Observed Signal · Mar 17, 2026 · Partnership · Source: https://marketingtechnews.net/feed/ · Impact: 2/5 · Sentiment: Positive
SYBO Expands Subway Surfers Reach with Poki Partnership
SYBO has expanded its partnership with web gaming platform Poki to bring Subway Surfers Blast and Subway Surfers Match to the browser, aiming to broaden reach across platforms and devices. The move leverages Poki’s distribution, technical stability, audience scale, dedicated account management and performance analytics to support the franchise’s discovery and growth. Poki curates a catalog of over 1,000 titles from roughly 500 developers, including Madbox and Fingersoft. SYBO CEO Mathias Gredal Nørvig highlighted the company’s goal of making Subway Surfers accessible to as many gamers as possible via the collaboration.
Expands distribution and web reach for a major gaming franchise, which affects publisher inventory and audience scale for web-based gaming but is not industry-shifting for core AdTech infrastructure.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- SYBO deepened its partnership with Poki to bring Subway Surfers Blast and Subway Surfers Match to the web.
- The Subway Surfers franchise has reached 100 million players globally.
- Poki curates over 1,000 titles from approximately 500 developers, including Madbox and Fingersoft.
- Poki provides distribution, technical stability, audience scale, dedicated account managers and performance analytics to partner studios, reducing upfront costs.
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