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Almost every day, The Esports Observer posts infographics to our social media accounts. Now, we are bringing these to the site and providing additional context. Today, we’ve got the list of top of Twitch streamers, ranked according to the total number of hours watched for the week, from Monday through Sunday, with data compiled using TEO Audience Insights.

This week, Luminosity’s Tyler “Ninja” Blevins set a new personal best for the most hours watched on his channel in a single week. Previously, the most he had earned in a single week was 8.1M hours watched, a mark set during the week of his event at the Esports Arena in Las Vegas.

The largest factor driving Ninja’s success this week was the second installment of Fortnite Fridays, a community tournament organized by YouTuber Daniel “Keemstar” Keem—who previously owned and managed a Call of Duty team—and UMG Media . The tournament features YouTubers and Twitch Streamers paired off into teams of two, entering a match with an opposing duo. The winner of the round is determined by the number of kills earned by each of the dueling teams.

The unconventional format has been adopted by the community in part due to the fact that Epic Games has not yet released a true competitive mode for their popular battle royale title. While not an esports event in a traditional sense, these community-run tournaments show a desire for more organized competitive play in Fortnite .

While the finals were streamed on UMG’s Twitch Channel, earlier rounds were streamed by the participants on their personal channels. Ninja’s stream of his matches earned just shy of 946K hours watched. The session also averaged 196K concurrent viewers and peaked at 246.6K, his highest for the week.

Michael “shroud” Grzesiek, 100 Thieves’ Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff, Team SoloMid’s Daequan “TSM Daequan” Loco, and Guy “Dr DisRespect” Beahm all participated in the tournament this week. Shroud, Nickmercs and Dr Disrespect all lost in the early rounds, but TSM Daequan made it to the finals with his partner TSM’s Darryle “Hamlinz” Hamlin. Daequan’s stream of the tournament accounted for over 60% of his weekly total hours watched—he likely would not have made this list without it.

The data in this article was collected from TEO Audience Insights. You can learn more about the platform and discover more streaming stats yourself by clicking here.