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2022 was a great year for Roblox. We are optimistically driving our vision to reimagine the way people come together, and we\u2019re realizing it by enabling deeper forms of expression, communication, and immersion.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The investments we are making to expand the engagement of Roblox across geographies and age groups are paying off. Our <\/span>community grew by <\/span>23%<\/span> this year to more than 56<\/span> million daily global users. And our users spent over 49.3 billion hours coming together to create, play, explore, learn, and connect. <\/span>Today, more than half of the people on Roblox are 13 and older, demonstrating our platform\u2019s appeal to a broad range of audiences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Innovation and improvements across every aspect of Roblox played a key role in driving our growth. Here are some of our major accomplishments from 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enabling Self-Expression and Connection<\/b><\/h2>\n

With the launch of <\/span>Layered Clothing<\/span>, we continued to empower people to express themselves and their identity creatively. This feature enables clothing and accessories to fit any avatar body type. Items like shirts, dresses, sweaters, jackets, and pants are now worn in layers and copy the way apparel fits and drapes on individuals in the real world. This provides our community with the power to create never-before-seen clothing and accessory types. Users can mix and match an incredible range of body styles and outfits, taking avatar customization possibilities to the next level. Since launch, we have seen over 115 million people own a layered clothing item.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We also continued to expand the quality and immersion of social interactions on Roblox. Now, people verified as ages 13 and older can use Chat with their voice to speak aloud with one another.\u00a0 This functionality is built to mimic in-person conversations, and is based on avatars\u2019 proximity to each other \u2013 meaning you might whisper to a friend nearby or raise your voice to carry across the room. Almost a million Roblox experiences have already enabled voice communications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the year, we rolled out <\/span>Contact Importer<\/span>, a safe and secure way for people to find and connect with real-life friends. Contact Importer uses the same contact names saved on a user\u2019s device, so they can quickly recognize their friends on the Roblox platform. We also released Friend Recommendations, so people ages 13 and older can easily review and add friends directly. These two features are important steps in making it easier for people to connect while continuing to uphold the <\/span>privacy<\/span> and <\/span>safety<\/span> of our community.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Expanding Creator Opportunities<\/b><\/h2>\n

Other important innovations were focused on accelerating our vision of making creation accessible to everyone on Roblox. We\u2019re building tools so anyone from <\/span>new creators to big development <\/span>studios can bring their creations to fruition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2022, our community visited more than 15 million experiences on the platform, and developers and creators published more than 15,000 experiences every single day. To support this creation flywheel, we made advancements to <\/span>Roblox Studio<\/span>, our free development software for building and publishing 3D content. Roblox Studio now has a refreshed look and new features \u2014 like <\/span>support for high-resolution displays and redesigned icons for better navigation \u2014 that <\/span>allow creators to customize their workspaces and collaborate with teammates seamlessly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In July 2022, we rolled out a number of advancements to our <\/span>material system<\/span> to enhance the visual quality of the full library of existing materials and make them look and feel even more realistic than before. Materials on Roblox are akin to materials in the real world. They\u2019re used to not only define the surface appearance of a 3D object but also its physical properties, which in turn influences how the object behaves. Our material system will help our creators more easily realize their aesthetic vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also added several new features to Roblox Cloud, our developer ecosystem, to <\/span>streamline experience development and enhance productivity<\/span>. Developers can now access all their Roblox resources via APIs that enable a rich ecosystem of tools for improving creator workflows and customization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the year, we began rolling out our new Creator Hub, a resource that brings all of our online tools and documentation for developers into a unified platform. Creator Hub makes creation easier, faster, and more streamlined by providing operational and management support in one place. The technology we\u2019re building for Creator Hub will also bring greater fidelity and capabilities to developer creations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Evolving our Virtual Economy<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

In 2022, our Economy team achieved an important milestone: more than <\/span>90% of items published in Marketplace<\/span> are now made by creators, getting us even closer to the point where all content within Roblox is fully user-generated. We\u2019re continuing to improve user discovery in <\/span>Marketplace<\/span>, <\/span>so people can find items they want in a way that will redefine the user journey<\/span>. <\/span>We envision a future where select items are offered on a limited basis, and other items are more widely available, so people can find a breadth of items they love.<\/span><\/p>\n

This September, at<\/span> our biggest Roblox Developers Conference<\/span> ever, we announced <\/span>Immersive Ads<\/span>. <\/span>This innovative 3D advertising experience is designed to give brands and developers alike the ability to reach their audiences in new ways.
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