Most Watched Esports Tournaments of 2021

While the two most popular events were tournaments, the top 3 was rounded out by league — MPL Indonesia. The league's 8th season accumulated ... TeamsPlayersOrganizersTournamentsGamesNewsNothingfoundTournamentsPostedDec24,2021AlexeyBorisovShare:2021istheyearofviewershiprecordsinesports:thereturnofTheInternationalDota2andCS:GOmajors,thefirstFreeFireLANsincethestartoftheglobalpandemic,andmuchmore!EsportsChartscontinuessumminguptheyear,thistimewewilltellyouabouttheeventsthatattractedthemostviewersinthepassingyear.Disclaimer:TherankingsarebasedonthePeakViewersnumberandthetotalnumberofhourstheaudiencespentwatchingmatchesoftheevent.ThestatisticsdonottakeintoaccountdatafromChinesestreamingservices,sincetheyuseothermethodsofmeasuringviewershipactivity.LeagueofLegendsWorlds2021wasthemostwatchedesportseventoftheyear-ithadmorethan174.8millionHoursWatched.Itisnotonlythehighesttotalforthisyear,butthehighestofalltime!ThepreviousrecordbelongedtoWorlds2020,andthenewWorldsaccumulatedalmost25%moreHoursWatched.Inadditiontothetraditionallygreatexcitementaroundtheevent,thestatisticswerealsoaffectedbythereturnofT1andFaker,whodidn'tqualifyforWorlds2020.Worlds'mainrivaltooksecondplace— TheInternational10.FansofthedisciplinewerelookingforwardtoTI,aslastyearitwasn'theldatall.Thisfactexplainsthehighnumbers:thechampionshipcollected107.2millionHoursWatched,whichisanewrecordofthediscipline.Thelastrecordbelongedto TI9 andnewnumberis21%higher.Whilethetwomostpopulareventsweretournaments,thetop3wasroundedoutbyleague—MPLIndonesia.Theleague's8thseasonaccumulated76.9millionHoursWatchedin172hoursonair,thecurrentrecordwithinthediscipline.ItshouldbenotedthattherearealsotwootherML:BBtournamentsinthetop10:therecentlyendedM3WorldChampionship(6thplace)andMPLIndonesiaSeason7(9thplace).TopMobileLegendstournamentsareespeciallypopularinSoutheastAsia,namelyinIndonesiaandthePhilippines.The LCKSpring2021 and Summer splitswerethelongestrunningeventsofthetop10tournamentsintherankings.Theywereonairfor290and295hours,respectively,andrankedfifth(67.5millionHoursWatched)andeighth(60.5millionHoursWatched).SouthKoreaisrightfullyconsideredoneofthekeyesportsregionsforLeagueofLegends,andmatchesoflocalteamsarewatchednotonlybyKoreansthemselves,butalsobymanyfansoftheLoLcompetitionfromotherregions.ItisnoteworthythateightoutoftentournamentsintherankingbelongtotheMOBAgenre.Onlytwoshootergenre'stournamentsmadeittothetop10—PGLMajorStockholm2021(CS:GO)with71.2millionHoursWatchedrankedfourth,whileValorantChampions2021rankedtenthwith46millionHoursWatched.Botheventssetnewrecordsintheirdisciplines,andthePGLMajordiditforthefirsttimesince2018:beforethat,themostwatchedCS:GOchampionshipwas FACEITMajorLondon (61millionHoursWatched).TherankingisdifferentwhenwelookatthetoptournamentsbyPeakViewers.Accordingtothismetric,themostpopulareventof2021wasFreeFireWorldSeries2021Singapore,thefirstglobalLANinmobilebattleroyaleforthelastfewyears.Theeventhad5.4millionPeakViewers,whichisthecurrentrecordfortheentireesportsscene(nottakingintoaccountthestatisticsfromChineseplatforms).ThereisnocoincidencetoFFWS2021'ssuccess:thegameisincrediblypopularinseveralpopulouscountries,includingIndia,Brazil,andIndonesia.Unfortunately,itwasn'tpossibletosustainthesuccessoftheseries,astheFreeFireWorldSeries2021Novemberwascanceledduetocoronavirus-relatedproblems.TheWorlds2021finalbetweenEDwardGamingandDWGKIAwaswatchedbyover4millionPeakViewers.Thisisalsoanewdisciplinerecordandthehighesttotalamongdesktopdisciplines. PUBGMobileGlobalChampionshipSeason0 wasinthirdplace(itsstatisticswereheavilyaffectedbythedistributionofin-gamegiftsforwatchingstreamsinthegameclient).Itgathered3.8millionPeakViewersonthefirstdayofthefinals.Interestingly,onlyfourPCtournamentswereinthetop10byPeakViewers,whiletheothersixwererepresentativesofmobileesports.Regardingthenumberofevents,MobileLegends:BangBangtoppedtheranking—ithad4tournaments.Top10wasclosedbythesecondmostimportantinternationaltournamentintheLeagueofLegendsesportsseason —Mid-SeasonInvitational2021.ItsfinalbetweenRoyalNeverGiveUpvsDWGKIAwaswatchedbyover1.8millionpeopleconcurrently.***Aswehavealreadymentioned,in2021manyesportsdisciplineshaverenewedtheirviewershiprecords.Thiswaslargelyduetotheeasingofthecoronavirussituation:countriesareslowlyopeningtheirborderstoforeigners,allowingtoholdbigevents:thereturnofTI(albeitwithoutspectators)andtheCS:GOmajorsisevidencetothat.Wecanonlyhopethatthetrendwillcontinuein2022!Wanttoanalyzetournamentsyourself?Takeadvantageofour PRO subscription.Forin-depthanalysisandcomparisonoftournamentsbyteam,language,andplatform,youwillneedaccesstothe EsportsChartsDashboard,whichcanbepurchasedfrom oursalesteam.Articletags:CS:GODAMWONGamingDota2EDwardGamingFreeFireFreeFireWorldSeriesLCK2021LoLLOLMobileLegendsPGLStockholmMajorPUBGMOBILERoyalNeverGiveUpTheInternational10ValorantAuthorAuthor[email protected]AlexeyBorisovAmplifybrainwavestocondensemythought//Telegram:achewithmeShare:DetailedEsportsdataatyourfingertipsPROsubscriptionViewallproductsSimilarnewspopularLVPSuperLigaSpring2022—SpanishLoLleagueisgettingbiggerasitsetsnewviewershiprecordTournaments,TeamsstatsJan11,2022popularMostpopularFreeFireTournamentsin202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