Perhaps you know the hotel very well where you have fun. But you don't know the hotel where the developers have fun. Long before any news arrives on Habbo as you see it, each new feature is tested in restricted and secret Sulake hotels, where only the development team has access and no one else can know what's going on there. Among so many secret hotels, one of them seems to be the main one at Sulake and is called **Development 63**. During Puhekupla's research to discover news about Habbo 2020, we found a large collection of photos of this hotel, which may indicate a little of what is going on there. It is not possible to know much about them, but they suggest a time of testing in the hotel. All photos are dated 2018 and taken by the Sulake development team. {.right} We would like to share some of the images obtained, which include captures of resources that have never before reached our communities. The photos are kept in the original Sulake link. So enjoy them as long as you can, because the company can remove them soon, if it deems it necessary. ---                                                Framed photos is one of the tested features, but it has never been released in communities.                               Phiisthing is fun! ](http://habbo-stories-content-staging.s3.amazonaws.com/camera/1414064916975-hhs2-31d22387710ed332275eb8f71e95ee16.png)                                                Framed photos is one of the tested features, but it has never been released in communities.                               Phiisthing is fun! {.center}

In the midst of a serious pandemic crisis triggered by the spread of the COVID-19 virus, which has already infected 240 thousand people, of which 9,800 were killed and 85 thousand recovered, Governments of several countries strive to avoid agglomerations and keep people confined within their homes, in order to slow down the transmission of the virus. {.right} Many companies, mainly telecommunications and operating online, are encouraging people to stay at home by releasing restricted TV channels, suspending subscriptions to software and unlimited access to news portals and electronic magazines. But many people have used creativity. Since the first quarantine days in Western countries, there has been a great movement for the rediscovery of Habbo. France, Chile and Brazil are some of the countries in which digital influencers are promoting Habbo meetings and parties. And the result of this has been an increasing number of active players and crowded rooms, as not seen in a long time. The movement is so great that it drew the intention of some newspapers and entertainment portals. **#### FRANCE** StreetPress magazine said French players created replicas of public places to meet each night. In addition, new players are interacting with many who have returned and echoed Government announcements in the game. [Read the full story](https://www.streetpress.com/sujet/1584635348-jeux-en-ligne-pour-passer-temps-confinement-coronagarou-habbo-coronavirus) {.right} **#### CHILE** Página 7, a local newspaper in Concepción reports that Chileans are using the popular game of the 2000s to "get out" of the quarantine and promote parties and outings with friends. The newspaper says Habbo is one of the best places to socialize. [Read the full story](https://www.pagina7.cl/notas/sociedad/2020/03/19/la-ingeniosa-forma-en-que-chilenos-decidieron-salir-de-fiesta-en-medio-de-cuarentena-habbo-hotel.shtml) A Chilean radio Futuro also pointed out that Habbo.es has become a center for people to circulate during the quarantine. A Chilean radio also pointed out that Habbo Spain has become a center for people to move around during the quarantine. Emphasizes that people who want to interact with others, participate in parties and explore more of this world, must register with Habbo. [Read the full story](https://www.futuro.cl/2020/03/ha-vuelto-habbo-hotel-se-convierte-en-centro-para-carretear-en-cuarentena/) Tarreo, a gaming portal, said Chileans were filling the Habbo rooms in quarantine. The portal counted 675 users who were at parties promoted by Chilean digital influencers and who were also responsible for progressively increasing Habbo users. [Read the full story](https://www.tarreo.com/noticias/565338/Chilenos-llenan-salas-de-Habbo-Hotel-en-medio-de-cuarentena-de-Coronavirus){.right} Other media outlets also highlighted Habbo in Chile. **#### INDIA** The online newspaper The Indian Express prepared a list of the best mobile games to play during the period at home and Habbo was one of the suggestions. According to the author, you can have fun and participate in events without worrying about the coronavirus. [Read the full story](https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/gaming/best-mobile-games-to-play-at-home-6319151/) --- In these times, Puhekupla also tries to do its part with the mission of engaging players with the main events of Habbo, helping you to make the most of this world. Source: W.H.O (https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6)

Faced with the anxiety of thousands of players about the future of the game, last September Habbo started a series of announcements, between facts and images, of the new version of the Hotel in a project popularly named as **Habbo 2020**. In order not to leave you lost with what is happening, Puhekupla will gather all the facts and the latest news about Habbo 2020. {.right} **What is Habbo 2020?** This is a new version of the Habbo client, that is, the hotel where you access to manipulate your character, interact with other players and build your room. **How will it affect me?** One of the focuses of this new version is based on the user experience with a new interface, which will directly influence the way you play Habbo. Thus, new commands, functions and tools will be inserted, but it is possible that some of the existing ones will be removed. Certainly, many of these things will change places on your screen. **Why does Habbo need a new version?** Currently, Habbo uses Flash Player as its game engine, a very popular technology from the past decade but which has become obsolete recently. For security reasons, the big tech companies advise against its use and make a great effort to abolish it from all computers. In major browsers, for example, Flash Player will stop working later this year, which would prevent Habbo from working for many people. Therefore, Sulake is now running out of time to develop a new version with more current technologies, in this case, Unity. For Sulake, this was also an opportunity to create a new concept for Habbo. #### **WHAT DID HABBO TELL US ABOUT THIS?** The first time Habbo spoke about Habbo 2020 was on September 3, 2019, through its social networks. On the occasion, the following text was published: *our developers are working on a replacement client, due to release before support Flash ends on leading browsers like Googe Chrome and Mozilla Firefox*. Just over a week later, on September 12, 2019, more details were published: (I) the new version of Habbo will be ready before the end of Flash Player support in major browsers; (I) none of the existing user accounts will be deleted due to the new version of Habbo; (I) new tools will be added and most existing ones will be maintained, but with a new look. Since October, a series of images have been published through official news. These images allow us to have an idea of what the game's graphical interface will look like in this new version, although they may still undergo some adjustments. You can see them below. [lightbox=https://images.habbo.com/web_images/habbo-web-articles/UI-article-example.png] [lightbox=https://images.habbo.com/web_images/habbo-web-articles/01_avatarlooks.png] [lightbox=https://images.habbo.com/web_images/habbo-web-articles/FRONT-PAGE.png] [lightbox=https://images.habbo.com/web_images/habbo-web-articles/PREMIUM.png] [lightbox=https://images.habbo.com/web_images/habbo-web-articles/MARKETPLACE.png] [lightbox=https://images.habbo.com/web_images/habbo-web-articles/MARKETPLACE-1.png][lightbox=https://puhekupla.com/images/uploads/achievement_layout1.png][lightbox=https://puhekupla.com/images/uploads/EcFzqQqXgAEGl4W.jpg][lightbox=https://puhekupla.com/images/uploads/EiMGAFEXkAEydKf.jpg][lightbox=https://puhekupla.com/images/uploads/EiMGFnNXYAEsEA32.jpg][lightbox=https://puhekupla.com/images/uploads/EiMGHx3XgAEyR88.jpg][lightbox=https://puhekupla.com/images/uploads/Ej0OdX9WkAExPhW.jpg][lightbox=https://puhekupla.com/images/uploads/Ej0Oh98WoAAFGpz.jpg] [lightbox=https://images.habbo.com/web_images/habbo-web-articles/earnings_large_updated4-1.png]

We arrived in 2020. Like every new year, we get a new cycle of plans and goals for many people. However, before we move on, it is necessary to consider what has happened in the previous cycle, because then we can determine better next strategies. For Habbo, it's no different. So, Puhekupla and partner fansites again have the Habbo Statistics. {.right} Habbo Statistics are a summary of millions of activity records of players of the year that has ended, such as registered users, created rooms and groups that have been purchased at each hotel. For us, the numbers are used to evaluate the level of interactivity in the game. For Sulake, they serve to develop their plans and goals, especially in a year when many changes are expected. #### **Criteria for data collection** We used the time zone of each hotel to find the first and last records of its respective community. Note that Habbo uses two time zones: the Greenwich Mean Time and the local time zone for each hotel. For this reason you will notice that there is a divergence of dates inside and outside the Hotel. [Click here](/images/uploads/dateHabbo.png) to see an example. For this analysis were considered all records of the year: this includes banned and fake users, rooms and excluded groups. If it existed at some point, it was accounted for. It is unfeasible to know who and how many users are banned or excluded groups and rooms, for example. Moreover, this is irrelevant to the analysis and does not interfere with the final results. #### **THE BIG DATA** Habbo is also big data. Among so many records about the game, you can extract a lot of interesting information in further work. Here we will offer an overview of each hotel's activities this past year. More detailed information about your community can be found on local fansites. **Users** Habbo continues to grow, but at a slow pace. 3,887,577 new players arrived in 2019, a 8.9% reduction over the previous year. While some older players stop accessing Habbo for a variety of reasons, new players arrive. Thus, if there are fewer players registering, fewer active players will be. | | **Hotel** | **Total** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |  | Habbo.com.br | 1,608,211 | -4.45 | |  | Habbo.de | 88,591 | -11.72 | |  | Habbo.es | 853,378 | -11.94 | |  | Habbo.fi | 44,242 | -15.58 | |  | Habbo.fr | 273,820 | +9.74 | |  | Habbo.it | 79,088 | -4.93 | |  | Habbo.nl | 111,855 | -16.7 | |  | Habbo.com.tr | 224,503 | -17.37 | |  | Habbo.com | 603,889 | -16.54 | Habbo.fr was the only hotel to register a growth in total users, contrary to what has been registered for a few years in all hotels. We can say that the fall in rates, in general, was milder than last year.  {.center} If you are a loyal Habbo player, you have probably at some point noticed numerous newly registered characters with random names, parked outside the room, with no activity. Many of these accounts are generated through programs that manipulate Habbo codes by the players themselves. Most of the time, for the purpose of crowding rooms and gaining relevance in the game navigator. On some occasions, thousands of these characters joined Habbo at the same time!  Habbo.com.br  {.center}  Habbo.de  {.center}  Habbo.es  {.center}  Habbo.fi  {.center}  Habbo.fr  {.center}  Habbo.it  {.center}  Habbo.nl  {.center}  Habbo.com.tr  {.center}  Habbo.com  {.center} --- **Groups** As the number of active players decreases, so do catalog purchases. Such effect was observed for Habbo Groups. We counted **69,793 new groups created in 2019**, a 12.79% reduction in total purchases. However, the reduction of active users in the game cannot be considered as the only and main factor for this fact. Offering other items that add more value to users can influence their priority when choosing where to spend their coins. At the same time, Sulake still requires players to be members of Habbo Club to buy a group, which doesn't make much sense anymore, since other Habbo Club independent advantages have emerged, such as buyable clothes and the Builders Club. | | **Hotel** | **Total** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |  | Habbo.com.br | 20,473 | -20.94 | |  | Habbo.de | 2,856 | -2.95 | |  | Habbo.es | 17,543 | +4.41 | |  | Habbo.fi | 649 | -24.53 | |  | Habbo.fr | 4,814 | -18.86 | |  | Habbo.it | 1,080 | -17.17 | |  | Habbo.nl | 2,859 | -29.94 | |  | Habbo.com.tr | 6,231 | +2.68 | |  | Habbo.com | 13,288 | -18.69 | {.right} Habbo.com.tr closes the year with the positive balance once again, as does Habbo.es, which had a slightly better result. Looking at the extremes, Habbo.com.br sells 30 times more groups than Habbo.fi. Since each group sells for 10 credits, players spend 697,930 credits worldwide. In addition, for each group it is possible to buy a forum and various furniture. However it is not possible to analyze this data.  Habbo.com.br  {.center}  Habbo.de  {.center}  Habbo.es  {.center}  Habbo.fi  {.center}  Habbo.fr  {.center}  Habbo.it  {.center}  Habbo.nl  {.center}  Habbo.com.tr  {.center}  Habbo.com  {.center} --- **Rooms** In 2019 we saw **4,704,918 new rooms** appearing in all hotels, 18.73% less than the previous year. The creation of new rooms is a direct consequence of new users coming to the game, as with each new registration, a new pre-decorated room comes up. But it can also indicate fewer active players in the hotel. | | **Hotel** | **Total** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |  | Habbo.com.br | 1,855,643 | -17.61 | |  | Habbo.de | 123,371 | -12.3 | |  | Habbo.es | 1,090,317 | -17.69 | |  | Habbo.fi | 43,817 | -36.56 | |  | Habbo.fr | 302,591 | -6.55 | |  | Habbo.it | 93,710 | -11.96 | |  | Habbo.nl | 146,748 | -21.36 | |  | Habbo.com.tr | 403,298 | -27.25 | |  | Habbo.com | 645,423 | -22.34 |  Habbo.com.br  {.center}  Habbo.de  {.center}  Habbo.es  {.center}  Habbo.fi  {.center}  Habbo.fr  {.center}  Habbo.it  {.center}  Habbo.nl  {.center}  Habbo.com.tr  {.center}  Habbo.com  {.center} **Limited Edition Rares** This type of furniture is available for a limited time and quantity and has a unique registration number for each unit sold. Habbo still assures us that they will never be sold again. Often offered for high values, the LTD rares generate controversy when offered for sale, but it is a strategy that Sulake still seems to bet on. During the past year, 6 new LTD rares have arrived on the Shop. Especially for Habbo France and the Netherlands, there was an extra rare due to legal issues. Other curiosities you see below: | | **Hotel** | **Items Sold** | **Coins Spent** | **Selling Rate (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |  | Habbo.com.br | 612 | 225,750 | 52.04 | |  | Habbo.de | 917 | 358,125 | 88.08 | |  | Habbo.es | 1,020 | 385,125 | 76.40 | |  | Habbo.fi | 167 | 57,375 | 56.80 | |  | Habbo.fr | 535 | 194,750 | 54.04 | |  | Habbo.it | 108 | 38,875 | 25.17 | |  | Habbo.nl | 327 | 121,375 | 40.22 | |  | Habbo.com.tr | 244 | 87,750 | 55.32 | |  | Habbo.com | 1,670 | 647,250 | 93.40 | Habbo.com again imposes itself as the best buyers, while Habbo Italy took the worst position - this was the only hotel where sales rates dropped. The total number of items made available this year increased by 32.88%, that is, there were 1,989 more units than in 2019. Players in turn responded by buying more and sales performance rose from 52.97% in 2018 to 67.41% in 2019. This was the best balance of the last two years. **Global Sales** {.center}  {.center} **Best Selling** The Rainbow Parasol reached 92.77% of sales!  Release date: July 29, 2019 Code: rainbow_ltd19_parasol 1,980 items available 1,837 items sold 459,250 credits spent {.center} --- **Habbo Club Payday** {.right} Monthly, on the 15th, cashback for Habbo Club members takes place. Habbo returns 10% of the amount spent on the Shop to users and this injects thousands of credits into the pockets of hundreds of users at all hotels. Through Twitter, Habbo make us know some information about this amount paid. According to Habbo, **in 2019 players received back 9,144,022 credits** worldwide. The highlight is for the month of December, with an increase of 25%. This was the second best December ever (just behind 2017 when 1,073,800 credits were paid). Below, the amounts paid month to month compared to the previous year. | **Month** | **Credits** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | | January | 758,201 | -11.83 | | February | 661,506 | -2.75 | | March | 630,897 | -8.05 | | April | 844,390 | +2.28 | | May | 711,003 | +7.60 | | June | 716,788 | -5.43 | | July | 883,003 | +5.97 | | August | 736,247 | -21.50 | | September | 781,680 | -8.90 | | October | 705,491 | +14.13 | | November | 748,514 | -1.93 | | December | 966,302 | +25.62 | {.left} In the annual review, there was a 1.15% drop from 2018 - this means fewer purchases were made by Habbo Club members. However, the decline was slowed compared to the previous year's balance sheet. Among other curiosities, the biggest single user payment of the year occurred in July, with **2,372 credits paid**. Again in September, a single player also received this same amount. --- #### **WHAT ABOUT HABBO STAFFS? WHAT THEY ARE DOING?** Much of the entertainment in Habbo is generated by the players themselves. Games, mazes, competitions and many others are activities developed exclusively by players most of the time. So if there are more active players, then there is more entertainment in the game. If there are fewer active players, soon there will be less entertainment. However, it is not enough just to wait for players to make Habbo a more fun space. The Habbo Team has a key role in boosting the animation of its users. So we also looked at some of the things they did in 2019. {.right} **Published News** While Habbo uses Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for instant communication, the game's own website remains the most efficient tool for keeping your community informed of the latest news and official competitions. In 2019, **the Habbo Team posted 2,132 news** on 9 Habbo sites. Most in French, with 559 publications - that's 26% of the total. Quite different from Habbo Turkey, where less than 70 news were posted there. In the table below you can check more details of each hotel. | | **Hotel** | **Total** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |  | Habbo.com.br | 412 | -2.60 | |  | Habbo.de | 204 | +4.61 | |  | Habbo.es | 196 | +14.61 | |  | Habbo.fi | 130 | -15.03 | |  | Habbo.fr | 559 | -4.11 * | |  | Habbo.it | 95 | +26.66 | |  | Habbo.nl | 97 | +7.77 | |  | Habbo.com.tr | 67 | +24.07 | |  | Habbo.com | 209 | +13.58 | {.right} In general, the rate of news release improved, especially in hotels where rates were lower. The increase was 9.56%*. Much of the news we read is actually written by the users themselves, such as ambassadors, fansite members and room builders. But it is up to the local staff to publish the news as well as review and coordinate all this work. Other news, no text, but just a link redirecting the user to the Habbo Shop or room. * *Due to the difficulties in getting the news published on Habbo.fr between January 1, 2018 and January 27, 2018, this number has been approximated.* --- **Badges** Certainly badges are the items of greatest desire among the users. For some, a unique badge is worth more than any furniture. We also seek to understand what Habbo is doing about it. There are currently about 19,000 badges hosted on Sulake's server - and we've reviewed it all! Counting them is not an easy job as this number increases every week. However we were able to find out that **1,182 new badges were hosted last year**. This number refers only to new and known badges, meaning there may be hidden badges on the server that no fansite has yet found. | **Month** | **Badges hosted** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | | January | 93 | -25.6 | | February | 86 | -37.68 | | March | 146 | +31.53 | | April | 94 | -14.54 | | May | 104 | +6.12 | | June | 109 | -33.53 | | July | 68 | -28.42 | | August | 87 | -19.44 | | September | 81 | +9.45 | | October | 106 | -2.75 | | November | 107 | -16.4 | | December | 101 | +21.68 | In the month-to-month analysis, there is a 11.98% drop in total new hosted badges. This does not necessarily mean that there are fewer badges being distributed at Habbo competitions, as it is common to reuse old badges not used to reward users at events. However, we do not have enough information to make an accurate analysis of this. Please note that this review only refers to known badges in Habbo and not how they are used in your community. **First badges**      These code badges **FR91A**, **FR92A**, **FR93A**, **FR94A** and **FR95A** were the first of the year to be hosted on the server at the same time on January 2, at 15:18:17 (GMT). Other badges were hosted later that day. **Latest badges**  On December 30, at 19:17:57 (GMT) was hosted the last badge of the year, code **X1925**. {.center} --- We don't know what to come in 2020, but Sulake promises to be a year of big news. The 2019 balance tells us that there is still a large community of loyal players waiting for upcoming Habbo projects. By 2020, we'll see how the community will react to this. But by then, fansites, including Puhekupla, will do a hard job of maintaining it. This project was developed in partnership with:  [iDHabbo](https://idhabbo.com.br/noticias/ler/2913/balanco-anual-2019), [Habbonight](http://habbonight.com.br/noticia/8267-habbo-estatsticas), [LeFrank](https://lefrank.com.br/artigo/221) and [Pixels Emotion](/)  [Habbolando](https://www.habbolando.net/de/news/habbo-statistik-2019) and [HabView](https://habview.net/aktuell/international/1862-habbo-im-jahr-2019-die-game-balance)  [HabboTemplarios](https://habbotemplarios.com/web/es-estadisticas-hotel-espanol-2019/)  [Fuusio](https://fuusio.net/stories/tilastot-kertovat-viime-vuoden-olleen-kaksijakoinen)  [HabbGames](https://habbgames.fr/news/3344-habbo-2019-en-statistiques) and [HabboAndChill](https://habboandchill.org/les-statistiques-dhabbo-en-2019/)  [HabboInHabbo](https://habboinhabbo.it/articolo/2059), [HabboLifeForum](https://www.habbolifeforum.com/t54811-all-statistiche-habbo-hotel-2019#622880) and [HabboTravel](https://www.habbotravel.com/article/1578063600/)  [HabboFever](https://habbofever.be/habbo-statistieken-2019/)  [Habbolar](https://habbolar.com/haber/habbo-istatistikleri-2019/)  [HabboHelpers](https://habbohelpers.com/896/habbo-statistics-2019) If you would also like to share the infographics on your fansite, blog or social network, you can find them in our [Google Drive folder](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10uWXXQluLPM42RKywSjiPlG4ap9BhPvP). Puhekupla greatly thanks the collaborators for this project:  [Motivo.ban](https://twitter.com/motivohb) and [Rob.Cuffe](https://twitter.com/robcuffehabbo)  [Cinoplex](https://twitter.com/Cinoplex)  [Happitorini](https://twitter.com/Bottila_)  [Lordalzx](https://twitter.com/Lordalzx) and [.::fillette13::.](https://twitter.com/FilletteHabbo)  [bektaÅŸ55](https://www.habbo.com.tr/profile/bekta%C5%9F55)

{.right}If you have registered with Habbo until the end of 2009, you will certainly remember the greatest maintenance of Habbo history: the **Habbo Beta program**. Shortly after seeing the Adobe Shockwave Player becomes an obsolete technology, Sulake found himself in the challenge of saving Habbo from its obsolescence too, which at the time worked based on this technology. To this end, developers of Sulake have engaged all departments of the company and faithful players to implement the so-called "new Habbo." The program that in the first few weeks had just over a hundred players-testers selected by local Habbo Staff Teams, may have reached almost half a million players-testers after the release of invitations to the Beta. The forum was the main tool to report bugs found and was for months the most discussed subject in Habbo with millions of comments generated by players of all hotels. In fact, some features of the pre-Beta never came back, despite promises, but we can consider the hard work of months with successful. The program ended in November 2009. There was no more drama, the new Habbo had been deployed and lived in the years following its best phase. Today, ten years later, it seems we are reliving this same drama. Paradoxically, the solution implemented to keep Habbo alive to this day is the same one that can kill him at any time. With just a few months to shut down support for Adobe Flash Player and major browsers restrict its execution, Sulake is still a mystery about the future of Habbo. And it was for this reason that we found it interesting to rescue the memory of the Habbo Beta. Repeatedly Sulake employees say that Habbo will continue to function normally, but there is more information.

2018 ended. For many, memories. For us, numbers. Therefore, we are bringing here a project shared between Brazilian, Finnish, German and Spanish fansites to the world: the Game Balance. {.right} The Balance is the summarization of records of players' activities, such as registered users, created rooms and purchased groups from each hotel. The numbers obtained are compared to the previous year to check the performance of Habbo. We understand that these numbers reveal how engaged the users are with the game. #### **Criteria for data collection** We used the time zone of each hotel to find the first and last records of its respective community. Note that Habbo uses two time zones: the Greenwich Mean Time and the local time zone for each hotel. For this reason you will notice that there is a divergence of dates inside and outside the Hotel. [Click here](/images/uploads/dateHabbo.png) to see an example. For this analysis were considered all records of the year: this includes banned and fake users, rooms and excluded groups. If it existed at some point, it was accounted for. It is unfeasible to know who and how many users are banned or excluded groups and rooms, for example. Moreover, this is irrelevant to the analysis and does not interfere with the final results. #### **THE BIG DATA** The data below were organized by subject in the form of Habbo overview and are all we were able to collect and analyze. We provide the data with more details of each hotel to the local fansites. You can see them at the end of this article. **Users** In 2018, **4,267,387 users** worldwide were registered in Habbo. In all hotels there was a drop in total registered players. Overall, the decline was 20.5%. Below, the number of registered users in each hotel and the oscillation in relation to the previous year. | | **Hotel** | **Total** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |  | Habbo.com.br | 1,683,164 | -19.9 | |  | Habbo.de | 100,358 | -19.7 | |  | Habbo.es | 969,143 | -13.4 | |  | Habbo.fi | 52,413 | -7.3 | |  | Habbo.fr | 249,512 | -16.3 | |  | Habbo.it | 83,192 | -26.9 | |  | Habbo.nl | 134,282 | -27.6 | |  | Habbo.com.tr | 271,717 | -23.1 | |  | Habbo.com | 723,606 | -28.7 | Since 2013, a year after the Sulake adopt drastic changes in the direction of Habbo, the number of users, globally, is steady fall. Of course, the disappearance of advertising campaigns has this the main reason. Of course, the absence (or nonexistence) of advertising campaigns has influenced the number of active players in the community.  {.center} Fakes? Yes, we have found many. We are unable to say for what reasons each of them was created. However, we find that in the middle and end of each year, exactly the holiday period in many countries and the arrival of the advent calendar, the number of new users increases significantly. Does any of your users include in this number?  Habbo.com.br  {.center}  Habbo.de  {.center}  Habbo.es  {.center}  Habbo.fi  {.center}  Habbo.fr  {.center}  Habbo.it  {.center}  Habbo.nl  {.center}  Habbo.com.tr  {.center}  Habbo.com  {.center} --- **Groups** Decrement also recorded in the total of groups sold in Habbo. There were **80,033** purchased throughout 2018 worldwide. That's down 18%. | | **Hotel** | **Total** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |  | Habbo.com.br | 25,898 | -23.8 | |  | Habbo.de | 2,943 | -25.5 | |  | Habbo.es | 16,802 | -14 | |  | Habbo.fi | 860 | -5.1 | |  | Habbo.fr | 5,933 | -15.9 | |  | Habbo.it | 1,304 | -39.2 | |  | Habbo.nl | 4,081 | -33.7 | |  | Habbo.com.tr | 6,068 | +45.6 | |  | Habbo.com | 16,344 | -21.8 | While Habbo.it achieved the sharpest drop of almost 40%, Habbo.com.tr stands out as the only hotel to close the positive balance. {.right} Creating a group is not as easy as creating a user or a room. You must be a member of Habbo Club and buy your group for 10 credits. In 2018, users spent 802,330 credits buying groups. Unfortunately we are not able to calculate additional items for groups such as furniture and forums.  Habbo.com.br  {.center}  Habbo.de  {.center}  Habbo.es  {.center}  Habbo.fi  {.center}  Habbo.fr  {.center}  Habbo.it  {.center}  Habbo.nl  {.center}  Habbo.com.tr  {.center}  Habbo.com  {.center} --- **Rooms** The total of rooms is directly related to the total of active users: if there are more users, there are more rooms and vice versa. Many of these are from noob users, but mostly created by players to develop their favorite activities in Habbo. Users (and also staffs) created **5,789,316** rooms in 2018. This means 23.2% less than the previous year. | | **Hotel** | **Total** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | |  | Habbo.com.br | 2,252,341 | -25.1 | |  | Habbo.de | 140,682 | -24.5 | |  | Habbo.es | 1,324,795 | -16.9 | |  | Habbo.fi | 69,077 | -20.4 | |  | Habbo.fr | 323,819 | -16.9 | |  | Habbo.it | 106,443 | -26.3 | |  | Habbo.nl | 186,614 | -27.1 | |  | Habbo.com.tr | 554,381 | -22.8 | |  | Habbo.com | 831,164 | -27.1 |  Habbo.com.br  {.center}  Habbo.de  {.center}  Habbo.es  {.center}  Habbo.fi  {.center}  Habbo.fr  {.center}  Habbo.it  {.center}  Habbo.nl  {.center}  Habbo.com.tr  {.center}  Habbo.com  {.center} --- **Limited Edition Rares** We also have data from the Limited Edition Rares (LTD). Below, the table lists the amount of items sold, coins spent and the selling rate of the LTD rares of each hotel in 2018. | | **Hotel** | **Items Sold** | **Coins Spent** | **Selling Rate (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |  | Habbo.com.br | 208 | 99,000 | 21.3 | |  | Habbo.de | 496 | 267,500 | 65.6 | |  | Habbo.es | 446 | 227,250 | 45.8 | |  | Habbo.fi | 104 | 52,500 | 48.1 | |  | Habbo.fr | 354 | 195,250 | 54.6 | |  | Habbo.it | 133 | 64,500 | 41 | |  | Habbo.nl | 221 | 112,250 | 34.1 | |  | Habbo.com.tr | 126 | 72,250 | 38.8 | |  | Habbo.com | 1,116 | 558,000 | 93.9 | Note that Habbo.com.br, the largest hotel, has the worst selling rate. Habbo.com surprises with more than 90% of the rare sold. Overall, this sales rate was 52.9% - there was a decrease of 1.8% in relation to the previous year. From these data, it is possible to get some curiosities. **Global**  {.center} **Best Selling** The Butterfly Habberge Egg had 70.2% of the items sold.  Code: easter_ltd18_habberge10 Release date: March 15, 2018 672 items available 472 items sold 354,000 coins spent {.center} If you want to know more curiosities about the LTD rares, visit the main article [clicking here](/en/news/4155). --- **Habbo Club Payday** {.right} On the 15th of each month, members of Habbo Club receives a payment for loyalty to the club and a percentage proportional to what was spent at the Shop. Traditionally, Habbo releases some data from HC Payday on Twitter and we also store it in our database. According to Habbo, this year **9,250,590** credits were paid worldwide. This value is 7.5% lower than in 2017. The best payment was in August: 937,915 credits paid in one go. Below, the amounts paid month to month compared to the previous year. | **Month** | **Credits** | **Oscillation (%)** | | --- | --- | --- | | January | 860,021 | -24.7 | | February | 680,271 | -17.3 | | March | 686,188 | -13.9 | | April | 825,528 | +0.9 | | May | 660,782 | -14.7 | | June | 758,007 | -5.5 | | July | 833,212 | -6.2 | | August | 937,915 | +20.7 | | September | 858,048 | -7 | | October | 618,099 | -12.2 | | November | 763,304 | +8.2 | | December | 769,215 | -8.2 | In April, a user from Habbo.com shared the HC historical payment series on Twitter. You can remember [here](https://twitter.com/conHabbo/status/986238370895581184). --- We should thank all those who somehow helped us in this great research. After all, it's not an easy job to collect and analyze so much data and make it visually pleasing from images and texts translated into multiple languages.  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**Puhekupla**, with the help of several fansites partners, was able to obtain detailed information about the Limited Edition Rares collection. Basically, we set up a database with information on each of the 171,547 items from the 89 rare ones launched at the 9 hotels over their 5 years of existence. The data collected, are just the one you see in the shop during the sale of a LTD: items available, items sold and price. This work lasted for months and today we are being able to introduce it. **For the data, consider the following facts**: {.right} 1. We are no longer able to get this data from Habbo Denmark, Norway and Sweden; 2. The Habbo Turkey was opened after the sale of several LTD, but even so the shop provides information on items made available and sold prior to the opening. Probably the items that appear as sold were distributed differently in the community; 3. The calculations are only valid for Habbo Coins. Diamonds and other currencies were not considered; 4. All data are from the Habbo Shop and refer to the items only. We have no information about buyers. **#### About LTDs** They first came to Habbo on April 4, 2012 during the Easter campaign. They are characterized by being available for a limited amount in the shop. This amount is pre-determined and varies in each Hotel, depending on the demand and varies for each rare released, as well as the price. Once the threshold quantity is reached, it is no longer possible to buy. Just like all the rare ones, they are also available in the shopfor a limited time. Habbo Staffs claim that if the rare do not sold out, stranded items can be distributed in other ways. But there is no evidence that this happened at some point. **#### The black box** There is so much information collected that it would be impossible to display everything here in this article. Therefore, we summarize graphically for each hotel, as you can see below. The sales data for each rare one is in a PDF file hosted on [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZwlhYqYRhplp0qeLLm4pW1mxKTsdcWot?usp=sharing). We share this responsibility with other fansites so they can show you more detailed information about your hotel. At the end of this article, just select your country to find it. **Habbo Global Statistics** 9 hotels 89 rares 171,547 items available 123,338 items sold 25,990,509 Habbo credits spent 42 badges {.center} --- **Best Selling** Four rare are in this position. They have achieved 100% sales in all hotels!  **Worst Selling** This was the biggest failure: only 33% of the items available were sold.  Code: scifi_ltd17_mech Release date: May 15, 2017 954 items available 315 items sold 157,500 coins spent {.center} --- **The most abundant rare** In absolute numbers, that is, the rare one found in greatest quantity.  Code: sf_pod_dark Release date: April 6, 2012 13,600 items available 11,047 items sold 552,350 coins spent **The most rare** In absolute numbers, that is, the rare one found in least quantity.  Code: vikings_throne Release date: May 28, 2014 315 items available 265 items sold 265,000 coins spent {.center} --- **Hotel Ranking** This is the ranking of hotels where most users buy rare in relation to the quantity available. Habbo.com - 87.2% Habbo.de - 83.6% Habbo.fi - 75.3% Habbo.com.br - 73.7% Habbo.es - 71.6% Habbo.nl - 67.5% Habbo.fr - 66.6% Habbo.it - 63.2% Habbo.com.tr - 16.1% {.center} --- **Badges** The badges became a rule only from September 2014. Before that, they were distributed in the rare ones on only five occasions.                                           Unfortunately we are not able to tell how many badges were distributed to users. A user can purchase multiple items from the same rare one, but will receive the badge only once. So we are not able to do this calculation. You can discover information like this on sites like [Habbowidgets](https://www.habbowidgets.com/badges/owners/) by searching for one of the badges. However, it is still not possible to obtain 100% accuracy. **Badge Sales** Referring only to items that were sold with badge Selling rate: 76.2% 50,048 items available 38,154 items sold **Non Badge Sales** Referring only to items that were sold without badge Selling rate: 70.1% 121,499 items available 85,184 items sold Sales rose 6% with the badges. Highlight for Habbo.com, where it reaches 97%! {.center} --- **Coins** If Sulake has as a goal the sale of all items, that is, 171,547 items, then it would be spent 34,517,540 coins! However, only 123,338 items were sold and this had the cost of 25,990,509 coins. Thus, players saved 8,643,031 of coins around the world. Did you also avoid spending?  {.center}  **Habbo.com.br**  {.center} Check out all Habbo.com.br data by [clicking here](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZwlhYqYRhplp0qeLLm4pW1mxKTsdcWot)  **Habbo.de**  {.center} Check out all Habbo.de data by [clicking here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wlUkLBr-Ol2lvoLNN24653sv0TxLw0Tb)  **Habbo.es**  {.center} Check out all Habbo.es data by [clicking here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oV_3e20e0qxvHq8pO9GZvJkHMb41mTXo)  **Habbo.fi**  {.center} Check out all Habbo.fi data by [clicking here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1W2U2bmVqOMeHqpLM4dcPWISpknkmRhZh)  **Habbo.fr**  {.center} Check out all Habbo.fr data by [clicking here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1p6SpJ_WR1wBaseKbx_K45HnTTmk_vLVn)  **Habbo.it**  {.center} Check out all Habbo.it data by [clicking here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ITvrkPTcSeB_jZ0qKoogIXpUxMbK3Zkp)  **Habbo.nl**  {.center} Check out all Habbo.nl data by [clicking here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=18GFmJyMncxV7d6yxkydRxIiAorqZKfyU)  **Habbo.com.tr**  {.center} Check out all Habbo.com.tr data by [clicking here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=17rGq8CJXVphV57dMEJalU-NfWoGM3JRw)  **Habbo.com**  {.center} Check out all Habbo.com data by [clicking here](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1N7-j5BiPW6vap37BuZAW0-hxu9LCu_Lb) --- Unfortunately in recent times the Habbo Team has made it difficult for us to get interesting information like this, but we hope Sulake will be able to enjoy our work. We hope we can continue doing more things like this and keep you updated on Habbo. **Did you like it? Share with your friends!**

 {.center} Dear @Puhekupla_Staff followers, We have found it difficult to fulfill our work by providing news about Habbo Staff(s) lately as you have may noticed. We are currently the only source that provides news about Habbo Staffs and the video game company Sulake. Unfortunately our scanners are almost completly down, and our tools are broken. We are no longer able to discover new Habbo Staff(s) which has been our vision and our main goal since day one to deliver, regular news and changes about the Habbo Staff(s) within Sulake by making use of the open source code, the API. This is not possible anymore as it once was since the developers started to prevent our work in different kind of ways. For example when they decided to remove the visible ADM badge from the badge widget of every Habbo user(s) public profile. To be able to maintain this account, we ask you now to please constantly updating us if you have news about Habbo Staff(s) or as well Sulake. Please retweet this statement to show your support to our team and to underline your signature for a better and more open source code to all the users of the Habbo community as well as your support for Habbo Fansites using different widgets to provide information about user(s) in Habbo globally like us. By retweet this tweet you also clarify that the developers have done wrong and that they should be open minded for ideas. Your support is very important for us and we believe that we can together make a big difference. Puhekupla Staff Team.

{.right}(8) *Guess who's back, back again... Puhekupla's back, tell a friend! * (8) Puhekupla is finally back! Hooray! We've had some issues recently, I won't go in to detail, but now that that's out of the way the site is going to be a lot more active than it has been for a very, very long time! We've got some great things planned for both Halloween and Christmas, so be sure to keep an eye out for that! We've also got some brand new faces to introduce you to! One of those faces, being my... face? We now have 2 diffrent Community Managers! "But how does that work?" I hear you saying. Well, we each have diffrent things we do, diffrent tasks and responsibilities. It's all very simple. Now, let's meet them! **Laurens078** Hi there! My name is Laurens and I'm one of the Community Managers at Puhekupla. My job is to take care of the graphics around the website and for our Official Fansite Events inside Habbo and to keep a look out on the behaviour of our users! **Imogen21702** Hiya! My name is Imogen and I’m one of the Community Managers at Puhekupla. Mý job is to look after our community in-client, making sure that our users are entertained. I also build official fansite events with the building team. It sure is good to be back. If you have any questions, you can tweet at us [@Puhekupla](https://twitter.com/Puhekupla) or find us on Habbo! **By Terregan**

{.right}Hiya! For the past few weeks the Puhekupla Builders Team worked together to give all of our .COM Habbo's an amazing event for this weekend. So why don't you come and play the games, while we walk you through the first three seasons of **The Vampire Diaries**. **#### [https://www.habbo.com/hotel?room=72074858](https://www.habbo.com/hotel?room=72074858)  {.center} ** [small]A shout-out to Imogen21702 and all the others from the Puhekupla Builders Team who contributed to create all the rooms and games, all of you did an amazing job and we're all very proud to be able to present this event to the community of .COM (L) [/small]