Angry Birds Space is the 'fastest growing mobile game' ever

Rovio has announced that its extremely popular fling-'em-up Angry Birds Space was downloaded more than 50 million times during the 35 days that followed its release, making it the "fastest growing mobile game" of all time.

Those 50 million downloads are spread across iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry, as well as the Mac and PC.

Before Angry Birds Space hit virtual store shelves, series-wide downloads sat at around the 700 million downloads.

"This has been simply amazing, and the whole Rovio team is thrilled to see such a fantastic reception for the game," Rovio said in a blog post.

"We extend our deepest gratitude to all fans of Angry Birds everywhere. While numbers like this certainly say something about the popularity of Angry Birds, for us the main goal is to keep creating fun new experiences that everybody can enjoy."

Angry Birds Space is available to download for iPhone for 69p / 99c [buy], for iPad for £1.99 / $2.99 [buy], and Android for free [download].