Fortnite Sets New Game Records for Traffic through Akamai

The worlds most talked about game continues to break records as its popularity only grows larger every day. The latest record to be smashed comes from the web hosting service Akamai, which handles traffic for players looking to jump into the game and claim that Victory Royale.

As outlined on their blog, the game that’s sweeping the world continues to put increased strain on the services that make it possible for players to connect and play against each other.

“Akamai Technologies set a new record on Thursday, July 12th, 2018, for the peak level of traffic delivered for a single video game on its network, at more than 37 Tbps peak across all platforms. This massive influx of traffic was driven by the launch of Epic Games' cultural phenomenon: Fortnite, which launched its Season 5 on Thursday. To put this into perspective, this level of traffic would be like downloading the average mobile game 2.8 million times per minute. This demonstrates both the continued success of Epic Games' hit title, and the power and resiliency of the Akamai Intelligent Platform.”

With Epic Games still keeping the exact player numbers a close secret for now, this is perhaps one of the best indications we’ve had in some time for how large the games player base is exactly. For more information on the service, check out the official website of Akamai, here, and for more Fortnite news, check out the upcoming changes to KEEMSTAR’s Friday Fortnite tournaments, here.