Fortnite's "The End" event set Twitch record for concurrent viewers of a single game

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Fortnite's chapter-closing "The End" event last week saw 1.7 million people watching a non-descript, swirling black hole concurrently on Twitch at one point, breaking a Twitch record for most concurrent users watching a single game category.
Speaking to The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/10/23/behold-massive-social-media-explosion-fortnites-season-finale/), Twitch confirmed the record-breaking figure. It's worth pointing out that this is a record-breaking figure for a single game category, but another category not attached to an individual game may have done better. Last year's E3 2018, which also broke the record for total concurrent viewers across all of Twitch (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-06-26-e3-2018-audience-breaks-twitch-all-time-concurrent-viewer-record), saw nearly 1.8 million concurrent viewers in the E3 2018 category according to TwitchStats (https://twitchstats.net/highest-users/lastyear).
The numbers get even higher on YouTube. Global head of gaming and virtual reality for the company Ryan Wyatt tweeted during the event (https://twitter.com/Fwiz/status/1183445412146905088?s=20) when he saw 4.3 million concurrent viewers watching Fortnite during the event. And on Twitter, the stream hit 1.4 million concurrent viewers.
The multi-day event saw the entire game shut down (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-14-fortnite-shuts-down-its-battle-royale-ahead-of-chapter-2) temporarily as players saw menus, characters, and maps sucked into a black hole that persisted until the launch last week of the game's Chapter 2.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-23-fortnites-the-end-event-set-a-new-twitch-record-for-concurrent-viewers-of-a-single-game

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Records are meant to be shattered. Remember E3 2018? That mammoth event brought in nearly 1.8 million viewers and had everyone buzzing. The thrill of watching numbers climb is something else.

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Fortnite's "The End" event sure got everyone glued to their screens. 1.7 million viewers on Twitch watching that mysterious black hole? That's like a digital crowd of epic proportions. And you know what? Records are meant to be broken, right? Last year's E3 2018 stirred up quite the frenzy, pulling in nearly 1.8 million viewers. So, it's all about the thrill of competition. By the way, if you're looking to up your online game, twitch followers instant delivery (https://www.smm-world.com/buy-twitch-followers) might just be the trick. But remember, real connections are what make the experience worth it.