This weekend marked the second round of qualifiers for the duo portion of the Fortnite 
World Cup, and as the qualification process continues, viewership on the main Fortnite Twitch channel has seen a decline.
The channel’s average concurrent viewership of 19K was down from 24K for the first week of duo qualifiers April 20-21, and the total hours watched also saw a dip to 385K, down from 608K in the first week.
The decline comes following a week of solo qualifiers that also had stronger viewership as popular streamer Turner “Tfue” Tenney managed to cement his spot in July’s World Cup finals. On April 27-28, the Fortnite channel accrued 614K hours watched with an average of 23K CCV for the weekend.
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Prior to the Fortnite World Cup coming July 26-28, there will be 10 weekends of qualifying with five for solo competition and five for duos. Qualifying players will come from six different regions, and the qualification process is being played online.
So far, competitors that have qualified for the duos portion of the tournament have largely been less popular streamers, but the process itself has served as a strong viewership boost for some of Fortnite’s top streamers.
Because players are allowed to livestream their qualification attempts, top influencers like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Tenney, and Nick “NickMercs” Kolcheff were able to find a boost in viewership while they fought for a World Cup bid.
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Tenney led the pack this weekend with an average of 91K CCV for Saturday and Sunday following his successful qualification last weekend in the solo competition. Blevins’ average of 61K CCV for the weekend provided a boost of 2018’s most-watched streamer on his way to a top 10 week.
Kolcheff saw significantly lower viewership than Blevins and Tenney, but his 21K CCV for Saturday and Sunday helped to improve his viewership which sat at 14K CCV from Monday-Friday before the qualifiers. Tenney and Blevins had an average of 44K CCV and 36K CCV, respectively, during the work week.
While not all channels are generating the same type of viewership that Blevins and Tenney are, the two have performed well enough to be Twitch’s top two personality channels this past week due largely in part to the increased hours watched they received for their esports participation.
Though Fortnite is primarily an influencer-based viewing experience on Twitch, the continued fusion of personalities with esports provides a way to pique the interest of fans to increase viewership.
