In the first half of 2018, there was one game on Twitch that performed heads above the rest: 。 Fortnite。. 。
Fortnite 。 has taken Twitch by storm this year, beating out 。 League of Legends 。in the second quarter of 2018 to become the most-viewed game on the livestreaming platform, according to a data report from streaming company StreamElements.。
In the first half of the year, Twitch viewers watched 630 million hours of 。 In the first half of the year, Twitch viewers watched 630 million hours of。Fortnite 。
. That's about 71,900 years worth. 。SEE ALSO:'Fortnite' cheaters get a lesson in karma via malware 。 Coming in at second place is the titan of multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games,League of Legends 。 , which clocked in under 500 million hours of viewership. Surprisingly, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds 。( 。PUBG 。 ) garnered less than half the viewership of 。Fortnite 。
By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 。 Thanks for signing up! 。While 。 PUBG 。was a breakout hit in 2017 as it ignited the craze that has become battle royale-style games, Fortnite 。 seems to have swept up most battle royale fans. Between the first and second quarters of 2018, while 。 Fortnite 。grew 74% in hours viewed while 。
PUBG 。 dropped 9%. 。So how did we get here? Well, For one thing, Fortnite 。, while not the first battle royale game to make a splash, is a bit more accessible than other battle royale games. The matches are a bit shorter than 。
PUBG 。 PUBG 。's, the visuals are brighter, the weapons and mechanics are more dynamic. 。 Plus, Drake didn't play 。PUBG 。
with the streamer Ninja, he played 。 Fortnite 。, bringing in hundreds of viewers who probably would never have considered watching the game on Twitch in the first place. 。 That single instance helped spur a surge in 。Fortnite 。
on Twitch, nearly doubling both the number of people who stream 。 Fortnite 。and the number of people that amount of time that people spent watching it.。 As long as 。Fortnite 。
to become 2018's most-watched game, a tough feat to accomplish. 。
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