Free Fire: Growth since 2019 is the new record for 2020 views

Underestimated by many, Free Fire is becoming a global phenomenon. Surpassing major titles and moving towards being the mobile game that will dominate the market. A sensation among young people, the FR is establishing itself in the esports scene as well. With great championships, good prizes and many people following.

Growth since 2018

As detailed by the Senso Tower website. Garena Free Fire grew to become one of five games of its kind in early 2018. Estimates from Sensor Tower Store Intelligence predicted that the title would achieve the best quarterly result in the first quarter of 2019. Free Fire generated a record $ 90 million in global revenue and adding an unprecedented 73 million new users from the App Store and Google Play.

While rival PUBG Mobile saw steady growth in new players, during the first quarter of 2019. Garena Free Fire took off and its new player base grew 23% over the quarter in 2018. In fact, it was the only title among the five great Battle Royale games, to really grow its new player base over the previous quarter.

The Free Fire esports scene is also growing rapidly. The game's first world championship, the World Cup 2019, reached more than 1 million simultaneous viewers on Youtube. The biggest peak in an online broadcast in the platform's history.

Free Fire continues to break records in numbers of active players. (Image: Free Fire)

In 2019, we were talking about more than 450 million registered players and an average of 50 million active players every day. With these numbers, Free Fire was already the 1st most downloaded Battle Royale in the world in the second quarter of 2019. In the same period of time, it also became the 3rd most downloaded mobile game in the world. Part of the success is in the distribution of the game around the globe, there are more than 130 markets that make it available to fans.

New Record

Sea Limited released the results of the fourth quarter of 2019 yesterday (04). Free Fire was the most downloaded game with the highest income in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Battle Royale was also a hit on YouTube, with 30 billion views worldwide in the past year. With all these numbers, Free Fire has established itself as the fourth most watched game, and the most watched game by cell phone. Free Fire reached a new record: a new peak of 60 million daily active users.

Game's growth in Latin America and Southeast Asia is due to Garena for engaging with players in esports events. It happened in Bangkok, Thailand, the Free Fire World Cup, the event reached a million spectators in April 2019. What caught Garena's attention was the presence of two teams of Brazilians, which sparked interest, generating more investments in the growth of the game in South America.

Free Fire reaches 60 million players. (Image: Free Fire)

Just one example in a country that keeps growing numbers with the game, Brazil. The Free Fire Pro League had a surprising jump in audience during 2019. In February 2019, the first season of TV had an audience of 19,000 viewers and was broadcast on Youtube. The third season, which took place in November in Rio de Janeiro and sent two teams to the Free Fire World Series. Had a million viewers and was broadcast on Facebook, Youtube and Twitch. The increase was more than 500% in less than one year.