The live event marking the end of Season 10 in Fortnite was a complete success. Over 6 million viewers were active on streaming platforms, watching the spectacle.
What kind of event was this? Season 10 in Fortnite has come to an end and Epic hosted a massive event. After a meteor strike, the map and all players disappeared into a black hole. This has since been shown to all players.
Only a small mini-game can be played there. There is nothing else going on in Fortnite at the moment. The interest in the event was huge, but in the end, millions of players watched a black hole for minutes.
So many viewers did the live event in Fortnite have
These are the numbers: Esports journalist Rod Breslau reports on Twitter that there were 6 million people on YouTube and Twitch alone. Additionally, there were over 1 million viewers on Twitter. He also doesn’t miss a jab at the streaming service Mixer, where there were only 37 viewers.
This would have likely been even more impressive if Twitch and Mixer hadn’t experienced server issues at the time. There were often lags and downtimes. YouTube, on the other hand, ran flawlessly and recorded by far the most viewers.
This was not taken into account: All these numbers are strong, but one has to consider that certainly many more players were logged into Fortnite and did not watch via a live stream.
How good are the numbers? Comparing the event with other live events, there have been better numbers. The live event of Season 6 surrounding the cube Kevin had 350,000 viewers alone in Ninja’s stream.
That’s why these numbers are important: Recently, Fortnite had massive declines in viewer numbers. Growth in games like WoW Classic or Minecraft had lowered the numbers for Fortnite. Even big streamers have been frequently checking out other games.
The live event marking the season’s end probably heightened the excitement. Millions of fans are eagerly waiting to see what emerges from the black hole and how Fortnite will proceed.
This is what makes it so special: It seems completely absurd what is currently happening in Fortnite. Epic has had peak numbers in their game for months, and then they simply show a black hole. Thousands of viewers have been watching it ever since.
Even the streamers were overwhelmed with this situation. Pro Tfue didn’t know what to do in the stream for minutes. It was just the black hole being shown. The more one wants to know how it will continue.
It is now also suspected that Save the World will become free to play:
