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Zynga by the numbers (infographic)

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Social game maker Zynga, which began public trading today on the Nasdaq, released its latest set of numbers that are meant to dazzle investors. Check out the stats, from the number of pounds of food served to 1,700 employees at Zynga headquarters every week (24,000) to total neighbor connections in Zynga games (4 billion).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. 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.