- Sonic’s foray into TikTok tap-to-revenue has hit a major milestone.
- The milestone is attributed to the application’s ability to provide users with a seamless and engaging experience.
- The success of this project highlights the potential for the tap-to-earn craze to expand beyond Telegram.
Over the past few months, the gaming-focused Solana Layer 2 Sonic has been focused on expanding its reach, and it shows no signs of slowing down. After announcing plans to integrate Neon EVM to attract EVM builders and games in July 2024, the project unveiled its efforts to expand its user base through TikTok in October 2024. This most recent effort appears to be yielding significant results.
Sonic X surpasses 1 million users
Sonic’s foray into TikTok tap-to-revenue has hit a major milestone. On November 11, the project announced that Sonic
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"Achieving 1 million KYC-verified users is a testament to Sonic's dedication to bridging the gap between mainstream social media and Web3. Sonic X was designed with accessibility and engagement in mind, and we're proud to have created an experience that brings the benefits of blockchain technology to a large, active audience on TikTok," he enthused.
Sonic attributed the tap-to-money game’s impressive user growth to its unique features. These features include interactive leaderboards and action pages that outline activities users can perform to earn additional rewards. Sonic
The Tap-to-Earn craze goes beyond Telegram
Tap-to-earn games are a genre of Web3 games where players tap the screen to earn in-game rewards and level up to earn future token airdrops. The genre has taken the Web3 gaming space by storm this year, with popular titles like Notcoin and Hamster Kombat reaching hundreds of millions of monthly active users.
But Sonic is taking the genre into new territory. Until now, these games were listed on Telegram. In addition to simply launching Sonic
Other projects appear to be already taking advantage of this opportunity. On October 31, Sonic announced the launch of Mah Jong Verse on its infrastructure.
On the flip side
- Sonic hasn’t confirmed its plans for airdrops to users.
- Interest in tap-to-money games often declines after users receive their tokens.
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