LEC Winter 2024 shows the series' best viewership in three years

LEC Winter 2024, a European League of Legends competition, ended on February 18th. This season was notable for community casting definitively outpacing official broadcasts in the European league's viewership. As a result, LEC Winter 2024 became the most successful season in the franchise's history in terms of average viewership and the most-watched one since 2021.

G2 Esports defeated MAD Lions KOI with a score of 3:1 in the grand final of LEC Winter 2024,. The champion earned a spot in the LEC Finals 2024 and secured the right to represent the region at the Mid-Season Invitational 2024. This marks G2 Esports' 12th split victory in the European league.

LEC Winter 2024 Viewership Results

The viewership statistics for LEC Winter 2024 saw significant growth compared to last year's winter split. For instance, total Hours Watched increased by 20%, average viewership on streams grew by 24%, and peak viewership surged by a whopping 50%.

The grand final between G2 Esports and MAD Lions KOI was the most popular match of LEC Winter 2024 — this series attracted over 830.8K Peak Viewers. This marks the best result in the last two years and the fourth-best result in LEC history. Such impressive numbers are attributed to the lineup of the grand final participants — G2 Esports is the most successful team in the league, and MAD Lions KOI has a large fan base due to the popularity of its co-owner, ibai.

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The most popular participants of LEC Winter 2024 in terms of average viewership were predominantly Spanish and French language casters, especially ibai and kamet0. Ibai's stream attracted nearly 322K Peak Viewers during the grand final — the best performance of the entire split and his most popular broadcast in 2024. Another notable mention is Tolkin, whose community casting contributed to increased viewership in the German language.

Top Streams of LEC Winter 2024 Final:

Ibai (Twitch) — 321.9k Peak Viewers
Caedrel (Twitch) — 167.2k Peak Viewers
LEC (Twitch) — 120.1k Peak Viewers
LEC (YouTube) — 101.8k Peak Viewers
otplol_ (Twitch) — 86.3k Peak Viewers

Regarding other languages, there was a slight decrease in viewership for English, Polish, and Turkish during LEC Winter 2024. The average number of viewers on the official English channel of LEC decreased by approximately 40% compared to the previous year. However, this season saw the introduction of popular British community caster Caedrel covering the league — his channel ranked third place by peak viewership in the split after ibai and kamet0.

The most popular seasons of LEC in terms of peak viewership

The recent split has shown that community casting plays an increasingly important role in League of Legends broadcasts. Thanks to them, the tournament had the highest average audience in the history of LEC splits, and was also the most popular and watched within the league since the 2021 season.