The Rise of Fortnite: Battle Royale Reaches New Heights
The popularity of Fortnite: Battle Royale has led to incredible milestones for entertainers in the gaming community.
A Spanish YouTuber, Rubiu5, recently made history by achieving over a million simultaneous viewers while streaming Fortnite on YouTube. This makes Rubiu5 the first individual streamer to surpass this milestone, according to Rod “Slasher” Breslau.
During the Fortnite tournament that Rubiu5 was streaming, several prominent Latin American streamers and YouTubers were playing as well. This could explain why he attracted such a large audience. However, Rubiu5 also has a substantial following of his own, with 11.3 million followers on Twitter and over 28 million subscribers on YouTube.
In a celebratory tweet, Rubiu5 expressed his gratitude to his fans and supporters for an “unforgettable night.”
Rubiu5 also surpassed Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ impressive record-setting stream earlier this month. Ninja, a former professional Halo player, has become one of the most popular Fortnite streamers in the world. On March 15, while playing Fortnite with rappers Drake and Travis Scott, as well as NFL player JuJu Smith-Schuster, Ninja attracted 628,000 viewers.
Related: Ninja breaks Twitch record as over 600,000 viewers watch him play Fortnite with rapper Drake
What’s even more remarkable about Rubiu5’s achievement is that he reached this milestone on YouTube, not Twitch. As Fortnite continues to dominate the internet, who knows how many more milestones and records will be set.