There is no denying that Fortnite is the most popular video game we have ever seen in history. It started as a paid single-player game and gained popularity after the free battle royale mode was introduced back in 2017.
The game features a large map that can accommodate up to 100 players. To win, players will have to compete with others for a shrinking safe zone until he or she becomes the last man standing.
While Fortnite’s popularity is unparalleled, a recent report by GAME brings to light a rather more mind-blowing fact – the total amount of time players have spent playing the game is longer than the time humanity exists on Earth.
The report elaborates that a total of 3.8 billion days have been spent on the game, an equivalence of 10.4 million years. To put things into perspective, our planet is 4.5 billion years old while the earliest form of humanity appeared around 6 million years ago.
Fortnite also enjoys tremendous success on streaming platforms. In last year alone, the game was streamed for over 1.2 million hours on Twitch, making it the number one title when it comes to popularity on the Amazon-owned platform. Number two is League of Legends.
Fortnite and PUBG, along with titles like them, take credit for making the battle royale genre a hit when it was first introduced.
While the latter was the first to be released, Fortnite soon gains traction and amasses a larger number of players, mostly because of its cartoon-like graphics and gameplay which leaves plenty of room for creativity.