Whois & Analysis for habbo.com

Habbo (previously known as Habbo Hotel) is a social networking service and online community aimed at teenagers.

The website is owned and operated by Sulake, a Finnish corporation.

The service began in 2000 and has expanded to include nine online communities (or "hotels"), with users in over 150 countries.

As of August 2012, over 273 million avatars have been registered with an average 5 million unique visitors monthly.

90% of Habbo's users are between the age of 13 and 18.

In computing, an avatar is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character.

An icon or figure representing a particular person in a video game, Internet forum, etc.

It may take either a three-dimensional form, as in games or virtual worlds, or a two-dimensional form as an icon in Internet forums and other online communities.

Avatar images have also been referred to as "picons" (personal icons) in the past, though the usage of this term is uncommon now.

It can also refer to a text construct found on early systems such as MUDs.

The term "avatar" can also refer to the personality connected with the screen name, or handle, of an Internet user.

Common avatars may be Internet memes.

Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of software, where images are edited on the pixel level.

The majority of graphics for 8-bit and 16-bit computers and video game consoles, as well as other limited systems like graphing calculators, is pixel art.

A virtual world or massively multiplayer online world (MMOW) is a computer-based simulated environment populated by many users who can create a personal avatar, and simultaneously and independently explore the virtual world, participate in its activities and communicate with others.

These avatars can be textual, two or three-dimensional graphical representations, or live video avatars with auditory and touch sensations.

In general, virtual worlds allow for multiple users.

A role-playing game (RPG and sometimes roleplaying game) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making or character development.

Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines.