Is it really 2018 again? At least that’s what you would think if you were on Twitch last week. Fortnite brought back the 6-year-old OG Map from Chapter 1, and with it, many of the big streamers from back then experienced a new hype.
What kind of streamer is this? Kyle “Mongraal” Jackson was considered a prodigy in Fortnite and managed to compete with the professionals at the age of 13. He was also successful on Twitch and ranked among the most-watched Fortnite streamers in the world.
Recently, the now 19-year-old hardly played a role on Twitch. In 2023, he only went live six times. Since the beginning of November, he has been streaming regularly again.
When thinking back to the good old Fortnite days, you can hardly avoid Ninja. The streamer was everywhere back then – but what ever happened to him?
A new era?
How is it going for Mongraal right now? Really well. The 19-year-old is currently streaming to an average of 20,500 viewers. That’s an increase of almost 500% compared to his last stream in June 2023 (via TwitchTracker). In Fortnite, he is currently number 1 and even pushed past the big Ninja (via sullygnome).
In the meantime, Mongraal even became the most-watched streamer and the fastest-growing streamer worldwide. However, for the last 7 days, he has slipped back to 5th place (via sullygnome, as of November 13).
This is how you know Mongraal (Warning, loud!):
There is no denying that the Fortnite ace was able to benefit enormously from the hype surrounding the OG Map. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, he stated on October 30, 2023, that the return of OG Fortnite could mark the start of a new era. It seems that Mongraal was right about that.
Additional hype is likely to be generated by joint streams with the controversial content creator Darren “IShowSpeed” Watkins. Until recently, this would not have been possible at all, as Twitch is quite strict about joint appearances with banned streamers. However, the indefinite ban on the 18-year-old was recently lifted:
