Fortnite’s total playtime beat COD, FIFA, GTA and Roblox combined

2023 was a record-breaking year for Epic Games and Fortnite, with the battle royale-turned ’metaverse’ title seeing waves of growth throughout the year. Despite this, the massive surge in players during 2023’s final months saw Fortnite surpass the likes of Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and Roblox combined.

As reported by Louise Wooldridge of Ampere Analysis, starting in October of 2023, Fortnite began to see a major spike in monthly players, increasing by an impressive 146% month-over-month by November – peaking in December thanks to an additional growth of 9%.

This not only helped push Epic Games to the top spot when it comes to publisher market share by Monthly Active Users, but with a total of 1.6 billion hours, Fortnite managed to surpass the MAUs for Call of Duty; EA sports FC 24; Grand Theft Auto V/Online and Roblox combined (it is worth noting that these stats only include PlayStation and Xbox).

Of course, a major part of its peak in popularity is thanks to the launch of Fortnite OG followed by 3 entirely new and different games built within Fortnite, giving the massive game an even greater potential reach.

Every time Fortnite appears to be losing relevance, Epic Games somehow manages to come back bigger and better than ever. It will be interesting to see how Fortnite evolves throughout 2024.

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