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Here are the apps that may be suffering from Pokémon Go’s popularity

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Pokémon Go’s meteoric rise in popularity may be having a toll on rival game companies such as Supercell, according to a report by ad intelligence and location firm Placed. Placed found that Supercell’s Clash of Clans and Clash Royale are at the highest risk of losing revenue and playtime to Niantic Labs’ Pokémon Go game.

Vine, Tinder, Tumblr, and Clash of Clans are the apps that are most popular for Pokémon Go players. Some of these apps could suffer. But some could also benefit.

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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.