Daily Trends

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Getting Started with Daily Trends

Daily Trends is a comprehensive tool designed to provide insights into trending topics and games across various app stores. To begin:

1. Choose your view:
   • Select "Charts" to see top-performing games based on their performance in app store rankings.
   • Choose "New Releases" for recently launched titles.
2. Apply filters:
   • App Store: Choose between App Store (iOS), Play Store (Android), or Steam (PC).
   • Game Genre: Select from a wide range of genres like Action, Adventure, Puzzle, etc.
   • Location: For "Charts" view only, select specific countries or regions to focus on.
3. Select your display:
   • Use the "Show Trending" toggle to switch between viewing game topics (groups of similar games) or individual games.
4. Sort results:
   • For topics, select a sorting criteria. It changes depending on whether you are viewing "Charts" or "New releases".

The data is updated every 24 hours, ensuring you always have access to the most current insights. This frequent update allows you to spot emerging trends quickly and adapt your strategies accordingly.

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Understanding Game Topics and Trending Lists

Game Topics:

Game Topics are AI-generated groupings of similar games, created by Ludo.ai's sophisticated game aggregation algorithm. These groups are based on shared characteristics such as:

• Game mechanics (e.g., match-3, battle royale, idle gameplay)
• Themes (e.g., fantasy, sci-fi, historical)
• Art styles (e.g., cartoon, realistic, pixel art)
• Sub-genres (e.g., MOBA, roguelike, tower defense)
• Visual elements in screenshots (e.g., character designs, UI layouts)

Viewing by topic offers a broader perspective on market trends, allowing you to identify patterns without scrolling through countless individual titles. This can be particularly useful for understanding macro-level shifts in player preferences and game design trends.

Trending Games and New Releases Lists:

In addition to topics, you can view lists of individual trending games or new releases:

• Trending Games: These are specific titles currently performing well in the charts. The list includes:
  • Game title and developer
  • App store ranking and category
  • Key performance metrics (e.g., download estimates, revenue estimates)
• New Releases: This list shows recently launched games gaining traction in the market. It includes:
  • Game title and developer
  • Release date
  • Initial performance metrics

These lists provide more granular insights into specific games that are resonating with players, allowing you to analyze individual success stories and potentially draw inspiration for your own projects.

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Searching and Filtering

The search functionality in Daily Trends is powerful and flexible, designed to help you find exactly what you're looking for:

1. Using the search bar:
   • Located at the top of the interface
   • Accepts game titles, keywords, phrases, or even game mechanics
2. Auto-suggestions:
   • As you type, the tool suggests related games and trending topics
   • You can select these suggestions or continue typing your own custom query
3. Search results:
   • Display both individual games and aggregated topics relevant to your keywords
   • Results are ranked by relevance and current performance

This feature is particularly useful for:

• Quickly checking the performance of certain themes or mechanics
• Finding trends related to specific IPs or game concepts
• Identifying how your game idea compares to current market trends
• Discovering niche markets or underserved game categories

Pro tip: Try combining multiple keywords or using phrases to get more specific results. For example, "casual puzzle match-3" will yield different results than just "puzzle".

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Interpreting and Analyzing Trend Data

Daily Trends offers a wealth of metrics and comparison tools to help you understand market movements, with different sorting options for both "Charts" and "New Releases":

Sorting Options for Charts:

• "Exponential Growth": Highlights topics with rapidly increasing player numbers day over day
• "Chart Toppers": Shows topics with the highest number of new players accumulated over the past 7 days
• "Most Top-Chart Games": Identifies topics with the largest number of games in the Top-200 Overall
• "Uniqueness": Surfaces game topics that are different from most other games in the top charts

Sorting Options for New Releases:

• "Growing number of releases": Highlights topics with the highest increase in number of games released, month-over-month
• "Very recent releases": Shows topics with the highest number of new game releases over the past 14 days
• "New game topics": Identifies game topics that have appeared the most recently in new releases
• "Uniqueness": Surfaces game topics that are different from most other recently released games

Analyzing Individual Trends:

• Click on a specific game or topic to view more detailed information on a dedicated page
• Detailed pages include:
  • Additional metrics (e.g., daily active users, retention rates)
  • Performance charts showing trends over time
  • Links to app store pages for further investigation
  • Insights into key characteristics of games within that topic (e.g., common features, art styles)

Comparing Games or Topics:

• If you need a more thorough analysis of the market performance of a game topic, click on "Compare to Market" within the Daily Trends tool.
• Clicking "Compare to Market" will take you to the Market Analysis tool, where you can:
  • Get a Ludo Score for that game topic
  • Access more detailed market information, including historical performance data
  • Analyze how the topic or game compares to broader market trends

The tool focuses on providing the most current and actionable insights to inform your decision-making. For Charts, this means emphasizing recent performance and growth. For New Releases, the focus is on identifying emerging trends and innovative concepts in the most recently launched games. This dual approach ensures you're always working with the most relevant information in the fast-paced mobile gaming market, whether you're interested in established successes or cutting-edge innovations.

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Applying Insights to Game Development

Leverage Daily Trends to inform various aspects of your game development strategy:

1. Ideation and Concept Development:
   • Browse trending game topics and mechanics for inspiration
   • Use the "New Releases" tab to identify innovative concepts gaining early traction
   • Look for gaps in the market where player demand isn't being met
   • Consider how you might combine elements from different trending topics to create something unique
2. Market Validation:
   • Gauge market demand for your game concepts by comparing them to similar trending games and genres
   • Identify high-growth topics that could represent untapped opportunities
   • Use the "Uniqueness" sorting option to find differentiated concepts that are succeeding
3. Feature Benchmarking:
   • Analyze top-ranking games within your genre to understand key features, art styles, and monetization models that engage players
   • Look at common elements across successful games in a topic to identify "must-have" features
   • Identify best practices to emulate or areas where you can differentiate
4. Trend Forecasting:
   • Monitor the "Exponential Growth" of game topics over time to identify emerging trends
   • Use these insights to decide when to enter a market or pivot your game's direction
   • Look for patterns in new releases to anticipate future trends
   • Consider how broader market trends (e.g., new technologies, cultural events) might influence game preferences
5. Competitive Analysis:
   • Identify your main competitors by looking at top games in your target topic or genre
   • Analyze their strengths and weaknesses to inform your own development strategy
   • Look for underserved niches within popular topics

Remember, while trends are important, they should inform rather than dictate your creative process. Use these insights as a starting point, but don't be afraid to innovate and bring your unique vision to life.

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Pro Tips

• Check Daily Trends regularly, they are updated every day.
• Use the "New Releases" tab to spot emerging trends before they become mainstream. This can give you a first-mover advantage.
• Try searching for keywords related to your game ideas to find similar trending titles. This can help you refine your concept and identify potential competitors.
• Explore trends outside your usual genre for fresh inspiration. Cross-genre innovations often lead to breakout hits.
• Generate game ideas based on trending topics by clicking "Generate Game Ideas" next to the topic name. This feature leverages AI to create unique concepts based on current trends.
• Combine insights from both "Charts" and "New Releases" to get a comprehensive picture of established trends and upcoming innovations.
• Use trends as prompts for Ludo's other idea generation tools to spark creativity. For example, use a trending theme as input for the Image Generator to visualize potential art styles.
• Pay attention to seasonal trends and plan your development and release schedule accordingly.
• Look for correlations between trending topics and real-world events or pop culture phenomena. These connections can inform your marketing strategy.
• Don't just focus on the top trends – sometimes the most interesting opportunities lie in rapidly growing niche topics.
• Utilize the "Compare to Market" feature to get a deeper understanding of how specific topics or games perform against the broader market.

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Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues while using Daily Trends, try the following:

1. Data not loading:
   • Refresh the page
   • Clear your browser cache and cookies
   • Try a different browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.)
2. Search not returning expected results:
   • Make sure your input query (if any) is in English.
   • Use broader or more specific keywords
   • Ensure you haven't accidentally applied filters that are limiting your results
3. Slow performance:
   • Close unnecessary browser tabs and applications
   • Clear your browser cache and cookies

If problems persist, contact Ludo.ai support for assistance or join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/FmTPyugsrR