Clash of Clans World Championship 2022 results: a rise back in popularity for the event

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The Clash of Clans World Championship 2022 came to an end on the 25th of September. The tournament took place in Finland, at the Messukeskus Exhibition center, where the eight best squads in the world battled each other in a double elimination format, where the participants would be eliminated after two losses. They all fought for a share of $1 million prize pool and the right to be crowned the best team in the world. 

After two straight years of finishing in second place, the third time was the charm for QW Stephanie, who defeated Tribe Gaming in a very close grand final, winning the title and taking home $300K. 

Viewership Stats

The Clash of Clans World Championship 2022 had some good viewership numbers. The tournament was broadcasted for 15 hours, and viewers from all around the globe watched the streams for 465K hours, becoming the most watched Clash of Clans World Championship ever. 

65K Peak Viewers watched the game between QW Stephanie and Tribe Gaming, which saw the Japanese team secure the title. The event had 30.1K Average Viewers throughout its entirety.

QW Stephanie did not only win the tournament, but they were also the most popular team at the event. The Japanese team was watched for 256K hours, with viewers tuning into the broadcast, to see if this was the year that QW Stephanie would finally claim the Clash of Clans World Championship. The vice-champion Tribe Gaming was the second most watched team of the event, with viewers watching the team for 205K hours.

In the top five most popular matches, all four matches that happened on the final day of the tournament are present in the list. QW Stephanie is in four of the five most watched games of the tournament, proving they were truly a fan favorite. The final game between QW Stephanie and Tribe Gaming was the most popular of the tournament. In the second place is also a game between both teams, which also happened on the last day of the World Championship.

The Clash of Clans official YouTube stream was the most popular stream of the event, reaching 32K Peak Viewers. Sumit, which is one of the most popular Clash of Clans content creators in the world, had the second most popular stream of the event, with his stream reaching 9.7K Peak Viewers. The official Clash of Clans TikTok account had the third most popular stream of the tournament, with 6.2K simultaneous viewers. All these streams, broadcasted on different platforms, helped the event reach a record-breaking number of Hours Watched. They were also very important in the impressive number of Peak Viewers and Average Viewers that the event had. 

English was by far the most popular language of the event, with viewers watching 65.2% of the Hours Watched in the English broadcasts. The Spanish language came in second, despite not having any stream in the top three. Spanish-speaking viewers from all around the globe contributed to 11.3% of all the Hours Watched at the event. The Hindi language was the third most popular in the tournament with 6.9% of the HW, ahead of the French and Chinese languages. This was mainly thanks to Sumit who streamed the event in Hindi and was able to reach a wide audience.

Clash of Clans World Championship Viewership Comparison

Compared to the previous editions of the event, this year's tournament set a new record for Hours Watched, and also became the second tournament of the discipline with the highest number of Peak Viewers and Average Viewers. Only the 2020 edition of the event had more simultaneous viewers, with 80K Peak Viewers, and more Average Viewers, with 34K AV. 

The event had a massive viewership improvement compared to last year. It had more than double the number of Hours Watched and was also very close to having double the number of PV and AV. While in 2021 the Clash of Clans World Championship only had 34K Peak Viewers, this year's edition saw a big rise in the number of simultaneous viewers, with 65K Peak Viewers tuning in to watch the best teams in the world battle it out. In 2021 the event had 18K Average Viewers, the lowest of all time, but this year the number of AV improved drastically to 30K Average Viewers, the second highest number in the history of the event. 

Impressive viewership of the event is a great sign for the Clash of Clans esports scene since it indicates the competitive scene of the game is growing, and that more viewers from all around the world have become interested in the game. It also proves that mobile games continue to attract the interest of thousands of fans and that the mobile gaming scene doesn't show signs of slowing down. The Clash of Clans World Championship will be back next year, and the event has its goals set on setting new viewership milestones and continuing to entertain fans from all corners of the globe.