In the first half of 2018, there was one game on Twitch that performed heads above the rest:
。 Fortnite。. 。

Fortnite 。 has taken Twitch by storm this year, beating out
 。 League of Legends
。in the second quarter of 2018 to become the most-viewed game on the livestreaming platform, according to a data report from streaming company StreamElements. 。

In the first half of the year, Twitch viewers watched 630 million hours of。 In the first half of the year, Twitch viewers watched 630 million hours of 。Fortnite。

SEE ALSO:'Fortnite' cheaters get a lesson in karma via malware。 Coming in at second place is the titan of multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games,League of Legends。 , which clocked in under 500 million hours of viewership. Surprisingly, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds。(。PUBG。 ) garnered less than half the viewership of。Fortnite 。

By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.。 Thanks for signing up! 。While。 PUBG。was a breakout hit in 2017 as it ignited the craze that has become battle royale-style games, Fortnite。 seems to have swept up most battle royale fans. Between the first and second quarters of 2018, while。 Fortnite 。grew 74% in hours viewed while
。

PUBG
。 dropped 9%.。So how did we get here? Well, For one thing, Fortnite。, while not the first battle royale game to make a splash, is a bit more accessible than other battle royale games. The matches are a bit shorter than 。

PUBG。 PUBG 。's, the visuals are brighter, the weapons and mechanics are more dynamic.。 Plus, Drake didn't play。PUBG 。

with the streamer Ninja, he played 
。 Fortnite。, bringing in hundreds of viewers who probably would never have considered watching the game on Twitch in the first place.。 That single instance helped spur a surge in 。Fortnite
。

on Twitch, nearly doubling both the number of people who stream 。 Fortnite。and the number of people that amount of time that people spent watching it.。 As long as。Fortnite 。