Poptropica

Poptropica is an online, role-playing game owned by Pearson PLC, the global publishing and education company. Poptropica was made by Jeff Kinney, the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. The site is mainly aimed at children ages 6 - 15. Players can go to different islands, compete in multiplayer games, and communicate with each other. Players are given several quests, called islands, in which they are encouraged to complete. The islands all have various difficulties, but all center around a problem that the player must resolve by going through multiple obstacles or completing goals, and all islands, upon finishing, give fifty "credits". Since February 4, 2012, Poptropica has an Alexa Internet rating of 1,302 in the United States, and a ranking of 5,162 in the world. Poptropica officially launched in September 2007 with 3 islands available to play: Early Poptropica, Shark's Tooth Island, and Time Tangled Island. It has grown to have over 500 million registered users as of October 19, 2012, 35 million of whom are in the 6-15 age group.