The LCK is League of Legends’ premiere regional circuit, The Korean demographic is more passionate than any around the world of esports, and the country is often host to some of the most competitive players and teams in the world. Across the past few splits of the LCK, higher viewership records are set each time. In the previous Summer split, the grand final reached 1.53M PV, setting a viewership record for the series; the recent LCK Spring 2024 split has gone even further, reaching 2.66M Peak Viewers for its grand final.
LCK Spring 2024 viewership statistics
The LCK Spring was the most popular iteration of the regional circuit ever. Not only did it reach extremely high concurrent viewership, it also held a strong average viewership throughout its entire duration. The split was broadcast for over 276 hours, and throughout these hours it garnered a total of 98.16M Hours Watched.
Very few esports tournaments have ever reached 100M HW. The recent editions of the League of Legends World Championship have managed it, along with The International 10 in Dota 2. The LCK Spring 2024 could have been the first regional circuit in League of Legends to reach 9 figures of Hours Watched, but it fell slightly short. Regardless, it remains the most-watched League of Legends tournament ever outside the Worlds events.
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The 2.66M peak concurrent viewers that tuned into the Grand Finals of this split made League of Legends history. The match was not only the most popular LCK match ever, it also was the highest Korean-language peak viewership achieved in the entire esports industry, outside of the Worlds events for League of Legends.
The match was also the most popular League of Legends match which took place outside the Worlds events. The yearly Mid-Season Invitational tournament has breached 2M PV in the past two years, but the LCK managed to gather considerably more peak viewers. As it stands, the LCK regional league is more popular than the year’s second-most-important international tournament for League of Legends.
The most popular T1 vs Gen.G matches in League of Legends by peak concurrent viewership
Although the LCK has been growing in recent years, it's the teams that make up these leagues that truly drive viewership. Without T1 or Gen.G, it is unlikely that the LCK would have been able to achieve such a remarkable peak viewership record.
Throughout recent years, the League of Legends scene has grown to love these two organisations and their matches against one another. The rivals often meet in the Grand Final of the regional LCK circuit, and when they do they set consistent viewership records for the region. However, on an international scale, there is still potential left for these two.
Most popular LCK splits by Hours Watched & Peak Viewers
At both last year’s Worlds and MSI events, Gen.G and T1 met relatively early in the event. Although their match during the earlier stages of these events garnered significant viewership, both teams only met once at each event. If these two were able to face off against one another during the Playoffs stage of a major international event, they would surely have reached over 2M concurrent viewers.
The future of Korean League of Legends is in the hands of T1 and Gen.G. The two teams are consistently driving viewership to new heights in their regional circuit, and if they can both meet in the playoffs of this year’s MSI or Worlds, they might be able to set another viewership record for Korean audiences. The LCK also continues to grow year after year, still with that elusive 100M HW mark to chase.
