In Brief:
- Update on the latest social numbers for Splinterlands
- The network effect looks at the community's social media participation and shows the value of the community relative to the price of the SPS token
- Explosion of interest in Splinterlands
In The Downtime:

Google Trends: Explosion of NFT searches
- NFTs have now become a mainstream term only over the past year. Marketing them has often been synonymous with owning pieces of digital art, but for the gaming community it now brings to life a new world of digital ownership.
- Some of the Google Trends numbers for Splinterlands shows where some of the significant interest has come from (The Philippines) and the network effects of play-to-earn mechanics in the NFT gaming space:

Social Engagement Update
- With the explosion of NFT gaming one of the true measures of success are the social numbers that make up the strength of the community and indicators for the longevity of the project.
- Some of the numbers that make up the metrics look at indicators like retweets, replies, followers and upvotes to gauge the social engagement numbers for the SPS token (blue line) vs the price (purple line)
- Whilst there's always peak of interest in a new project and peaks and troughs you can see the numbers are fairly consistent:

[Source: https://lunarcrush.com/coins/sps/splinterlands?metric=social_score&interval=1%20Month]

[Source: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/splinterlands#social]
Top Influencers
- Needing to know more about the news surrounding the game and how you can support the community and the longevity of the game? Here are some of the top social influencers for Splinterlands:
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