Which streamers helped Fortnite set new records in live broadcasting

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Fortnite hosted a major live event called The Big Bang on December 2nd, marking the culmination of the game's 27th season. This event featured a virtual concert by rapper Eminem, alongside developers unveiling upcoming updates and new game modes. The Big Bang attracted the attention of numerous top streamers, not only bringing Fortnite back to the top categories on streaming platforms but also breaking streamers' personal viewership records.

Twitch

About 147,000 unique channels covered The Big Bang event on Twitch, with the peak online reaching just over 3 million viewers; both metrics set records for the game on Twitch. Additionally, thanks to the event, Twitch's overall peak online viewership hit 6.193 million viewers, marking the best performance in 2023 and one of the highest in the platform's history.

The most popular Twitch broadcast of The Big Bang event on Twitch was hosted by American streamer Ninja — nearly 580,000 viewers tuned in to his stream on December 2nd. This marks the second-highest result in Ninja's career, with his highest viewership achieved during a live performance at the Esports Arena Las Vegas in 2018.

Among the top three streamers on Twitch during the event were two Spaniards — Rubius and TheGrefg. Their streams of The Big Bang gathered 249,000 and 165,700 concurrent viewers respectively. For Rubius, this broadcast became the most popular in 2023.

Professional Fortnite player and streamer Mongraal reached a record 153,000 viewers, nearly 20,000 more than his previous best that was reached back in 2020. Spanish streamer Auronplay had 125,400 peak viewers, marking his most popular stream in the last six months.

The top 10 most popular streamers of The Big Bang event on Twitch also include Clix, MontanaBlack88, Kai Cenat, NickEh 30, and Michou. While they didn't set new channel viewer records, they still managed to attract a larger audience than usual.

YouTube

The Big Bang event helped set new records for online viewership and channel activity on YouTube Gaming. During the event, there were 2,710 unique channels and 4.2 million viewers simultaneously tuning in.

The most popular broadcast of The Big Bang on YouTube Gaming was by streamer LazarBeam — 902,400 viewers tuned in simultaneously, setting a record for the Australian creator's channel.

Other top content creators also set personal records while streaming on YouTube. For instance, Nick Eh 30 gathered 269,000 viewers, Inoxtag had 257,000, and Typical Gamer had 220,000 viewers concurrently. Interestingly, some streamers were broadcasting on multiple platforms simultaneously. Streamers like Nick Eh 30, The Grefg, and Ninja didn't set new records on their Twitch channels but did set personal bests on YouTube.

Among the top 10 streamers covering The Big Bang event on YouTube, the only one who didn't set a new record for their channel in terms of viewership was iShowSpeed. The American streamer attracted 168,700 viewers during the Fortnite event, which was three times fewer than his most popular stream.

Kick

The Big Bang was also actively covered on Kick. The streamer sxb from Saudi Arabia gathered the largest audience, around 140,000 viewers. He fell just a few thousand viewers short of his personal record. Nevertheless, in terms of peak viewership, he easily outpaced all other content creators on the platform.

Apart from sxb, the top three leaders on Kick were Nickmercs and Yourrage. They also covered the season finale in Fortnite and attracted 26,600 and 22,300 viewers respectively to their streams. Other channels on the platform didn't surpass the 10,000 viewer mark during the event.

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