Fortnite viewership down on Twitch after Ninja\u2019s exit and Tfue\u2019s break Epic Games \/ Twitch: Tfue \/ TwitchFortnite Battle Royale\u2019s viewership is down significantly on Twitch after Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins\u2019 departure to Mixer and Turner \u2018Tfue\u2019 Tenney\u2019s break. Fortnite has dominated the airwaves of Twitch since the release of its battle royale mode in 2017. Since exceeding 100,000 concurrent viewers in February 2018, the game has not crept below the milestone, consistently topping the Twitch charts in terms of viewership. However, the recent departure of Ninja and Tfue taking a break from streaming has hit the popular game\u2019s stats hard on the streaming platform. It now struggles to break through 90,000 concurrent viewers, and the decline doesn\u2019t seem to be stopping. According to a report by TheGamer, Fortnite\u2019s viewership has plummeted to its lowest level in the last 18 months. Since June 2019, Fortnite\u2019s viewership has declined by an average of around 9% a month, with the biggest drop occurring this month with a sharp 22.5% reduction in viewers. The number of channels streaming the game has also declined from over 10,000 at the start of the year, to around 4,800 on average. Fortnite has had a complicated relationship with its community as of late. The introduction of the B.R.U.T.E. has divided a lot of players, while the game\u2019s focus on Twitch is shifting heavily from community gameplay to esports and tournaments. Read more: New B.R.U.T.E. bug makes death unavoidable – While it\u2019s unclear whether these factors have had as much of an impact as the biggest stars leaving Twitch, it\u2019s definitely a possibility. In the same vein, the rise of new games like World of Warcraft Classic, and huge tournaments like Dota 2\u2019s The International 9 and CS:GO\u2019s Starladder Berlin Major might have also had an impact on the game\u2019s viewership since the World Cup. However, it\u2019s not all bad news for the Epic Games cultural phenomenon. The departure of some of the game\u2019s biggest streamers has allowed new talent to sprout, like World Cup winner Kyle \u2018Bugha\u2019 Giersdorf. Bugha\u2019s channel has seen a massive increase in traffic since he started streaming almost daily back in July. He now averages over 20,000 viewers a stream, and has almost eclipsed the 1 million follower mark. While Fortnite\u2019s viewership is on the decline for now, it\u2019s unlikely it\u2019ll stay like this forever. Once Tfue returns from his break, and new streamers make their mark on the platform, the game will more than likely shoot back up to the top of the charts once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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