Thanks to an epic finale to Season 2 in Fortnite, the popular game is continuing it’s impressive, long-standing dominance in regards to viewership on Twitch, and those numbers are continuing to grow.
Fortnite’s event ‘The Device’ attracted millions of viewers around the world while laying the foundation for Season 3 and the viewership numbers show that the event has brought viewers by the masses to a number of Twitch channels that were streaming, and still are, the game.
According to TwitchTracker, Fortnite’s concurrent viewers peaked at 2,277,171 when the event launched on June 15th, which shows a marked turnaround from when Fortnite hit the lowest mark of average viewers this January at 72,340.
According to SullyGnome, the event led to an average viewer count of 165,161 for the past week, putting Fortnite back atop the mountain on Twitch, and leading to an impressive start to Season 3 on the streaming platform.
