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78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - XtremeDiscount - Sep 26, 2026
78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer
A 78-year-old grandmother from Scotland has officially earned a Guinness World Record for being the oldest female Fortnite streamer on Twitch.
Cath Bowie, from Aberdeen, first became interested in Fortnite after watching her grandson play it when Fortnite Battle Royale launched back in 2017.
Apparently her grandson didn't think anyone would actually want to watch his grandmother stream Fortnite.
She decided to prove him wrong.
Fast forward several years and she now has over 24,000 Twitch followers and regularly streams Fortnite for hours at a time.
She started her own Fortnite account in 2018 and has continued playing and streaming ever since. She says she considers herself more of a "Fortniter" than a gamer and still enjoys the game almost nine years after discovering it.
She turned 78 on September 1 and is now featured in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2027.
Probably the funniest part is that she basically started streaming because her grandson doubted that people would watch her.
24,000+ followers later, I guess grandma won that argument. :rofl:
Honestly pretty cool seeing someone pushing 80 actively playing something like Fortnite instead of assuming gaming is only for younger people.
Could you see yourself still gaming at 78?
Source:
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2026/9/scottish-gamer-gran-celebrates-turning-78-with-her-fortnite-streaming-world-record
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - octanitrocubane - Oct 1, 2026
Imagine old geezer complaining about kids not playing ancient classics like Quake and Command and Conquer...
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - DemonAsylum - Oct 1, 2026
Saw something about this on X the other day. Reminded me of the Skyrim Grandma for anyone that may be familiar with her. Assuming I make it to such an age, I hope to still have a love for gaming.
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - XtremeDiscount - Oct 1, 2026
(Oct 1, 2026 10:34 AM)octanitrocubane Wrote: Imagine old geezer complaining about kids not playing ancient classics like Quake and Command and Conquer...
haha that is great!
(Oct 1, 2026 10:39 AM)DemonAsylum Wrote: Saw something about this on X the other day. Reminded me of the Skyrim Grandma for anyone that may be familiar with her. Assuming I make it to such an age, I hope to still have a love for gaming.
I'm almost 30 and kind of stopped, used to be addicted to it and had a custom built gaming rig with oled tv and rtx 4090
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - DemonAsylum - Oct 1, 2026
(Oct 1, 2026 11:48 AM)XtremeDiscount Wrote: haha that is great!
I'm almost 30 and kind of stopped, used to be addicted to it and had a custom built gaming rig with oled tv and rtx 4090
Was there something you feel that led to you stopping or was it more of a natural occurrence? Adulthood and the state of gaming nowadays definitely has me not gaming as much as I did when I was younger, but I do still play games a fair amount. It has always been a big part of my life so I hope nothing ever makes me stop caring for it. I suppose if I naturally drift away from it over time though, what can ya do.
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - Scrub - Oct 1, 2026
Anything to get that bag
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - DemonAsylum - Oct 1, 2026
(Oct 1, 2026 03:27 PM)Scrub Wrote: Anything to get that bag
Shit if I could get some kind of bag while streaming video games at 78 years old, sign me up lmao.
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - Scrub - Oct 1, 2026
(Oct 1, 2026 03:52 PM)DemonAsylum Wrote: Shit if I could get some kind of bag while streaming video games at 78 years old, sign me up lmao.
I’m saying, I ain’t hating from a club I can’t get in.
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - DemonAsylum - Oct 1, 2026
(Oct 1, 2026 03:58 PM)Scrub Wrote: I’m saying, I ain’t hating from a club I can’t get in.
She knows ball. Grandson tried to hold her back too. She cooked his ass though. Granny has more game than him now smh.
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - Scrub - Oct 1, 2026
(Oct 1, 2026 04:19 PM)DemonAsylum Wrote: She knows ball. Grandson tried to hold her back too. She cooked his ass though. Granny has more game than him now smh.
Nothing but time haha
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - SeverusIV - Oct 2, 2026
That's pretty awesome. The coolest part about it is that she kept on doing what she loved despite her advancing years. If I'm still around 78, I'll consider this a win. At that point, I'll probably start complaining about how kids nowadays don't have the same level of enjoyment with RTX 12090s. I'll be playing an ancient game with duct tape on my computer.
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - DemonAsylum - Oct 2, 2026
(Oct 2, 2026 04:13 PM)SeverusIV Wrote: That's pretty awesome. The coolest part about it is that she kept on doing what she loved despite her advancing years. If I'm still around 78, I'll consider this a win. At that point, I'll probably start complaining about how kids nowadays don't have the same level of enjoyment with RTX 12090s. I'll be playing an ancient game with duct tape on my computer.
Yeah that's kind of what I was saying. I'll just be happy to make it to that age and hopefully while being into gaming still lol. If so, I wonder what I'll even be playing. Hard to imagine what video games will be like that far down the road.
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - Capps - Oct 4, 2026
The duct tape mask was nice while it lasted.
RE: 78-Year-Old Grandma Becomes World's Oldest Female Fortnite Streamer - The Pact - Oct 6, 2026
(Oct 1, 2026 04:19 PM)DemonAsylum Wrote: She knows ball. Grandson tried to hold her back too. She cooked his ass though. Granny has more game than him now smh.
Does she actually get a bag from this? There's money in it? The oldest verified male Fortnite streamer appears to be Grand M3rt, who is 71 years old according to gaming records and reporting.