Here are a few of the most interesting Fortnite player count, stats and facts I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.
Launched in 2017, the battle royale game Fortnite quickly gained a large, loyal following for Epic Games very quickly. Virtually overnight, it became a gaming, and cultural phenomenon and hasn’t shown any real signs of slowdown since.
The game has also been a cultural phenomenon, with many famous musicians, athletes, and other celebrities playing the game and promoting it to their fans. Additionally, Fortnite tournaments and esports events have become increasingly popular and have drawn large audiences of viewers online.
I recently sat down to see what Fortnite statistics and facts I could dig up. With more than a quarter of a billion players, there is much about the game that can be measured. Below are the results of some pretty intense research. I hope you find these stats helpful!
Fortnite player count:
Fortnite is one of the most popular video games in the world, with a large and active player base. As of 2021, it is estimated that Fortnite has more than 350 million registered players and that it generates billions of dollars in revenue each year. However, it’s worth noting that the number of active players at any given time can vary and the exact number is hard to track as the game is free to play and available on a number of different devices and consoles.
- How many people play Fortnite monthly? 70 million monthly players | 2023
- Number of Fortnite mobile players: 129 million Fortnite downloads to date | 2020
- Fortnite’s busiest day ever: November 4, 2023 (44.7 million players)
Fortnite Revenue Data
- Fortnite revenue in 2019: $3.7 billion
- Fortnite revenue in 2018: $5.4 billion
- Fortnite’s 2018 revenue total was the largest annual revenue total for a game in history.
- Fortnite mobile total worldwide player spend: $1 billion | 2020
- Fortnite average daily revenue on iOS: $2.75 million | 2020
- Average amount Fortnite iOS users spend on it daily (aggregate): $1.6 million | 2019
- Reported amount Fortnite made in its first three days: $1.5m (£1m)
- Amount of time it took Fortnite to earn $100 million on mobile: 90 days
- Amount that Fortnite earned from the App store in its first 20 days available for iOS: $15 million
Fortnite revenue source breakdown:
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- PS4: 46.8%
- Xbox One: 27.5%
- iOS: 7%
- Rest: 18.7%
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Other Fortnite Stats
- Number of concurrent viewers for Fortnite ‘The End’: 6 million viewers across YouTube and Twitch
- Number of concurrent players for the Fortnite Travis Scott Astronomical event: 12.3 million players | 2020
- Reported amount Travis Scott grossed for his Fortnite concert: roughly $20 million
- Number of concurrent viewers for Fortnite Season 9 battle: 606,000 viewers
- Biggest month in terms of Fortnite player count: September 2018 (78.3 million players) | 2018
- Amount of time Fortnite players spend on it monthly: 3.2 billion hours | 2020
- Fortnite’s share of all battle royale streaming: 83% | 2018
- Percentage of Fortnite players that are students that have skipped class to play it: 35% | 2018
- Percentage of Fortnite players that work that have skipped work to play it: 20.5% | 2018
- Amount of Fortnite content viewed on Twitch in 2019: 884.9 million hours
- Amount of Fortnite content viewed on Twitch in 2018: 1.228 billion hours
- Number of Fortnite players that logged on to view an in-game live performance by Marshmello: 10.7 million
- Estimated number of Fortnite players on iOS: 11 million | 2018
- Number of Fortnite players on Android: 15 million | 2018
- Percentage of Fortnite players that spend money on it: 68.8% | 2018
- Percentage of players that have spent money on Fortnite that say it was the first time they’ve bought something in a game: 36.7% | 2018
- First ‘vehicle’ introduced into Fortnite: a shopping cart
- Reported number of times Fortnite has been mentioned in UK divorce proceedings: 200 times | 2018
- Growth in Fortnite player count from January-November 2018: 500%
- Number of accounts that have been banned from the Fortnite World Cup for cheating: 1,200 | 2019
- Number of people that attended the Fortnite World Cup 2019 in person: 19,000
- Peak concurrent Fortnite World Cup viewers: 2.3 million viewers
- Amount of prizes awarded for the Fortnite World Cup 2019: $30 million
- Amount that the winner of the Fortnite World Cup 2019 was awarded: $3 million
- Time spent watching the Fortnite World Cup on Twitch and YouTube: 81.8 million hours
- Number of people that participated in the Fortnite “the Device” event: 12 million players
- Number of concurrent players during Fortnite’s Galactus event: 15.3 million concurrent players