Indeed, here at esportsguide we understand the importance of viewership. Accordingly, it’s a great sign of comunity interest and general success of the esport. After an awesome year of esports, in this featured article we’ll be taking a look at the top esports events viewership 2022 below!
Esports Events Viewership 2022 – Some Staggering Numbers
Year upon year, improvement is what esports organizers are looking for. Accordingly, esports viewership figures are one way to measure such improvement.
Before we highlight the best events in the year, we should thank Esports Charts for their publically available information.
#4 – The International 2022
- Peak Viewership – 1,751,086
- Average Viewership – 563,713
- Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
- Prize: $18,930,775
Kicking things off, we have the top Dota 2 esports event of the year. Accordingly, The International is the premier recurring yearly event which crowns a new world champion every year.
Indeed, although this year the prize pool was smaller than last year, it didn’t fail to make an impression on the competitive Dota 2 community. As the final piece of the Dota Pro Circuit, the event celebrated Dota’s return after a year of online competition.
Crowning the likes of Tundra Esports, the event was an awesome opportunity to show that Dota 2 esports is still one of the top in the world
#3 – PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- Peak Viewership – 2,113,610
- Average Viewership – 586,218
- Venue: Antwerp, Belgium
- Prize – $1,000,000
Moving on, we have the only competitive CS:GO event on this list. With $1,000,000 on the line, PGL Major Antwerp was the epic return of competitive CS:GO to the main stage.
Uniting the community with the top 24 teams in the world, May saw Antwerp take competitive CS:GO to the very next level.
Moreover, this event is most known for its incredible Grand Final match. Involving the titans of FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere, the community was treated to an incredible bit of competition. Since then, CS:GO has been on an upward trend and all Majors since have followed the same successful format.
#2 – Mid-Season Invitational 2022 – Esports Events Viewership 2022
- Peak Viewership – 2,194,104
- Average Viewership – 588,187
- Venue – Busan Esports Arena, South Korea
- Prize – $250,000
Moving towards the top of the list as we remain roughly at the 2,000,000 peak viewership mark, the MSI 2022 event narrowly takes second place on this list.
For those unaware, the MSI is the first opportunity for the competitive League of Legends community to compete in an international playing field. Specifically, the very best teams from each region qualify to compete for global dominance – the only time before Worlds.
Featuring some incredible battles between Korean and Chinese teams, MSI was only a preview for what was to come next in the coming months at Worlds 2022.
#1 – 2022 World Championship
- Peak Viewership – 5,147,701
- Average Viewership – 987,437
- Venue – State Farm Arena, North America
- Prize – $2,225,000
Indeed, MSI was only a preview for Worlds 2022. Accordingly, here is where viewership simply imploded.
Taking place at the latter end of the season, Worlds is the yearly event which crowns an international champion every year for competitive League of Legends.
This year, the event saw the return of international LoL to the North American region for the first time in 4 years. Once again, Korean and Chinese teams fought for international dominance – DRX managing to take the crown with 5,000,000 viewers watching.
It’s been an incredible year for viewership – we can’t wait for next year!
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