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A combination of Friday Fortnite and World Cup qualifying helped boost viewership for Epic Games’ battle royale game following a slower week for Fortnite on Twitch.
The following content is ranked according to the total number of hours watched on Twitch 
, from Monday to the following Sunday, with data compiled using TEO Access.
Wacky Weekend
Fortnite led viewership this past week on Twitch during the return of Daniel “Keemstar” Keem’s Friday Fortnite tournament that was cannibalized last summer when Epic Games announced its Summer Skirmish series.
Viewership for the title reached 3.3M on Friday as Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, Nick “NickMercs” Kolcheff, and other top influencers participated in the grassroots double-elimination duos tournament.
However, that didn’t detract fans from watching Fortnite World Cup qualifiers. Saturday’s semi-final action helped Fortnite to 3M hours watched for the day, and Sunday was still the most-watched day of Fortnite for the week with 3.9M hours watched.
Tourney Time
ESL One Birmingham last week showed just how much of a surge in viewership esports can provide for Dota 2 as the title eclipsed 10M hours watched for the week. The last time that Dota 2 was able to reach 10M hours watched for a week was during the Mars Dota League Disneyland Paris Major at the beginning of May.
After a month filled with esports, Dota 2 ended May with 42.4M hours watched, up from 26.7M in April. However, the DreamLeague Season 11 Major in March managed to push Dota to its strongest month of the year so far with 46.1M hours watched including three separate weeks of 10M or more hours watched.
Staying Steady
World of Warcraft saw its biggest and most consistent surge in viewership beginning in the middle of May when testing for the WoW Classic beta began. As streamers such as Chance “Sodapoppin” Morris and “Asmongold” quickly rose up the ranks among influencers, WoW saw a notable rise, passing 10M hours watched for two weeks in a row.
With some of that hype stalled due in part to a limit on content that the beta currently has, WoW was down slightly this past week producing 9.2M hours watched, but compared to the rest of the year, only one other week before May outperformed this week.
Esports organization Method made waves with its broadcast of the world first raid race at the end of January, and with a successful stream that included multiple perspectives and broadcasting talent, the guild helped WoW rack up 9.3M hours watched from the week of Jan. 28-Feb. 3.
