‘Fortnite' Dominates Twitch One Again
Science-and entertainment-focused publisher Inverse is the latest to jump on Twitch, the live streaming service owned by Amazon. Though viewership for Fortnite had been on a bit of a decline following the World Cup in July, it seemed as though any popular streamer could boost their viewership simply by watching the ominous black hole that was Fortnite until early morning on Tuesday.
He has been criticized for not inviting more female players into his streams, and that intensified when he told Polygon last year that his concern was "if there's a hint of flirting, that is going to be taken and going to be put on every single video and be clickbait forever." Blevins married in 2017.
While other battle royale games have managed to pique the interest of influencers and viewers for a short period of time, the constantly changing playground that is Fortnite continually reels people back in. This event is just another piece of evidence in a long list of creative and innovative ways that Epic Games stays one step ahead of its competitors in the marketplace for battle royale games.
All entries in this ranking are Dutch game streamers with no mention of how many people from the Netherlands follow foreign streamers, such as former Counter-Strike professional Ninja who is currently the world's most popular Twitch streamer due to his sessions of Fortnite with celebrities such as hip hop artist Drake.
The early days of the coronavirus pandemic (the time of writing) saw an influx of viewers to Twitch, with average concurrent viewers increasing 12% year-on-year in March (as of midway through the month)- the biggest year-on-year increase since August 2019.
And by August 2014, Twitch had become an Amazon property, with just short of $1 billion changing hands in its acquisition of the streaming platform, which was now up to 55 million monthly active users, and accounting for 1.8% of peak internet traffic - behind only Netflix, Apple, and Google.
August's well-publicized exclusivity deal with Richard Ninja” Blevins didn't create more than a blip in the overall audience for Mixer (with 40-plus million hours watched in August), but had a huge impact” in overall brand visibility thanks to the media coverage of the deal, the report noted.
Tyler "Ninja" Blevins records an announcement that he will be attending and competing at an esports event in Las Vegas, in front of his framed silver play button, an award given to YouTubers with over 100k subscribers, and a case of Bud Light, his most recent sponsor.
He's been criticized for not inviting more female players into his streams, and that intensified when he told Polygon last year that his concern was "if there's a hint of flirting, that is going to be taken and going to be put on every single video and be clickbait forever." Blevins married in 2017.