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Flappy Bird is most popular in the U.S., but the contagion is spreading to other territories fast

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Flappy Bird is spreading like a rash on mobile devices — especially in America.

The fast-growing touchscreen game that has become surprisingly popular in the app stores and is big hit in the U.S., according to data collected over the past two weeks from mobile market research firms AppAnnie and Distimo.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.