Thanks everyone for their support on pushing this to Epic. During this discussion I’ve been doing a algorithmic calculation of spam maps in 2025. Here what I found:
6000+ Maps & 700+ Creators
Using Fortnite data I’ve been gathering for 3 years now - I managed to filter out 6751 spam maps & 704 spam creators in 2025.
IMPORTANT: All maps in my calculation appeared at least once in the Discovery, showing the system DOES NOT WORK. Here are the details:
- 3513 visual map duplicates in 2025
- 3238 text map duplicates in 2025
- The all known “Super Red vs Blue” thumbnail was used 541 times - “Box PVP” thumbnail 234 times
- There are creators (posting maps till today) that have more than 100 COPIED maps in their profiles that around 60/70 made into discovery this year
- Most spammers (or all of them) are still posting maps & are not banned
- You can often find out 5 uploaded maps into different accounts in “New & Updated” row in the same time due how discovery “works”
The Data
I will be publishing data I’ve collected (with the map code, creator code) tomorrow in a spreedsheet - if Epic (any Epic Employee) is willing to get the full-detailed data, I am happy to share it.
The analysis was made using 59713 maps that I’ve detected in discovery in 2025 & all maps were published in 2025. During this analysis I compared all maps using algorithms such as “Perceptual Hashing” that allowed me to compare all thumbnails & find similarities. Title & other metadata chunks were compared.
This is a sample of creator names that abused & are abusing the system uploading 10 maps all-in one, on different accounts.
None of those creators are banned & their maps show every day in the discovery - taking sometimes 20% of the daily “New & Top Rated” space all alone.
Conclusion
I hope that Epic has better tools to find SPAM CREATORS that are killing this ecosystem & no action is taked showing more & more spammers room for the play. Without any changes we will keep getting half od discovery spammed with the same maps, not showing players the full potential of this ecosystem & what can be made.