How big is ‘Fortnite’? With more than 200 million players, it’s now equal to nearly two-thirds the US population
By Sara Shaw • November 28, 2018
The biggest game in the world, “Fortnite”, is showing no signs of slowing down. Between June 2018 and November 2018, 75 million new players registered, putting the total at more than 200 million. This puts “Fortnite” registered player numbers in the same realm as the most popular games of all time. However, the big difference between “Fortnite” and those games is “Fortnite” is free, and available on pretty much anything that will play video games.
It’s been barely a year since “Fortnite” began its climb to the top, and already its victory dances have bled into professional sports. In March, famous gamer, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and rapper, Drake, played each other and streamed it on Twitch, a popular live streaming video platform. The event broke Twitch streaming records by hundreds of thousands of viewers.