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Evolving Fortnite Discover, Together
The Fortnite Team
Today we released our most transparent Discover documentation yet, providing detailed technical information on how Discover works. Alongside this, we wanted to share more context on where Discover is today and where we aspire to go.
Our long-term vision is for Fortnite Discover to become the go-to destination where players find their next favorite game. We strive to build one of the most open and transparent ecosystems for making games, and we’ll keep launching tools like the Fortnite Data API to support that effort.
We want creators to understand how they can influence their success in the ecosystem. By providing visibility into meaningful island metrics and continuing to gather input from the creator community, our aim is to give creators the insight and control they need to build lasting, successful experiences. Together, these tools and feedback loops will help shape Fortnite into an even more diverse, innovative, and compelling ecosystem.
The following priorities guide our ongoing improvements:
Key steps towards this goal:
We’re actively working to make it easier for creators to connect with players whose tastes align with the games they’re releasing. Discover prioritizes personalization by aligning islands with audiences based on player preferences, attraction, engagement, and satisfaction metrics. Currently, personalization is focused on the "For You" section, but we’re going to progressively expand personalized recommendations across the entirety of Discover.
Key steps towards this goal:
To keep things dynamic, we’ll continuously refresh and evolve Discover through improved algorithms, smarter recommendations, and new approaches to content presentation. We’ll explore fresh ways to showcase islands, knowing that not all of our ideas will land immediately, but also knowing that constant innovation is key to long-term engagement. Experimentation will be central to this work.
Key steps towards this goal:
We’re working on building a Discover experience that supports creativity, connection, and discovery for everyone. Our major Discover updates in 2025 and 2026 are aligned with these priorities.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for your part in making Fortnite awesome! Follow the Fortnite Creator Roadmap for ongoing updates.
Our long-term vision is for Fortnite Discover to become the go-to destination where players find their next favorite game. We strive to build one of the most open and transparent ecosystems for making games, and we’ll keep launching tools like the Fortnite Data API to support that effort.
We want creators to understand how they can influence their success in the ecosystem. By providing visibility into meaningful island metrics and continuing to gather input from the creator community, our aim is to give creators the insight and control they need to build lasting, successful experiences. Together, these tools and feedback loops will help shape Fortnite into an even more diverse, innovative, and compelling ecosystem.
The following priorities guide our ongoing improvements:
Goals
1. Enable Innovative Islands to Find Sustainable Success
Fortnite is an ever-evolving ecosystem. We believe innovative, boundary-pushing content is essential to expanding beyond Battle Royale and becoming a truly diverse ecosystem. To support this, we aim to provide meaningful opportunities for new and existing islands to find and grow an audience through innovative gameplay. For more on how Discover evaluates innovation, see Sophistication Score in the How Discover Works documentation.Key steps towards this goal:
- Innovative islands, whether new or existing, consistently receive substantial player impressions shortly after launch/substantial updates.
- Players can easily favorite creators and return to their content, allowing creators to sustain an audience.
- Creators have access to more comprehensive analytics that show paths to long-term, sustainable success.
2. Connect Every Island with the Audience It Was Made For
In support of our vision to help players find their next favorite game, we want to serve diverse player communities with varying interests, and to support creators who aim to attract audiences to their boundary-pushing experiences. As new audiences enter the ecosystem, it’s critical they quickly find experiences that resonate and keep them coming back.We’re actively working to make it easier for creators to connect with players whose tastes align with the games they’re releasing. Discover prioritizes personalization by aligning islands with audiences based on player preferences, attraction, engagement, and satisfaction metrics. Currently, personalization is focused on the "For You" section, but we’re going to progressively expand personalized recommendations across the entirety of Discover.
Key steps towards this goal:
- Players regularly find and engage with experiences aligned with their interests and playstyles.
- Players have simple, in-Fortnite ways to express preferences and dislikes, improving recommendation accuracy.
- Creators can focus on building an experience targeted towards a specific audience.
3. Make Discover More Dynamic, Exciting, and Engaging
We believe a dynamic ecosystem is what excites players and keeps them loving Fortnite. As the front page of Fortnite, Discover plays a critical role in delivering this excitement.To keep things dynamic, we’ll continuously refresh and evolve Discover through improved algorithms, smarter recommendations, and new approaches to content presentation. We’ll explore fresh ways to showcase islands, knowing that not all of our ideas will land immediately, but also knowing that constant innovation is key to long-term engagement. Experimentation will be central to this work.
Key steps towards this goal:
- Creators deliver amazing moments (new games, large updates, live events), and Discover identifies and amplifies these moments to reach more players.
- Players consistently find new, exciting, and fresh islands to play with their friends.
- The Discover experience is continuously improving, guided by both player and creator feedback (quantitative and qualitative).
Moving Forward Together
We’re constantly evolving Discover through iteration and community feedback. We believe the goals we’ve set will help shape an ecosystem where any creator can build a following, and any player can discover their next favorite game.We’re working on building a Discover experience that supports creativity, connection, and discovery for everyone. Our major Discover updates in 2025 and 2026 are aligned with these priorities.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for your part in making Fortnite awesome! Follow the Fortnite Creator Roadmap for ongoing updates.