Fortnite’s new season increases the game’s popularity on Twitch

Nostalgia really resonates with the gaming public and proof of this comes from Fortnite, which exploded in popularity on Twitch after the start of the new season, the Season OG, which brings the original map back to the game.

The new season, Chapter 4 Season 5, officially started on November 3rd and the high popularity of the return of the game’s original map caused queues on the servers. Despite this, players and audiences alike are full of praise for Fortnite’s Season OG.

Record number of players and high popularity on Twitch

Not even a week has passed since the Season OG arrived in Fortnite and Epic Games’ Battle Royale is already the most watched game on Twitch today.

The game’s high popularity in live streaming is a reflection of its popularity among players. According to Epic Games, Fortnite broke the record for players in a single day in its history: 44.7 million.

Another record broken, thanks to the SEason OG, was the number of simultaneous players in the game. Also according to the developer, Fortnite recorded a peak of 6,172,463 simultaneous players last Saturday (04), this being the highest number ever recorded by the game.

On Twitch, Fortnite’s rise in popularity has been impressive, thanks to the SEason OG and the return of the game’s original map. According to the website StreamsCharts, the Battle Royale recorded a 116% increase in hours watched on Friday, November 3, compared to the previous day.

There were 3.50 million hours watched in one day alone, leaving Fortnite behind only League of Legends, which registered 4.30 million hours watched.

Also on Friday (03), the day of the launch of Season OG, Fortnite was streamed by more than 30% of the total Twitch channels, reaching a peak of 35,022 channels broadcasting the game.

When it comes to the number of viewers, November 3rd was also strong for Fortnite. The game recorded a peak of 773,861 concurrent viewers. The overall record was recorded in 2020, with a total of 2.277 billion viewers on Twitch.

The biggest Fortnite streamer

If you’re looking for a channel to follow Fortnite’s Season OG, the biggest one, of course, is Ninja. The American streamer spent more than 24 hours live broadcasting the new season of Epic Games’ Battle Royale when it was launched.

On November 3rd alone, Ninja reached a peak of 124 thousand viewers on his Twitch channel, more than double that of second place, the streamer Clix.

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