings to enable deep linking. After that, the native app will open when users tap on Facebook stories or requests within Facebook. For example, Spotify users will be able to instantly play songs from their Android devices when they tap on a friend’s listening activity (see example right). If users don’t have the native app installed, they will be taken to a download page.

Apps that integrate Open Graph, in addition to single-sign on, have additional opportunities for discovery on mobile. Facebook recently added game stories in News Feed as a way for users to discover apps on their mobile devices, and a new “trending articles” module gives additional traffic to social readers on the web and mobile devices. We’ve also seen expanded activity modules on mobile Timeline this week.

Developers will be able to get insights about the distribution of referral traffic from the mobile feed, versus mobile search, bookmarks, notifications and Timeline. This was first introduced in March.

More details about deep linking for native Android apps is available on the Facebook Developers site here.

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