Pokemon Go is HUGE- bigger than Tinder and topping the app stores

Pokemon Go quietly launched in New Zealand and Australia last week and also filtered out the US and Japanese markets shortly afterwards. And it is becoming absolutely massive.

Pokemon Go is HUGE- bigger than Tinder and topping the app stores

Server issues were quickly experienced, especially when intrepid Android users around the world figured out how to download the gamein areas like Ireland, where it isn't officially released yet. Now the international rollout has been put on hold while developers Niantic try to get their resources in order.

So how big is it so far? Well the game is topping the charts on Android and iOS in the US and in one day the user base on Android was higher than that of the massively popular dating app Tinder. As of last week, more than 5 percent of ALL handsets running Android in the United States had the app installed!

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