ESL Pro League Season 24 enjoyed 74% rise in average viewership

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The ESL Pro League Season 24 ended in Katowice on October 11 with just over 747K Peak Viewers, marking one of the series' best results. Esports Charts and Hellcase analyze what helped achieve this number while recapping the other top events by this metric.

The latest season was the fourth most popular in the ESL Pro League, falling just 0.93% below the previous season's peak. Interest in clashes between top sides like Team Spirit, Team Vitality, MOUZ and Team Falcons kept fans engaged throughout the playoffs phase.

This was also seen in the average viewership of this top-tier Counter-Strike competition. It witnessed an AV increase of 74.47% from Season 23, as format changes, including the league's return to a major arena setting for the first time since 2019, made for a much shorter LAN-only schedule.

The series leader by peak concurrent viewership is the ESL Pro League Season 20, the only tournament to cross 800K Peak Viewers. Natus Vincere clinched another Counter-Strike 2 championship title as YouTube's significant growth and continued community casting efforts helped it achieve this mark.

In terms of series viewership history, the first to really stand out was ESL Pro League Season 14, the first EPL event to reach 700K PV. A finals clash between NAVI and Vitality was key, as it topped any other match in the competition by around 82%.

The series' peak audience returned to the mean of 400K to 500K PV for the next five editions before Season 20 set a new mark. And while no other event has broken 800K PV since, the fact that the two latest seasons have crossed 700K Peak Viewers shows that it's only a matter of time before a new series milestone is set.

The ESL Pro League Season 24 attracted 747,055 Peak Viewers as Team Vitality claimed the championship after beating MOUZ 3:0 in the final. It was the French organization's seventh title of 2026 and marked a strong return to form following a less successful summer.