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title: How “Draw Something” Blew Up Without Blowing Up
date: 2012-04-12T17:39:00-05:00
author: Tessa Sánchez
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[](https://www.lemonly.com/work)# [Couchbase](https://www.lemonly.com/work?client=couchbase) How “Draw Something” Blew Up Without Blowing Up 

 [Infographic](https://www.lemonly.com/work?category=infographic)Draw Something is the world's fastest-growing mobile game with 50 million downloads in 50 days and more than 3,000 new drawings being created every second. All of this wouldn't be possible without the database technology of Couchbase NoSQL. Check out this [infographic](http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/04/11/the-ultimate-infographic-that-charts-draw-somethings-explosive-growth/) to see what enabled the popular game to grow so quickly, and successfully.

 

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