But sometimes, members’ imagination and talent are astonishing us. For instance, when they are using Flash objects to create a special atmosphere. Hereunder are a few examples of brilliant rooms.

Enjoy… and try to build even more incredible rooms!

CryMeARiver by Canter Berry

Aquarius by Zina Plinko

Derringer’s by Will Hammontree

And you can now follow the count direcly in Yoowalk, right below the window.

Welcome to all of our newcomers!

We now count 35,700 members, with a stupendous growth of 11% in 1 week and 46% compared to last month!

According to Quantcast (see the full report here), Yoowalk ranks as 34.000th site most visited in the US. We were below the 100K last month.

The redesign of the Share function at the end of last week is already visible in the numbers, with more and more visitors and members sharing places they like in Yoowalk on their Facebook profile, on Reddit, Twittering their position in Yoowalk, or just by inviting their friends to jump into their room by inviting them by email.

We’re very proud of these numbers, and proud that so many people now use Yoowalk daily to meet their friends, have a walk around the web with them, chat in one another’s room, etc.

In the name of the whole Yoowalk team, I want to thank all of you for your interest and curiosity in our service, and your patience for our bugs and (numerous) imperfections . Expect lots of improvements in February!

Update 06/02/09:

Check our audience pattern at Compete.

Waooohhh, figures are getting higher and higher! I do not know whether you can figure it out, but 30,000 is the population of French cities like Biarritz, Agen or Montelimar. Yoowalk is becoming like a real city!

Paris, January 14th, 2009

Only 6 months after its official launch on July 1st 2008, Yoowalk has reached the emblematic target of 100,000 monthly unique visitors in December. Thus, for example, a brand like Le Figaro, a leading French News company, who has chosen one of the most visible positions of the entrance street of Yoowalk, has been viewed by all of these visitors just by spending the couple of hours necessary to make their walksite.

In the same time, the Yoowalk community exceeds 25,000 members. These members can make friends, browse the 3D web with these friends, chat with each other and build their personal rooms. All for free.

Xavier Marvaldi, CEO of Yoowalk, is enthusiastic about “the 43% growth rate of the audience in one month, along the 62% growth of the registered members base, which shows the Internet users interest for live and visual interaction in a 3D web.”

About Yoowalk
Founded by Xavier MARVALDI, the former CEO of M6web, Yoowalk is an innovative startup that is developing a revolutionary virtual world. Spotted by MICROSOFT as one of the 12 most innovative startup companies of 2008 in the world, Yoowalk was financed by CITA Gestion, one of the most successful Venture Capitalists in France, and business angels, notably Alexis CAUDE, founder of Newsweb, a French leading internet news provider. It has also received funding from OSEO and is a member of Cap Digital, two French government organizations supporting innovation. Yoowalk is supported by MICROSOFT through its BizSpark program.

Contacts:
Xavier Marvaldi                                    Yoowalk www.yoowalk.com
Tel :   +33 (0)1 71 19 40 10                 For publishers publisher.yoowalk.com
Mail : press [ at ] yoowalk.com            The blog blog.yoowalk.com

Actually, if the trend provided by Compete.com is correct, the figures aren’t (they mostly count US audience). In December, according to Google Analytics, you have been 100.000 to visit the site (unique visitors), and we finish the year with 25.000 members!

As you can experience, the more people there are in Yoowalk, the more fun it is. That’s why a lot af you are starting to invite their friends, either with the Invite button, or via the Other IMs feature.

Thanks to each of you for your growing loyalty to Yoowalk.

• 90,000 visits during the month
• 15,000 registered members at the end of the month

When we launched Yoowalk on the 1st of July 2008, we would have signed immediately for such good numbers, in only 4 months!