Is Fortnite Losing Popularity Among Players?

See full bio

Abdullah Waseem

At T4G, my task is to cover the latest news around the gaming globe ASAP and with the utmost precision. I adore all the games and respect all the devs behind the amazing games that we get all year. So, whether it’s a PC or a Console game, I got it all covered. 

See full bio

We all remember the advent of arguably the most popular battle royale game ‘Fortnite’. This game still dominates the gaming industry with millions of players under its belt. Players enjoy it on mobiles, consoles, and PCs even getting the latest tech such as the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G APU that Runs Fortnite At 1080p.

The Nature of Decline

Technically, it might be true that Fortnite is losing popularity because fewer players are enjoying the game lately however, Fortnite might still have a chance. With the game in a bad state, it’s still one of the most popular video games.

Usually, the claims that Fortnite is dying are subjective to some players feeling like they’re not enjoying the game as much as they were at a previous time. This seems to happen quite often, even though Fortnite does not deserve that much hate.

The last season and the season before seeing the highest viewership ever in Fortnite do not explain why people claim that the game is dying.

Current Player Base

On an average day, 1.1 million users play Fortnite. Even in Chapter 5, they reached peak numbers on basically every single metric last season. Recently, Fortnite had a player count of six million in 2023 after the return of the classic map. While the game is not really in a particularly bad state, it’s not in a good state either. 

Reasons Behind the Perceived Decline

The primary reason for Fortnite’s decline is its lack of content. Most of the time we start with a not-so-great season, and then Fortnite, with a few tweaks, makes it more enjoyable throughout the rest of the season. If the player base decreases the developers just whip out a fun event to gain attention.

This season we had these crazy new items, and the overall theme of the season was really good but, then lost its steam due to some reason. In my opinion, the reason is fewer updates and less content to fuel the dedicated Fortnite fanbase. In recent times even pro players of the game have suggested that Fortnite is becoming boring and uncompetitive.

Missed Potential This Season

This season saw the most missed potential we’ve ever seen from Fortnite. We’ve had almost nothing updated throughout the season to change anything. Even though this season the players got arguably some pretty good map changes, it just didn’t go anywhere which is why Fortnite is losing popularity, it’s that simple.

You probably noticed a lot of your favorite content creators like SypherPK slowing down in some of their uploads on the game right now, because what is there to upload? You just can’t keep doing the same videos constantly and be enjoying it.

The Hope for Next Season

Unfortunately, a huge comeback for Fortnite won’t happen anytime soon. I think it will happen next season, with new updates and a new map. Additionally, if they included some events in the next season the game could be all the more enjoyable.

Fortnite is reportedly also launching a first-person mode in the upcoming seasons. We know, because it has already been confirmed at FNCS, and a tweet by their official Twitter.

Ngl the OG season far exceeded our expectations.

So much so that we’d like to bring it back… *opens 2024 roadmap doc*

In the meantime, see you on the Battle Bus 🤙

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) December 2, 2023

But there also is a big pitfall. A big warning to Epic here: this is potentially something that can go catastrophically wrong if they don’t do it right. They need to make sure it feels modern, new, and exciting. It needs to have a lot of that new element to it. 

Final Words

I think once we get to the next season, it’s going to be so much more fun and have a lot of potential there. So, keep your hopes up. Fortnite isn’t losing popularity anytime soon (probably). It’s just in a rough patch and it is going to bounce back. Nonetheless, I’m excited to see what the future holds for the game.

Abdullah Waseem

News Reporter

Abdullah is an avid gamer who primarily plays single-player titles. If you can’t find him anywhere, he’ll probably be at his desk playing The Witcher 3 for the millionth time. When he isn’t playing games, he’s either reading or writing about them.