Weekly trends · Week 44 · 26 October to 1 November 2026
830.3M plays. Fewer people came, and sessions got shorter.
Islands were played 830 million times this week, up 10.2%, while daily players across islands fell 3% and fewer islands were active (40,966, down 6.2%). The same players are playing more, and that play is spread across fewer islands.
Built from the week's complete figures on Monday 2 November 2026. Compared with the week of 19 to 25 October.
Epic's servers were offline for 50 minutes on 1 November (read from Epic's in-client player count, every 10 minutes), which lowers that day's totals.
Players a day adds up each island's players, so someone on 3 islands counts 3 times.
Five things to know
The week in five lines. The number first, then what it means.
40.5%
Simulation & Tycoon holds 40.5% of all engagement, almost double Shooter's 22%.
10.2%
Islands were played 10.2% more often than last week, while daily players across islands fell 3%: the same players are playing more.
4.1%
Simulation & Tycoon added islands fastest (up 4.1%), with Horror close behind (up 3.2%) and 53 new islands entering the Horror chart in 4 days.
6.1
PILLARS by hive had the most players of any island for the second week running: 6.1 million, up 18%.
271
"THE FAMILY [HORROR]" climbed 271 places in the Horror chart, from 289 to 18, the biggest climb this week.
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Most played and fastest growing
Most played
Weekly unique playersThe 10 islands the most people played this week, with the change on the week before.
PILLARS
by hive
+18.1%
BOX PVP
by hive
-6.7%
Piece Control 2v2 🎯
by bullseye
+11%
STEAL THE BRAINROT
by ferins
+1%
1V1 WITH EVERY GUN
by hive
+14.5%
Piece Control 1v1 🎯
by bullseye
-8.1%
![1v1 Build Fight [Rezon]](https://storage.googleapis.com/fn-analytica-app-media-public/islands/7835-3901-1999/slots/ffGrUlEcKekWqRIvJc_portrait_with_logo.jpeg){kind=logo}
1v1v1 Reload
by chhetz
-1.8%
Fastest growers
Weekly players, change on last weekThe biggest rises in weekly players against the week before. ×N means N times last week's players.
HELLO NEIGHBOR H34HY [HORROR]
by catboss
New to this list
![BACKROOMS: FIRST CONTACT [HORROR]](https://storage.googleapis.com/fn-analytica-app-media-public/islands/7764-7064-0317/slots/hMmpccuDBqFYKEhbVq_landscape_with_logo.jpg){kind=logo}
![HUNTED BY HUNTERS [HORROR]](https://storage.googleapis.com/fn-analytica-app-media-public/islands/9975-7741-9959/slots/AjFGvKkwqSJgOiBygM_landscape_with_logo.jpg){kind=logo}
INOXTAG CUP SKIN by og.funmaps grew its players by 102,060%, the biggest jump this week. Every top-growing island this week was new to the charts, so each one started from zero. Line up players before you launch, for example on your socials or Discord, so your island doesn't start from nothing.
Breakout of the week
24 to 30 October 2026 window, 50 qualifiedThe fastest-growing islands in our latest breakout window.
Breakout
Party Minigames 🎉 [Pillars][Fun][Katoo]
by katoo
- Plays this window
- 75,618
- On the week before
- ×10,803
Breakouts for 24 to 30 October 2026 (50 islands). A different window from this week.
- ZOMBIE ESCAPE TAG 2bloomgg · 84,930 plays
- REALISTIC ENDGAME (TRIOS) [PANDVIL]pandvil · 20,844 plays
"Party Minigames" by katoo grew 1,080,157% between 24 and 30 October 2026, reaching 75,618 plays. It launched while PILLARS, another party island, was the most-played island in Fortnite. Building in a style players are already enjoying can help a new island get picked up faster.
Tip
Build in a style players are already enjoying to help a new island get picked up faster.
Do players come back?
Week of 26 October to 1 November 2026How many of the players who tried an island came back.
Came back the next day
36.35%
-0.28 pts on last week
About 36 in every 100 players who tried an island came back the next day.
Came back a week later
24.70%
+0.36 pts on last week
About 25 in every 100 players who tried an island came back a week later.
On average, more players came back after a week (Day 7 up 0.36 points), but fewer came back the next day (Day 1 down 0.28 points). Players who stay are sticking around, but the first day is getting weaker. Give players a reason to come back tomorrow, such as a daily reward or an unlock that carries over.
Genres
Every genre on Discover. Pick a genre to open its board.
Simulation & Tycoon
Leads 2 of 4 boards
- Peak CCU
- 1.2M
- Avg session
- 26.8 min
- Day 1 (top)
- 47.69%
- Day 7 (top)
- 36.95%
Battle Royale
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Shooter
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Party & Mini Games
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Horror
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Deathrun & Platformer
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Roleplaying & Social
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Sports & Racing
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Strategy
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Adventure & RPG
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Survival
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Roguelike
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Music & Rhythm
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Epic's genre chart (6 of the 7 days this week) shows Simulation & Tycoon adding islands fastest, up 4.1%. More new islands means more competition for chart spots in the genre with the most engagement. Make your Simulation & Tycoon island stand out with a clear title and thumbnail.
Supply: what came and went
Islands on Discover, 26 October to 1 November 2026How many islands Discover gained and lost, and how many of them draw real play.
Islands at the start
283,558
New this week
+4,224
+28.7% on last week
Left Discover
-1,654
+47.5% on last week
Other changes
-719
Islands at the end
285,409
+0.7% on last week
Islands with 5 or more plays a day: 38,566 of 285,409, a 13.5% active ratio.
Removals: 5 of 7 days so far (Monday to Friday).
Islands that left Discover counts islands that stopped appearing this week, over 5 of 7 days (Monday to Friday), compared with the same days last week.
New creators
612
-11.8% on last week
Creators in total
81,241
+0.8% on last week
Tip
Test your island with a small group of players before a full launch.
Creators at the top
The 10 creators with the most players across their islands this week.
hive
13 islands
+7.4%
bullseye
22 islands
+1.4%
ferins
6 islands
+2.1%
rvb
12 islands
+5.9%
prettyboy
25 islands
-14.5%
goodgamers
12 islands
+1.2%
raider464
4 islands
-3%
finest
10 islands
+0.9%
theboydilly
7 islands
-11.1%
heavyblue
3 islands
+11.5%
hive reached 14.6 million players across 13 islands, almost 50% more than bullseye in second place with 9.9 million. The gap between first and second is bigger than the gap between second and tenth. Look at how hive builds a set of related islands instead of one-off launches.
Engagement share
Share of engagement minutesWhich genres, islands and creators hold the most of the week's minutes played.
Epic pays creators from engagement. This is each genre's share of engagement, with returning players counted too, not a payout figure.
How Epic pays creators is in Epic's Engagement Payout documentation .
The genre view never includes Epic's own modes.
- 1Simulation & Tycoon40.5%(22.8% of minutes)
- 2Shooter22.0%(26.3% of minutes)
- 3Battle Royale17.1%(20.3% of minutes)
- 4Party & Mini Games8.9%(11.4% of minutes)
- Other11.5%(19.2% of minutes)
Top 3 genres hold 79.6% of sticky minutes. As of Nov 1, 6:42 AM UTC.
Simulation & Tycoon holds 40.5% of engagement (time played, with returning players counted too). The top three genres, Simulation & Tycoon, Shooter and Battle Royale, hold 79.6% between them. Epic's payouts reward players coming back, so build a reason to return into any island.
Player Engagement
How deep players go once they're in, not just how many show up
Avg Uniques / Island
1.5K
Avg CCU / Island
81.7
Avg Min / Session
13.2
Avg Min / Player
38.8
Favorite-to-Play
0.42%
Recommend-to-Play
0.19%
Top Peak (Global)
Battle Royale
by epic
STEAL THE BRAINROT
by ferins
GO UP FOR BRAINROTS
by ferins
Reload
by epic
Fight The Brainrot
by neverty7
Fortnite OG
by epic
GROW THE BRAINROT
by takuman_kamikz
Steal An Egg
by gargantuaa
PILLARS
by hive
Star Wars Droid Tycoon
by foad
Top Peak CCU (UGC-only)
STEAL THE BRAINROT
by ferins
GO UP FOR BRAINROTS
by ferins
Fight The Brainrot
by neverty7
GROW THE BRAINROT
by takuman_kamikz
Steal An Egg
by gargantuaa
PILLARS
by hive
Star Wars Droid Tycoon
by foad
1v1 Build Fight [Rezon]
by heavyblue
1V1 WITH EVERY GUN
by hive
BOX PVP
by hive
Top Average CCU (Global)
Battle Royale
by epic
Reload
by epic
STEAL THE BRAINROT
by ferins
GO UP FOR BRAINROTS
by ferins
Fortnite OG
by epic
Fight The Brainrot
by neverty7
PILLARS
by hive
GROW THE BRAINROT
by takuman_kamikz
Star Wars Droid Tycoon
by foad
Steal An Egg
by gargantuaa
Top Average CCU (UGC-only)
STEAL THE BRAINROT
by ferins
GO UP FOR BRAINROTS
by ferins
Fight The Brainrot
by neverty7
PILLARS
by hive
GROW THE BRAINROT
by takuman_kamikz
Star Wars Droid Tycoon
by foad
Steal An Egg
by gargantuaa
1V1 WITH EVERY GUN
by hive
BOX PVP
by hive
Piece Control 2v2 🎯
by bullseye
Players recommended islands 10.2% less often per play than last week, the biggest drop of any engagement figure. People kept playing but told others about it less. Ask players to recommend your island at the end of a session, right after a good moment.
Tip
Ask players to recommend your island at the end of a session, right after a good moment.
Category Analytics
Category Share of Plays
Fastest-Growing Categories
FALL GUYS
STAR WARS
TMNT
THE WALKING DEAD UNIVERSE
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
Top Categories by D1
STAR WARS
TMNT
THE WALKING DEAD UNIVERSE
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
SQUID GAME
Category Intensity (Plays / Island)
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
STAR WARS
SQUID GAME
LEGO
THE WALKING DEAD UNIVERSE
FALL GUYS
TMNT
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS islands averaged 2,752 plays each, the most of any category, ahead of STAR WARS at 2,052. FALL GUYS grew fastest, up 24.9% on last week, so it may be worth a look.
Tip
FALL GUYS islands are growing fast with fewer islands competing, so it may be worth a look.
What to do this week
Three moves the numbers support, each tied to the chapter it comes from.
Supply: what came and went
Test your island with a small group of players before a full launch.
Most played and fastest growing
Line up players before launch, on your socials or Discord, so your island doesn't start from zero.
From: PILLARS, 6.1M players
Breakout of the week
Build in a style players are already enjoying to help a new island get picked up faster.
Closing outlook
Next week, watch whether Horror's busy week (53 new islands in its chart and "THE FAMILY [HORROR]" up 271 places) turns into more time played, once the Halloween period is over.
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Generated by FN Analytica from proprietary tracking. Not affiliated with Epic Games.
Figures can change after the week closes. Last updated 2 November 2026.
