Esports Viewership Stats for 2018
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Most popular esports tournaments
78.8M 2018 World Championship
64M The International 2018
61.4M FACEIT Major London 2018
49.5M ELEAGUE Major 2018
29.2M 2018 Mid-Season Invitational
17.4M EPICENTER XL
13.9M China Dota2 Supermajor
13.9M The Kuala Lumpur Major
12M SL i-League StarSeries Season 4
11.9M Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018
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1.9M 2018 World Championship
1.3M ELEAGUE Major 2018
1.1M The International 2018
1M FACEIT Major London 2018
973K 2018 Asian Games
947K 2018 Mid-Season Invitational
804K Summer Skirmish Week 2
797K PUBG Global Invitational 2018
744K Summer Skirmish Week 1
713K Summer Skirmish Week 8
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1 970 427
Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am peak viewers
Equal to 22 full Wembley Stadiums
Popular tournaments by games
1 195 309
Peak viewers
526 015
Peak viewers
450 573
Peak viewers
411 121
Peak viewers
410 299
Peak viewers
1 958 619
Peak viewers
973 568
Peak viewers
947 861
Peak viewers
602 763
Peak viewers
562 087
Peak viewers
797 150
Peak viewers
418 351
Peak viewers
353 999
Peak viewers
172 836
Peak viewers
158 269
Peak viewers
436 789
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348 059
Peak viewers
263 885
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236 388
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214 272
Peak viewers
1 342 107
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257 275
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243 907
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124 064
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20 languages / 15 platforms
2018 World Championship gathered audience of millions esports fans around the world
The dynamics of the Battle Royale events
Hours WatchedTotal prize fund
542 393
Jan
$90,693
2 974 655
Feb
$351,405
2 552 935
Mar
$333,067
4 891 509
Apr
$611,930
2 055 144
May
$573,850
8 180 288
Jun
$3,538,643
21 866 460
Jul
$5,460,000
17 874 214
Aug
$5,616,164
10 142 726
Aug
$2,975,737
17 168 310
Oct
$11,992,400
6 256 775
Nov
$1,481,775
5 495 266
Dec
$1,321,337
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$100 000 000
Total prize pool for 2018-2019 Fortnite tournaments by Epic Games
Most popular mobile games by esports hours watched
+148 000 concurrent viewers
Audience growth between international majors AoV World Cup and AoV International Cup
Most popular Charity marathons
20 937 111
Hours watched$2 295 190
Earned money
18 641 606
Hours watched$2 168 913
Earned money
7 373 934
Hours watched$3 307 929
Earned money
3 950 247
Hours watched€1 083 596
Earned money
2 829 962
Hours watched$71 597
Earned money$2 295 190
Donated during Awesome Games Done Quick 2018
Equal to 1125 Fieldworker monthly salaries in Doctors Without Borders
Statistics of tournament organizers by hours watched
Excluding game developersJan - JunJul - Dec
52 347 429
41 833 155
11 520 939
11 520 939
31 972 774
5 017 385
13 951 374
20 950 769
7 424 006
3 713 010
2 606 242
2 453 214
22 811 552
32 309 535
18 665 373
7 347 597
1 730 941
73 126 253
32 466 909
33 758 653
49 625 015
5 965 976
4 377 925
11 019 220
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Most popular teams by esports hours watched
92.8M Team Liquid
90.8M Fnatic
57.6M Cloud9
55.7M Natus Vincere
49.3M Virtus.pro
48M G2 Esports
45.5M FaZe Clan
43.2M OpTic Gaming
40.4M Astralis
38.5M Evil Geniuses
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Most popular Twitch categories
1.36B
986.87M
481.1M
473.84M
454.60M
402.33M
358.15M
302.58M
260.59M
147.40M
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2016
1923
1293
1175
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994
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3 584 121
Twitch viewers simultaneously on 25 August, 2018 *
Equal to City of Los Angeles population
* This day was notable due to The Internatinal 2018 Grand Final and pirated Twitch streams of YouTube Boxing Championship Title match between KSI and Logan Paul
Most popular Twitch channels by hours watched
103 248 269 /riotgames
78 127 550 /overwatchleague
39 910 960 /gamesdonequick
35 448 941 /faceittv
30 068 729 /beyondthesummit
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239 906 685 /ninja
102 796 732 /shroud
55 679 905 /sodapoppin
52 279 789 /dakotaz
50 184 344 /Tfue
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Top channels by peak viewers
1 130 760 /eleaguetv
712 682 /fortnite
633 138 /ninja
573 235 /riotgames
518 596 /twitch
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