Southeast Asia became most popular qualifier region for DreamLeague Season 22
From January 13 to 18, seven regional qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22 were played. Viewers from Southeast Asia showed the most significant activity on the broadcasts, while top Russian and English-speaking community casters barely covered the matches.
The highest peak online viewership among all regional qualifiers was achieved by Aurora and Team Darleng from Southeast Asia, their match gathered over 113.8K Peak Viewers. This region also led among regions in average viewership (45.9K) and total Hours Watched (1.5M). Western and Eastern Europe also made it to the top three in all metrics, significantly trailing the leader but achieving very close figures to each other.
Top 5 Most Popular Qualifications on DreamLeague S22
Southeast Asia demonstrated a strong audience reach thanks to broadcasts from top players who also participated in the qualifiers, notably Gabbi and Kuku. A significant contribution was made by the channel KuyaNic, which became a leader in Tagalog-language broadcasts (Philippines). Interestingly, English-language broadcasts in Southeast Asia gathered more Peak Viewers than similar broadcasts in other regions, including North America and Western Europe. Southeast Asia also led in terms of viewership on YouTube among all regions.
Most Popular Matches on DreamLeague S22 Qualifiers:
- Aurora vs Team Darleng — 113 814;
- Natus Vincere vs Team Spirit — 79 721;
- Natus Vincere vs Klim Sani4 — 67 592;
- OB.Neon vs Team Darleng — 67 015;
- Team Spirit vs Klim Sani4 — 59 116.
In terms of other languages, Spanish accumulated over 75% of total viewing hours in South America. Russian dominated in Eastern Europe (68%) and nearly matched English in audience reach in Western Europe (40%). Ukrainian entered the top three languages in the qualifiers for Eastern Europe (12%) and North America (5%).
Official studio channels attracted the largest audience in the regional qualifiers. The leader in peak online viewership was the Russian-language channel dota2_paragon_ru, which drew over 41.1K Peak Viewers. Among community casters, Gabbi, a Filipino player from Blacklist International, stood out as a leader, casting in English and gathering over 22K Peak Viewers.
Interestingly, almost all top Dota 2 community casters ignored the regional qualifiers for DreamLeague Season 22. Nix did not cover matches, not even in Eastern Europe, and NS and Gorgc showed only a couple of matches. The highest audience reach for European qualifiers came from studios, while in Southeast Asia, community casters dominated.
DreamLeague Season 22 will take place from February 25 to March 10. You can follow the event on the coverage page.
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