Spanish Streamer Grefg Breaks Twitch Record for Most Concurrent Viewers During Fortnite’s Galactus Event
Spanish streamer Grefg has broken the Twitch record for most concurrent viewers during Fortnite’s end-of-season Galactus event. More than 640,000 viewers tuned in to watch the stream, causing the website to crash due to the massive number of viewers. Grefg reached a peak viewership of 639,133, with screengrabs showing him reaching 660,676 viewers at one point.
Grefg Sets New Record, Surpassing Ninja’s Famous Stream with Drake
Grefg’s record-breaking stream surpasses Ninja’s famous stream in March 2018 with Drake, which had over 630,000 concurrent viewers.
Fortnite’s Galactus Event Draws Over 1 Million Viewers
During the Galactus event, Fortnite had more than 1 million viewers watching the action from various streamers. The event featured players teaming up with popular Marvel heroes to defeat Galactus, resulting in the end of the current Marvel-themed season.
League of Legends’ 2019 World Championships Still Holds Twitch’s Overall Concurrent Viewership Record
While Grefg broke the record for most concurrent viewers on an individual streamer’s broadcast, the record for most concurrent viewers on any Twitch channel is still held by League of Legends during the 2019 World Championships, with a concurrent viewership of 1.7 million.