Title: Why did Club Penguin shut down? - The Red Keytar Diaries
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Content: Why did Club Penguin shut down? - The Red Keytar Diaries
Why did Club Penguin shut down? August 17, 2020
May 15, 2020 by Red Keytar
As a former Club Penguin staff member from 2006-2015, it was hard to watch as CP was closed. Why did Club Penguin shut down if it had so many active players? Club Penguin shut down largely due to growing competition from newer games such as Minecraft and Roblox. These kid-friendly games were made available for almost all platforms, including console. According to Google Trends data from 2004-2020, Club Penguin was declining in popularity for several years prior to its closure. If you run a comparison between Club Penguin and Roblox, you will notice the latter game exploding in popularity in early 2015. While both worlds were released between 2005-2006, Roblox allowed its users to create their own multiplayer games. According to Kidscreen, Roblox had grown its catalog to 15 million user-generated games by 2015 .