Angry Birds maker Rovio exceeded one billion downloads during 2012, and hit 263 million monthly active users in December.

There were 30 million downloads in Christmas week, with eight million on Christmas Day alone, it said.

The December monthly active user figure exceeds the 200 million recorded by the end of 2011 by 30 percent.

The company recently released a major update to Angry Birds Space for iOS and Android.

The Pig Dipper update added 30 levels to 2012’s most downloaded paid iOS app.