Slots Tracker: NetEnt secures an unbeaten year as it tops rankings for 12th month in a row
Starburst remains the title to beat as iGaming Tracker introduces rankings for new releases
NetEnt’s Starburst remains the undisputed king of the iGaming Tracker rankings after landing a 12th consecutive month in the top spot.
The slot has remained at the apex of the rankings ever since the algorithmic reshuffle last October, with challenger titles failing to wrest it from its post.
Play’n GO’s Book of Dead remained in second place while Pragmatic Play’s Big Bass Bonanza retained its bronze medal position from August.
Play’n GO’s Legacy of Dead and Pragmatic Play’s Wolf Gold both rose one position to fourth and fifth, respectively.
Bonanza by Evolution, which finished fourth in August, slipped two places to sixth in September.
There were four new entrants in the September rankings, including two re-entries. Pragmatic Play’s Bigger Bass Bonanza was the highest-placing debutant in ninth place.
Microgaming’s Thunderstruck Wild Lightning, which was 11th in August, was the highest-ranking title to fall out of the rankings completely.
In a new addition to the rankings, iGaming Tracker has detailed the top-ranking new slots that were released in August and September.
Pragmatic Play’s Bigger Bass Bonanza secured top spot in the new games rankings, with Spin Play Games’ Amazing Link Apollo and Ghost of Dead by Play’n GO coming second and third.
The game with the latest release date to secure a spot in the top 20 was Evolution’s Dynamite Riches Megaways (16 September) after finishing in fifth place.
The iGaming Tracker has changed its methodology of data collection and grading of games since October 2020 to give a fairer and broader reflection of the rankings.
Games are ranked by their position throughout the month on more than 500 of the largest casino sites in Europe. Only the ‘main’ page of the casinos is taken into account and the top 10 most prominent positions on those pages.
The previous number of sites the iGaming Tracker took into account was just 50.
The iGaming Tracker compiles the slots rankings by tracking casino sites across 24 European countries including the UK, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark.
Each casino page is tracked every day over the month as well as which game occupies each position. Each position is weighted so the top positions on the page have a higher weighting than the positions on the bottom of the page. Likewise, the pages, sites and countries are weighted to give a fairer view on the success of casino games.
Table games such as roulette and blackjack are excluded from the rankings, as are live casino games.
1-30 September 2021