Streaming impact of Clash Royale and Clash of Clans as they crown world champions

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On November 26, three major Supercell tournaments concluded, with the Brawl Stars World Finals 2023 emerging as the most successful. Its cousins, Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, also saw good viewerships for their versions of the world championship, each ending among some of their most prosperous events.

For years, Supercell has boasted a famous line-up of mobile games that have endured the arrivals of newer and equally interesting, if not more, competitors. It is worth pointing out that quite a few renowned streamers participated in watching and broadcasting the action live from these two competitions, helping them attract more eyeballs.

Clash Royale League 2023 World Finals Viewership

  Clash Royale League 2023 World Finals most popular matches   

This Clash Royale tournament recorded 921.3K Hours Watched, 149.5K Peak Viewers, and 71.3K Average Viewers over 13 hours of airtime. It peaked during the Grand Final between Brazil's Pedro and Japanese Mugi, with the latter coming out on top 2:1, 2:0 to become the champion.

In fact, the two most popular matches were between the two finalists, with their Upper Bracket Final in second. Apart from the tournament winner, his countryman Pandora also had three appearances on this ranking, with their clash coming in third. Mugi took home $250K, while Pedro and Pandora pocketed $125K and $80K from this $900K prize pool event.

Moving to the content creators, Portuguese online personality Artube was the most successful, finishing as the third most watched and popular channel to stream the action live. His contributions alongside official caster RevolAimar were a major reason for Spanish doing so well at the Clash Royale League 2023 World Finals.

Reflecting the Clash Royale participants' success, Spanish, English, and Japanese were the most-watched languages. Compared to last year's edition, the first and third names saw increases in their share of the watch time, reflecting the performances of RUBÉN, Mugi, and Pandora, while English fell by a bit.

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In terms of tournament results, this year's world championship finished as the sixth-most popular ever in the discipline. It also finished third by peak concurrent viewers within the Clash Royale League series, with both tables led by the Clash Royale League World Finals 2018, the first one under the CRL banner, and second world competition in the discipline overall.

RevolAimar was by far the most successful broadcaster for the game on Twitch over the past seven days, and there was a distinctly European feel to this top ten leaderboard. That the official Clash Royale handle only came in seventh shows how important these online stars were to the event doing well and attracting a sizeable audience.

Viewership stats of the Clash of Clans World Championship 2023

  Clash of Clans World Championship 2023 broadcast statistics   

This Clash of Clans tournament notched 437.7K Hours Watched, 55.5K Peak Viewers, and 32.2K Average Viewers over an airtime of 14 hours. It also peaked during the Grand Final between Clash Champs and Repotted Gaming, which the former clinched 12:11 to become the world champion of its discipline.

Clash Champs ended up getting richer by $300K, while the team it beat in the summit clash earned $150K for its troubles. It also has to be noted that the two finalists met in the Upper Bracket Final as well, with the eventual champion prevailing 12:10.

The tournament runner-up’s matches were pretty sought after, with four of them making it to the list of five most popular matches from the Clash of Clans World Championship 2023. The winner, alongside Natus Vincere and China SUP B.L.T.X, were the only other sides to make this leaderboard.

These sides' eminence was also reflected in the most popular teams (per average concurrent viewership) rankings, with all four making it here. There was not much to separate the top two, but one side eventually prevailed by around a thousand people.

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Regarding the success of this event, it ended as the third most viewed and popular in Clash of Clans history. Only two other world tournaments are ahead of it, and this success can be attributed a lot to the kind of influencers who take the time out to catch up on the live-action alongside their fans and viewers.

In fact, the 2023 edition saw the likes of Trymacs, eliasn97, Jynxzi, and Papaplatte take an interest in proceedings, helping it reach a broader audience in the process. In fact, they form the top four on both crucial metrics when it comes to Twitch broadcasters who have followed the game the most over the past week.

  Most popular Clash of Clans Twitch streamers over the last 7 days   

The official channel comes in only at the ninth spot, once again proving that collaborating or allowing co-streaming can only help an event reach farther and wider. It has to be pointed out that both the tournaments discussed in this article had viewership rewards that also involved interacting with the game and its various co-broadcasters.

When looking at the most watched mobile games from 2023 until November 29, it is clear that a few titles continue to reign supreme in terms of a structured and highly-followed esports scene. However, the fact that Clash Royale tops the table says a lot about these games’ underrated popularity across the globe.

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That all three Supercell games have made this list is an even bigger endorsement of its enduring fame among gamers. They continue to see millions of users daily and have provided many memories to fans, be it through their competitive endeavors or the quality of content in-game.

That Clash Royale has been in the top two over the last three years is something that should be of extreme pride and importance to the developer. Moreover, the three most popular titles this year are also from this company, doing better than the likes of COD Mobile, Pokemon Go, and Honor of Kings, showing there is always a market for games that cater to a different audience and approach from the usual shooters or MOBAs.

The 2023 season has been full of surprises and record-breaking runs across the esports discipline. While most came from top-tier disciplines like League of Legends, MLBB, and CS2, the fact that we are getting good numbers in more niche games like Clash of Clans and Clash Royale only points to the good health of the industry as we head into the off-season and look forward to much more come 2024.