How many people play Fortnite? Does it still retain its huge popularity?

Epic Games' Fortnite is certainly one of most successful battle royale games that we have ever seen. Ever since its debut in 2017,  free-to-play online multiplayer has risen to record levels, amassing a massive following from all around world. game is played by millions and also attracts some of top Twitch streamers and content creators from within online gaming community. And while game clearly has a huge following, how does its popularity translate to actual number of players on Fortnite? Let us find out.

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How many people play Fortnite?

According to Statista, Epic Games was able to reach as many as 350 million Fortnite players in May 2020, which was a massive feat for gaming company. However, it should be ted that this was total number of Fortnite players until that period and t concurrent users during month. game reached its concurrent users' peak during  Travis Scott event which amassed a total of 12.3 million users on Fortnite.

Epic Games hasn't reported top concurrent ever since Travis Scott event, which indicates that company is yet to cross 12.3 million users mark. In fact, re has been a significant drop in overall Fortnite player base after Epic Games' fallout with Apple. This is because Apple has pulled off iOS version of Fortnite from Epic Games, meaning that iOS users can longer update Fortnite on ir devices. 

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Epic Games recently confirmed that Fortnite for iOS accounted for about 116 million users of total player base that was reported in May. This obviously takes away a massive chunk of players from battle royale game.

It all started when Epic Games introduced a new system where it allowed users on Fortnite to directly buy V-Bucks from gaming company, which was earlier possible through Apple Store and Google Play, who charged 30% on all transactions. Following changes, Fortnite was also removed from Google Play; however, game is still available on Android through Epic Games official website.

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