How many people play the game in 2020?

• Credits for Fortnite’s growing popularity go entirely to developers for its dynamism with updates.
• In this article, we look at the game’s user base and other aspects of its growing popularity.

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Fortnite is one of the most popular video games on the planet. It was released in 2017 and had a slow first year. The game finally accelerated in 2018, when it became one of the biggest battle royale games. Since then, the game has seen an exponential increase in the user base, and is slated to continue for a few more years.

There are many reasons that can be attributed to the success of the game. The Battle Royale concept itself was relatively new, and Fortnite’s unique gameplay, along with the fact that it is a free game available on all platforms, has increased its popularity.

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Fortnite has created a unique niche in the market and is the first game where in-game concerts have resulted in the attendance of more than 10-12 million people. Last year, the Marshmello concert was attended by more than 10.4 million users, while the Travis Scott concert that took place in April this year broke that record and attracted 12.4 million people.

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In terms of number of users, Fortnite had healthy growth until May 2018, after which it became truly exponential. In the five months between January and June, the number of active users increased from 45 million to 125 million and, at the end of the year, exceeded 200 million.

Fortnite’s highest annual growth

2018 is also considered the year the true Fortnite boom occurred, and people around the world began to notice and download the game. This was also the year the game got the most of its popular transmitters.

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The highest monthly increase Fortnite has seen so far occurred in August 2018, when 78.3 new users joined the game. Also, what works for the Fortnite advantage is that the game’s developers are extremely dynamic in creating new elements.

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As of March 2019, the user base had risen to a quarter of a billion, and the data suggests it has already risen to 350 million users, as of May 2020. Although this data includes each and every one of the accounts that exist in the system, we can assume that at least half of those 350 million users are online at any time.

Posted Jul 02 2020, 1:25 PM IST