Team of Lirik, DrLupo and Esfand won AT&T Annihilator Cup 2023 and set the third highest Peak Viewers result in history of series

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From July 6 to July 28, popular Twitch and YouTube streamers participated in the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2023 series of tournaments with a total prize pool of $375K. For four consecutive weekends, Disguised Toast, DrLupo, Emiru, Esfand, iiTzTimmy, Lirik, Summit1G, Tarik, Yassuo, and other popular content creators competed in Apex Legends, Fortnite, Street Fighter 6, and CS:GO tournaments. 

The final and most popular tournament of the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2023 was the CS:GO championship, which ranked third by Peak Viewers among all events in the series' history (starting from 2021). 

Participants in the tournament were divided into four teams and played a series of matches in the group stage and playoff bracket. In the decisive match, Team Charlie (Lirik, DrLupo, Esfand, Jake'n'Bake, and Kruzadar) defeated Team Delta (iiTzTimmy, Noko, Slayeas, Sydeon, and Blaustoise) with a score of 2-1. Team Alpha, led by Tarik, took third place.

AT&T Annihilator Cup 2023 (CS:GO) Viewership Statistics 

The CS:GO matches of the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2023 accumulated over 500K Hours Watched. Throughout the entire tournament, online viewership remained fairly stable, with only a 20K difference between the Average and Peak numbers. For a show-event with a large number of media participants, this difference is insignificant. The tournament was covered across 32 different channels, with Summit1g gathering the largest audience on Twitch, while YouTube users favored the TimTheTatman channel.

AT&T Annihilator Cup 2023 Tournaments Comparison

The AT&T Annihilator Cup 2023 (CS:GO) surpassed all other tournaments in different disciplines that were played the day before. It became the top tournament both in terms of total Hours Watched and Peak Viewers. The Fortnite championship, where participants competed on the special AT&T Fortnite Map, claimed the second spot in terms of Peak Viewers.

AT&T Annihilator Cup 2023 Series Tournaments

When considering the entire series, the AT&T Annihilator Cup 2023 (CS:GO) ranked third in terms of Peak Viewers, trailing behind only two tournaments from the previous year — CS:GO and Apex Legends.

Most popular AT&T Annihilator Cup tournaments in terms Peak Viewers

In terms of format and participant composition, the AT&T Annihilator Cup series can be compared to Twitch Rivals tournaments. However, Twitch Rivals has a larger audience reach and a more diverse pool of disciplines. Additionally, Twitch Rivals tournaments take place more frequently and involve a greater number of top streamers.