Indeed, we even saw revenue levels begin to slow through 2018 – barring an increase in Fortnite revenue in December 2018 (for obvious reasons). Assuming Fortnite is the right comp, it’s more likely to hit ~20% of its console revenue on the year, so $80M putting it in 5th place. When it launched on iOS and Android in 2018, PUBG Mobile managed to surpass Fortnite in downloads, through its large userbase in China and India, but it still lagged behind Fortnite in revenue. Giersdorf is the highest-earning Fortnite player on the list, with multiplayer online battle arena Dota 2 dominating the highest earners list (accounting for 44 of the top-50). The total rose to over 20 million across platforms, 12 million in-client, and a further 8.4 million on Twitch and YouTube. The new map, with its concomitant new gameplay features saw records comprehensively broken for Akamai, one of the content delivery networks commissioned by Epic Games to roll out the update. Price, Lightspeed, BlackRock, It was even big enough to score an official crossover with, game was controversially pulled from the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store in August 2020, US judge ruled Apple’s move was lawful and, subscription model is reportedly being touted, not one of the 100 players taking part in the, those who play in an un-sportsperson-like manner, powerful mech-like battle suits in August 2019, played games on their home stadium’s jumbotron, shattering the then non-tournament viewership records, earn a tidy $500,000 per month from Twitch subscribers, suitable topic for journalistic consideration, all of whom have claimed over $1,000,000 in earnings, the 2016 US presidential election peaked at 7.5 Tbps, 60% spike over normal peak data usage levels, traffic on the Akamai network peaked at a monumental 106 Tbps, it being downloaded 15-million times, with 23 million players within 21 days of its release in mid-August, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney claiming the company wants to build a direct relationship with its customers, PC, Xbox and Playstation gamers were separated out from mobile and Switch players, 2.3 million tuning in for an event titled ‘The Device’, stately 7 million for the Black Hole event, the celebrity pro-am tournament that took place at the E3 games festival in June 2018, total viewership hours increases to 6.1 million, 1.1 million tuning concurrently at one point, $100 million to award during the 2018/19 season, $3 million prize is the largest individual prize in e-sports history, was taken by Norwegien Emil Bergquist Pedersen (Nhyrox) and the aforementioned Aqua, prize money for the tournament was $10 million, The prize pool for this tournament stands at $5 million, next competitive tournament will centre on duo play, a young girl who wet herself rather than stop playing, The game has reportedly been brought up in 200 UK divorce cases, intentionally engineered, with, statisticians and psychologists, to be addictive, Epic Games has got involved too, bringing several lawsuits against people found to be cheating in the game, Boston Red Sox (baseball) pitcher David Price also had to pull out of a game with rivals the New York Yankees due to carpal tunnel syndrome, It would go on to hit $100 million within 90 days, console gaming revenue might have declined by 6% if not for, $1.25 billion in funding in late October 2018, a new $1.78 billion funding deal was announced, members of the famously out-of-touch British royal family have, regulatory constraints have stalled the Chinese release of the game by Tencent, Record for concurrent players stands at 12.3 million, recorded April 2020 during a Travis Scott concert crossover event; previous record of 10.7 million set during similar Marshmello crossover event in February 2019 (, Ninja counts 24.1 million YouTube subscribers, alongside 16.1 million Twitch followers (, Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins and Drake’s team-up drew 635,000 concurrent viewers (, Ninja reportedly earns $500,000/month from streaming, $30 million in total handed out during the. Fortnite’s Android release circumvented the Google Play Store, with the beta version only available on an invite-basis. Part of Fortnite’s rise to dominance has no doubt been its cross-platform availability, with casual mobile gamers on the move able to participate with hardcore bedroom gamers on equal footing (Sony was hesitant, but cross-play functionality has recently been enabled for PS4 players). Nonetheless up until this time, Fortnite remained one of the most played and watched mobile games out there – and one of the lucrative. And that’s just Twitch and YouTube. A similar investigation carried out using SimilarWeb data on desktop Fortnite users found relatively similar results, albeit a little less skewed toward the youngest age bracket, and an even more unbalanced picture regarding gender. As an indication of how far e-sports have come, his victory earned him an invite onto Jimmy Fallon’s talkshow. While it has brought nothing new exactly to the world, certainly it has helped to entrench gaming as a spectator sport, the ability of microtransactions to drive revenue (even if they’re essentially meaningless), and the battle royale format of game – or whatever else might give the same sort of instant, mass human connection. Monthly spending on Fortnite, April 2019 – August 2020, USD millions. Revenue for 2020 is forecast to be $5 billion, with EBITDA of $1 billion. When it comes to Fortnite, the revenue has been in excess of $1 billion in each year since its launch, and $1.8 billion up to June of last year. By 29 July-4 August, this had increased 27.5-fold to 220,000. It would go on to hit $100 million within 90 days (notably 335% more than Knives Out in second place), then $200 million two months later. (, Fortnite has ranked #5 in the United States among the top grossing iOS mobile game apps on 13 August 2020 with an estimated daily revenue of $1,446,590. Other fans tuned in via social media, or streamed the tournament in-game. Ninja’s appeal is such that he has played with Drake (shattering the then non-tournament viewership records, with over 635,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch) and England international footballer (soccer player) Dele Alli. It doesn’t stop with children. Average Fortnite penetration stood at 16.3% at this point, compared to 14.6% for PUBG. Fortnite pourrait revenir sur les iPhone d'Apple, selon la BBC. Many parents have gone so far as to send their children to rehab to help get over their Fortnite addiction. He was the first e-gamer to feature on the cover of ESPN magazine, and claims to earn a tidy $500,000 per month from Twitch subscribers. Once again these do not include direct Android downloads from Epic, which are likely to exceed this total, given the global prevalence of Google devices. As above, though, the decline is long-term. Around 40 million players took part in the qualifiers. It’s difficult to identify what it is exactly that has led to the game’s huge success.