BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Becomes Most-Watched Counter-Strike Tournament in History

Update, June 23. The tournament stats have been updated — this article reflects the final numbers.

The BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 became the most-watched Counter-Strike tournament ever in terms of total Hours Watched: and it achieved this milestone before the finals had even concluded. The record was already broken just seconds before the championship match between Team Vitality and The MongolZ.

BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 Live Report

The previous record for the most-watched Counter-Strike tournament belonged to PGL Major Stockholm 2021, which amassed 71.2 million Hours Watched (HW). It took four years for that milestone to be surpassed. Following the grand final, the event’s total Hours Watched landed at 76.1 million.

Statistics from Chinese live-streaming platforms have not been included, as their publicly available viewership data differs from the concurrent viewership figures typically used by us on worldwide livestreaming services like Twitch, YouTube, and remains unreliable, rendering them incompatible with most other data services. These stats also do not include viewership from Steam.tv, where streams launch automatically and aren’t counted toward active viewership.

Top 5 Most Watched Counter-Strike Esports Tournaments of All time Most-watched tournaments in Counter-Strike history

Esports Charts is closely monitoring viewership trends from the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025. More news, milestones, and achievements from the event can be found under the dedicated tournament hashtag.

Most Watched Counter-Strike Tournaments:

#	Tournament	Hours Watched
1	BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025	76 136 914
2	PGL Major Stockholm 2021	71 266 120
3	IEM Rio Major 2022	69 517 244
4	PGL Major Antwerp 2022	68 098 937
5	FACEIT Major London 2018	61 030 688