Second most popular RPG game system? (and third and fourth...)

[The Hound]

Other than the various incarnations of D&D X.X going back to Gygax (RIP), what are the second, third, etc. most popular RPG role playing systems in terms of the number of people using them, or sales? Speculation is welcome, but I'm mainly interested in finding published sources that have that information.

 

[Achan hiArusa]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game#Publishers

http://www.eve-online.com/pressreleases/default.asp?pressReleaseID=26

http://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/report08.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/4442/ref=pd_ts_b_nav

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...CAT=914386&SZE=10&WRD=Roleplaying+games&SRT=S

 

[The Hound]

Thanks.

If anyone else has other sources I'd be interested in looking at those too.

 

[mhensley]

there's some good info here-

http://www.therpgsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6959

 

[Ed_Laprade]

Historically speaking, Runequest was #2 for a long time. But it probably doesn't even make the list these days. So there's the question of overall 'performance' to consider. (Unless you just want to know who's what now.)

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Hmm, without looking at any numbers in-particular I would say WoD and Exalted would be quite high. I think after WoTC, White Wolf has the highest PnP sales. Probably Star Wars Saga system has a lot of sales too.

 

[Glyfair]

According to ICV's latest report, the following were the top 5 over the last 3 months. However, these are "hobby channel" numbers.

ICv2 Top 5 Role-Playing Games

1. Dungeons & Dragons

2. Warhammer 40K Roleplay

3. World of Darkness

4. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

5. Shadowrun