Fortnite views on the popular streaming platform Twitch have been on a decline as reported by Streamlabs. According to the report that indicates the drop of viewers on Twitch, 55 million fewer hours were watched in total during the second quarter of 2019.
The decrease in views on Twitch has been gradually increasing over the course of the year and indicates a 2% decrease from Q1 2019. The viewership drop also affects Fortnite as it is losing ground to other non-gaming streams. Twitch is not only known for streaming games but also other categories including its “Just Chatting.” This category alone has grown 7% in the last quarter while Fortnite has dropped 3.6% in viewership.
The report also mentions a few more stats that mention the CCV having dropped 3% from the previous quarter to 1.24 million concurrent viewers. On the other hand, 4.8 million channels streamed on Twitch which is nearly 1 million fewer channels compare to Q1. Another stat it mentions is that the average viewers per channel have increased by 9.4% in Q2 for an average of 28.6 viewers per channel
Having said that, Fortnite was still the most-watched game on Twitch on both the quarters of this year. This could be because of the fact that there were one million fewer channels that streamed in the second quarter than Q1 2019. Another reason could be that the game may be becoming boring for viewers with the same repetitive gaming mechanic and the lack of any major crossover event happening in the game.
The last time Epic Games held the DJ Marshmello event in Fortnite, it broke the concurrent viewer record when the company confirmed that 10.7 million Fortnite players participated in the event. This number was comfortably overtaken from the previous record of 8.3 million concurrent players.
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