DPC 2021/22 Tour 1: Viewership results of WEU, SEA and SA regional finals

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After the cancellation of the first Major of the DPC 2021-2022 Season, the Winter Tour of the Dota Pro Circuit concluded with a series of Regional Finals instead. While three regional events are yet to take place, the South American, Southeast Asian and Western European finals run throughout last weekend, each featuring four teams and a $100,000 prize pool. 

The viewership of each regional tournament varied based on Dota 2's popularity in each respective region, with the biggest audience tuning in to the Western European event. To get a deeper insight into the current popularity of DPC, Esports Charts reviewed viewership statistics of the first three events of the Dota Pro Circuit Winter Tour Regional Finals.

DPC WEU 2021/22 Tour 1 Regional Finals

Full of strong performances, the DPC WEU Regional Final ended up with a victory of a new team in the circuit — Gladiators. Formerly known as Team Tickles, the international squad joined the DPC in November 2021 and was picked up by a sponsor and rebranded only three days before the start of the competition. 

Although Gladiators had to fight their way to the grand final from the lower bracket after the defeat from Team Liquid, they managed to return and avenge the earlier defeat, beating Team Liquid 3-1 and taking their first DPC title. The grand final match saw the highest viewership peak during the event — over 141K concurrent viewers spectated the final battle. 

In 20 hours of Air Time, the WEU Regional Final generated 1.69M Hours Watched, attracting 86.4K Average Viewers. Compared to its regular season, the viewership of the DPC’s Western European division went down by 12%. 

The popularity of participating teams was fairly balanced, with OG being the most popular (98.67K Average Viewers), followed by Team Liquid (97.54K AV), Tundra Esports (96.51K AV) and Gladiators (89.31K AV). 

DPC SEA 2021/22 Tour 1 Regional Finals

Unlike the European event, the DPC Regional Finals for Southeast Asia drew much higher viewership than its preceding stage. On average, 62.4K viewers spectated the competition, which is 105% more than the viewership performance of the regular season, the DPC SEA 2021/22 Tour 1 Division I.

The tournament generated 1.46M Hours Watched and concluded with a thrilling match between BOOM Esports and T1, which attracted over 125.4M Peak Viewers. In the end, the Indonesian BOOM closed out the DPC Winter Tour with a 3-1 win over its Korean opponent.  

However, when it comes to viewership, T1 was in the lead with 79.42K Average Viewers, followed by BOOM (65.45K AV), Fnatic (63.35K AV) and Team SMG (41K AV).

DPC SA 2021/22 Tour 1 Regional Finals

The least attention drew the South American Regional Final, which accumulated 525.3K Hours Watched. That’s less than a half of the WEU’s or SEA’s HW mark. That said, the average viewership of the South American DPC division increased by 97% since the regular season of DPC SA 2021/22 Tour, reaching 25.3K Average Viewers. 

As one of the few teams that didn’t revamp its roster before the start of the season, beastcoast dominated the SA regional final, losing only one map. The Peruvian team secured its victory by sweeping Infamous 3-0 in the grand final match, which was watched by 55.55K Peak Viewers. 

With 31.3K Average Viewers, Beastcoast was also the most popular team in the competition. The second was Infamous with 26.7K Average Viewers, followed by Thunder Awaken  (25.35K AV) and APU King of Kings (17.7K AV). 

The remaining DPC 2021/22 Tour 1 Regional Finals for North America, Eastern Europe and China are set to take place from February 18th to 20th. To find out more about current Dota Pro Circuit popularity, stay tuned for our viewership analysis once the series concludes. 

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On February 15th, ESL confirmed the dates of the first LAN Dota 2 event of 2022, which is set to take place from May 12th to 22nd in Stockholm Hovet Arena, Sweden. The ESL Stockholm Major will be the culminating event for the 2022 DPC’s Spring Tour, as well as the first Dota 2 Major with a live crowd since 2020.