ESLCS was the most-watched esports channel on Twitch in 2023. For 12 months, it accumulated over 50.4 million Hours Watched through broadcasts of Counter-Strike tournaments. This figure represents a 38% decrease compared to ESL_CSGO channel results in 2022.
Top 10 Channels by Total Hours Watched
Following closely behind was the otplol_ channel, which covered tournament matches of League of Legends in LEC, LCK, LFL, and other leagues throughout the year. This channel garnered 45.8M HW, approximately 6% lower than its previous results in 2022.
Completing the top three leaders was the BLASTPremier channel. In 2023, it achieved 34.3M HW through Counter-Strike broadcasts. About one-third of this total was generated during the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.
Most Watched Twitch Esports Channels in 2023
| Rank
|
Channel
|
Hours Watched
|
|---|---|---|
| 1
|
ESLCS
|
50.42 Million
|
| 2
|
otplol_
|
45.85 Million
|
| 3
|
BLASTPremier
|
34.36 Million
|
| 4
|
Riot Games
|
30.58 Million
|
| 5
|
LEC
|
29.89 Million
|
| 6
|
dota2_paragon_ru
|
26.23 Million
|
| 7
|
ESL_DOTA2
|
21.94 Million
|
| 8
|
LCK
|
21.47 Million
|
| 9
|
VALORANT
|
21.34 Million
|
| 10
|
VALORANT_jpn
|
18.79 Million
|
Riot Games and LEC channels displayed nearly identical results, with 30.5M HW and 29.9M HW, respectively. These channels covered international tournaments for League of Legends, as well as the European league LEC. Two Dota 2 and two Valorant channels also secured spots in the top 10. Notably, only two channels in the ranking featured broadcasts not in English — the Russian-language channel dota2_paragon_ru and the Japanese channel VALORANT_jpn.
The full list of the most watched and most popular Twitch esports channels in 2023 can be found here.
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