Two girls joking during the final of the Solo competition at the 2019 Fortnite World Cup July 28, 2019 inside of Arthur Ashe Stadium, in New York City. Women and girls accounted for 43% of viewers, a big jump from the 23% that StreamMetrics saw in June for other Fortnite competitions. — AFP
Two weeks ago, Epic Games Inc held its first-ever Fortnite World Cup, a three-day videogame competition extravaganza that had – at one point – 2.3 million viewers from around the globe.
Now we’re getting a closer look at the demographics of those viewers, providing insight into whether the videogame industry’s biggest hit has become a mainstream cultural phenomenon. Lots of people love to play Fortnite, a winner-kill-all shooter game, but it’s harder to tell how many people want to watch them do it.
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