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Updated · mobilegamer.biz · Jun 24
Epic Pays UEFN Creators Over $1 Billion as User-Made Games Reach 47% of Fortnite Hours
Updated
Updated · mobilegamer.biz · Jun 24

Epic Pays UEFN Creators Over $1 Billion as User-Made Games Reach 47% of Fortnite Hours

1 articles · Updated · mobilegamer.biz · Jun 24

Summary

  • $1 billion-plus has been paid to Unreal Editor for Fortnite creators since the platform launched in March 2023, marking a major scale milestone for Epic’s creator economy.
  • 47% of all Fortnite player hours in May went to UEFN-made experiences, up from 38% a year earlier, showing user-created content is taking a larger share of engagement.
  • Mobile playtime in UEFN games has more than doubled over the past year after Fortnite returned to Google Play and the App Store worldwide.
  • 75 million monthly active users on Fortnite give Epic a large audience to funnel toward custom games, reinforcing UEFN as a core monetization and retention engine.

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