Over 7 Million People Watched the End of Fortnite Event Before Chapter 2 Launched

For two days, Fortnite disappeared from the internet as part of a world-ending black hole event that paved the way for Fortnite Chapter 2. Now, Epic Games has revealed that over 7 million people were there to witness "The End" of Fortnite.Epic Games confirmed to IGN that more than 7 million people watched Season X's "The End" event across three platforms: Twitch, Twitter and YouTube. The three companies confirmed the viewership numbers themselves and it shows just how big an event "The End" was for Fortnite.

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According to Twitch, the Fortnite Season X The End event pushed the platform to a "peak concurrent record on a single game category with 1.7 million concurrent views."

On Twitter, the social media company confirmed that the event was the "most viewed gaming event on Twitter," with 42.8 million views. The views peaked at 1.4 million concurrent viewers.

Finally, on YouTube, the video hosting platform confirmed the Fortnite event was seen by over 4 million viewers. At one point, 4.3 million viewers were watching the event concurrently.

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On October 13, the world of Fortnite was swallowed up by a black hole. For two days, players were only to sit by and watch as a blank screen slowly gave way to a black hole that eventually revealed a brand-new map and the start of Fortnite Chapter 2 (or Season 11).

The new map was redesigned to include waterways that allow players to swim, ride boats, and even fish. It was truly one of the wildest marketing stunts for a video game, and thanks to these numbers, one of the biggest.

Read our impressions of Fortnite Chapter 2 here, or check out IGN's Fortnite wiki for up to date guides on all the changes that arrived with the new map.

Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. You can reach him on Twitter.

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