Fortnite’s World Cup solo qualifiers this past weekend provided another boon for Turner “Tfue” Tenney’s viewership on Twitch 
, even though Tenney had already qualified for the event set to take place at the end of July.
Tenney took a short hiatus from streaming last week after details were revealed regarding a lawsuit he filed against his team organization FaZe Clan
. During the course of the week, Tenney remained relatively mum and refrained from streaming until Saturday when he decided to compete in the open online World Cup qualifiers that have a $1M USD prize pool each week.
With Tyler “Ninja” Blevins again choosing to focus on qualifying without streaming, Tenney’s much-anticipated return after four full days off generated an average of 81K concurrent viewers recording 892K hours watched.
Unlike last week though, instead of going offline on Sunday, Blevins instead decided to focus on making it to Sunday, and once he passed the initial day of qualifications he broadcasted his efforts on Sunday.
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For Blevins, the resulting viewership on Sunday averaged 72K CCV accumulating 354K hours watched. Though he failed to qualify, Blevins’ average viewership was enough to sit as his fourth highest since the beginning of April. His most-watched streaming session over that time period was on April 21 during World Cup qualifying where he racked up 736K hours watched, averaging 80K CCV.
Tenney’s Sunday session viewership averaged 86K CCV with a total of 715K hours watched, as he accumulated enough points to place fifth in the qualifier. Had he not previously qualified, Tenney’s performance would have been good enough to see him earn a spot in the World Cup again.
This weekend’s sessions for Tenney account for two of his top five sessions in May in terms of both average CCV and hours watched. Tenney’s best session of the month so far is still his Sunday session on May 19 when he streamed World Cup qualifications after Blevins opted to compete off stream.
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Viewership on the main Fortnite channel remained relatively stagnant compared to last week. With both Blevins and Tenney streaming a significant portion of action from their perspective, the main channel averaged 16K CCV over two days of coverage, accumulating 387K hours watched.
The viewership stats for the channel are still down from the first few weeks of World Cup qualification as well as the previous week of solo qualifications on May 11-12, when Tenney took a week off from competing because he had already qualified.
With only three weeks of qualifications left, it remains to be seen if viewership for Blevins will stream as his final chances to qualify for the World Cup approaches quickly. However, if he does stream, it is likely that his last efforts to earn a bid will attract a strong Twitch following. Additionally, the final two weeks of duo qualifications for Tenney could also serve as a jolt to his viewership on Twitch.
