As of May 2020, Fortnite had over 350 million registered players. And the total number of registered players, which is a total of every registered Fortnite account in existence.īack in December 2020, Epic announced they had an active player count of 15.3 million concurrent users, compared to 12.3 million in April of the same year. Concurrent players, which is essentially how many people are playing the game at the same time. There are two different numbers to consider when looking at player numbers on Fortnite. Compare that to the $500 million or so that other parts of the business generated in a similar time frame, and you see just what a phenomenon Fortnite really is. In 20, Fortnite generated over $9 billion in revenue, while in 2020 it added a further $5.1 billion. To say it has been lucrative for Epic would be an understatement.