DPC 2023 Tour 2 results: top regions, teams, and broadcast languages

In April, the final matches of the first divisions of Dota Pro Circuit 2023 Tour 2 concluded. The best Dota 2 teams from six regions competed for spots in The Berlin Major and DPC rating points. Esports Charts editorial team has summed up the results of the second season, counted the number of viewers on broadcasts, and identified the most popular channels, teams, and community casters. The second season of DPC was not as popular as the first. Almost all regions saw a significant decline in key metrics, including Hours Watched and the number of viewers on channels. Overall statistics of DPC 2023 Tour 2 Eastern Europe again had the most popular match of the season The DPC Tour 2 2023 season was less popular than DPC Tour 1 2023 in all respects. When comparing overall metrics (across all regions), we found that the Average Viewers on broadcasts decreased by almost 24%, and total of Hours Watched decreased by almost 27%. What remained unchanged was the most popular match — for yet another season, the largest audience was drawn to the series between Team Spirit and BetBoom Team in Eastern Europe. The confrontation between these teams in Tour 2 attracted 202.6K viewers to their screens. This is almost 19% less than the previous season's similar series. Regional statistics of DPC 2023 Tour 2 If we analyze each region separately, the metrics there do not look any better than when comparing seasons. All regions except North America showed a decline compared to the first tour. North America has come out on top in terms of Hours Watched. China lost almost 42% of its total HW compared to last season. At the beginning of the year, the league suffered huge reputational losses due to the Chinese teams' unsuccessful performance at The Lima Major 2023 and the banning of many local players for participating in contractual matches. All of this, in one way or another, affected the viewers' interest in the league. The general statistics do not include the numbers from Chinese streaming platforms, as we cannot confirm the accuracy of the data they provide. North America was the only region that showed slight progress in Hours Watched (+6.4%) compared to last season. However, it's unlikely that there's a reason for celebration, as the American league still ranks last among all regions. The other four regions also saw a significant drop in total Hours Watched. Southeast Asia lost 33.7%, South America — 33.7%. Eastern and Western Europe declined by 27.5% and 21% respectively. Why did the numbers drop so much in all regions? There are many reasons that, when combined, resulted in this outcome. Firstly, Tour 1 was the first season of the current year and drew attention from viewers due to a large number of reshuffles, clubs moving to other regions, etc. Fans were interested in seeing the balance of power in the regions, so they were more active in matches. By the time Tour 2 came around, they no longer had this motivation because the new teams and lineups had already shown their strength. Secondly, Tour 2 was a rather uneventful season in terms of intrigue and competition for the championship. For example, the top teams in Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, North America, and South America finished the season without losing a single series. The only region where there was some intrigue in the first division was China. Finally, during Tour 2, Russian-speaking community casters were much less active than during the first season. But read more about that below. Popular languages and channels of DPC 2023 Tour 2 The most popular language for broadcasts in DPC 2023 Tour 2 was once again Russian. During the second season, Russian-language broadcasts accumulated 8.5 million Hours Watched, which is a 30% decrease compared to Tour 1 results. In turn, English-language broadcasts decreased by 18%, and Spanish lost over 34%. Overall, the situation with languages reflects the general trend of declining metrics. Almost all languages from the top 10 showed a significant decrease in total Hours Watched. Only Vietnamese slightly increased its performance, but compared to other languages, this is a very insignificant increase. Nix is again the leader in peak online viewership during broadcasts The most popular channel of DPC 2023 Tour 2 was the official English-language channel PGL_Dota2, which covered matches in Western Europe and China. During the season, it gained 3.25 million Hours Watched, which is 27% less than the channel had in the first season. In second place was the Russian-language channel betboom_ru — 2.4 million Hours Watched (-34%). Russian streamers Nix and NS again became the most popular community casters of the season. At the same time, their performance decreased even more than that of official channels. If during Tour 1, the Nix channel gained almost 2.8 million Hours Watched, then during Tour 2, this figure decreased to 1.28 million HW (-54%). At the same time, Peak Viewers dropped from 105K to 86K. NS's decline was not as significant, which is why his channel almost caught up with Nix's Hours Watched. It is worth noting separately the Swedish streamer Gorgc. He not only became the most popular English-speaking community caster of the season again but also managed to increase audience coverage. According to the results of Tour 2, his channel gained 834K Hours Watched, which is 34% more than during Tour 1. If we consider the overall rating of all channels, then Gorgc's channel took seventh place. The proportion of official and community casting during Tour 2 did not change significantly compared to the previous season. However, the share of official broadcasts still grew by 5.5% — all due to the decline in metrics for Nix and NS. Popular Teams by Language of DPC 2023 Tour 2 New leaders in Russian and English broadcasts Team Spirit has become the most popular team on the Russian broadcasts of Tour 2, with an average of almost 71K viewers per match. Interestingly, during Tour 1, BetBoom Team held the top spot with 90.9K viewers per match. The English broadcasts also have a new favorite — Nigma Galaxy has replaced OG, with an average of 48K viewers per match. However, this attention didn't help KuroKy's team, as they performed terribly this season, finishing last in their division. Spanish-speaking viewers were most interested in watching matches of the Peruvian team Evil Geniuses, while the Filipino team Blacklist International became the most popular on Tagalog-language broadcasts. *** The top teams of DPC 2023 Tour 2 will play at ESL One Berlin Major 2023, which will be held in Germany from April 26 to May 7. There, participants will compete for a prize pool of $500K and 2.7K DPC points. Follow the event page to keep up with the tournament results when it starts.

DPC 2023 Tour 2 results: top regions, teams, and broadcast languages

Detailed Esports data at your fingertips.

Newsfeed

Read also

Esports Charts