Roblox shares appeared on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. The company entered the market not through an IPO, but by choosing an alternative in the form of a direct listing. Against this background, its valuation has grown to an astronomical $45.2 billion — this is significantly more than that of Electronic Arts ($37.43 billion) and Unity ($27.76 billion).

Roblox continues to increase its influence in the USA. In the fourth quarter of 2020, the company managed to increase its revenue share in the mobile market to almost 5%, now second only to King and Playrix in this indicator.GameRefinery told about the changes in the positions of mobile publishers in the American market in its report for the fourth quarter of 2020.

Roblox made two announcements at once. Firstly, it included Loom.ai — a company specializing in the development of three-dimensional avatars. Secondly, Roblox will appear on the stock exchange no earlier than January 2021.

Roblox’s total revenue on mobile devices exceeded $2 billion, according to Sensor Tower. The company passed a new checkpoint shortly after it announced its IPO.Roblox earned its first “mobile” billion last year.

Rumors that the social MMO Roblox is preparing to appear on the stock exchange have been confirmed by facts. The company has submitted an application for a public offering of shares.

Another gaming company may appear on the stock exchange. The media report on the plans of the social MMO Roblox to enter the securities market at the beginning of next year. At the same time, the company’s valuation may amount to $8 billion.

According to analysts, worldwide users have spent $36.8 billion on mobile games. The increase is observed in almost all categories and is largely related to the pandemic and quarantine measures.The analytical company Sensor Tower has published a study of the mobile games market for the first two quarters of 2020.

While non-gaming companies are counting losses from COVID-19, Roblox is making a loud statement at the annual RDC conference. By the end of 2020, its developer community will earn 2 times more than a year ago.

Social MMO Roblox in the G series of financing raised $150 million. To date, the total volume of investments in Roblox has exceeded $335 million.

By the end of the year, the creators of Roblox games will be paid a total of $ 100 million. Recall that many of them are minors.

100 million users play Roblox every month. Perhaps now this children’s social MMO is more popular than Minecraft.

The expenses of mobile players in the children’s social MMO Roblox for all time exceeded $750 million. Soon the game will earn even more: it will be released on the Chinese market.

The owners of the social MMO sandbox Roblox in 2018 plan to pay about $ 70 million to the authors of mini-games for their service. This is more than twice the amount earned by the creators of Roblox games in 2017.

On May 31, the authors of the popular children’s social game Roblox announced the creation of the educational project Roblox Education. In terms of scale, this initiative is comparable to the educational program of the company’s main competitor – Minecraft.