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Mobile game · 2018

Fortnite

Fortnite is a free-to-play online game where you and your friends fight to be the last one standing in Battle Royale, join forces to make your own Creative games, or catch a live show at Party Royale.

Estimated daily players

~2,100,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 160K82M

Estimated total players

~41,000,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 16M540M

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Mar 15, 2018AndroidiOSCLASS IND 12ESRB 18PEGI TGRAC 12ACB MUSK 12CERO C

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 49%
  • App Store 26%
  • Reddit 9.1%
  • YouTube 9.1%
  • Twitch 6.5%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Fortnite, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~2,100,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 160K82M

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~41,000,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 16M540M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Fortnite per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~22,000,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Fortnite where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

448,569

Average rating
4.5
Installs
10M+

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Ratings left on the Android listing. It is the broadest signal in the catalogue — about half of all games here have a Play page.

App Store ratings

261,897

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.5

Ratings left on the iOS listing, read from Apple’s public lookup endpoint.

Community signals

How many people gather around Fortnite outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

707,051

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

YouTube subscribers

13,600,000

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s official channel. The API quota is shared, so this refreshes daily for the highest-scoring games rather than for all of them.

Twitch viewers

23,021

Live channels
95

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

People watching this game on Twitch right now, summed across every live channel in its category.

Not tracked for Fortnite: Steam, Discord. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

Trailers

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Battle Royale Announcement Trailer

Launch Trailer

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E3 2017 Gameplay Trailer

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Fortnite?

We estimate that about 41,000,000 people have played Fortnite — plausibly between 16M and 540M. Around 2,100,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 160K and 82M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Fortnite still active?

Yes. Fortnite is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Fortnite player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.

How big is the Fortnite Reddit community?

Fortnite has 707,051 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Fortnite YouTube community?

Fortnite has 13,600,000 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Fortnite Twitch community?

Fortnite has 23,021 viewers on Twitch, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Fortnite released?

Fortnite was released on March 15, 2018 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Fortnite available on?

Fortnite is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play and App Store (iPhone).

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