August is always a competitive month for Rainbow Six Siege. Here, teams fight it out through an epic major before a short mid-year break. This past weekend the Six Mexico Major 2021 took place and the viewership was pretty great. Read on for a quick recap.
Six Mexico Major 2021 – Better than 2020, Not 2019
Before we proceed, do note that the following viewership statistics were retrieved from Esports Charts.
Anyways, we’ll start by looking at the event from this past weekend. With $500,000 on the line and the best teams in the world, hopes were high for the event. Here are the numbers:
- Peak Viewers – 137,103
- Average Viewers – 86,545
Looking back at this time last year, a unifying major was not held due to health precautions – instead multiple regionals. The best of which, of North America, had the following statistics:
- Peak Viewers – 106,611
- Average Viewers – 37,899
While it’s an improvement, it’s not a fair comparison.
No, in fact, a fair comparison would be against Six Major Raleigh 2019 which took place in August, offline and with $500,000 for grabs. Here are the numbers from then:
- Peak Viewers – 268,650
- Average Viewers – 108,083
When looking at it this way, the Six Mexico Major was good, but not great.
Indeed, Rainbow Six Siege will look to improve in this aspect.
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