PMPL Fall Championships 2022: Viewership Comparison of Tournaments

All regional PMPL Championship Fall 2022 tournaments, which were qualifiers for the upcoming PUBG Mobile World Championship, came to an end in October. The events took place in Southeast Asia, South Asia, MEA, Europe and the Americas. In a new Esports Charts article, we will recap the results of the regional championships, compare their viewership statistics, and name the most popular languages and broadcast platforms.

PUBG Mobile regular season is almost over and the first matches of PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2022 with a prize pool of $4 million will take place on November 11. Fifty-one teams (a record number) will take part in the tournament, and three of them have already won slots in the Grand Finals. Some teams earned enough PMGC points in the season, while others were invited directly to the Group Stage. Others made it to the championship via regional qualifiers, which include various leagues and tournaments in China, Japan and South Korea in addition to the PMPL Championship Fall 2022 tournaments.

PMGC 2022 Group Draw

We should note that the draw ceremony was held on October 26, resulting in the split of 48 teams into three groups in PMGC 2022. The broadcast of the draw attracted 60.4K Peak Viewers and 36.9K Average Viewers.

PMPL Fall Championships 2022 Results

PUBG Mobile is extremely popular in Southeast Asia, and the local tournament format for PMPL SEA Championships Fall 2022 was quite different from the other tournaments. For example, the prize pool was $200K instead of $150K, and the tournament featured 20 teams instead of 16. Also, there was an additional Play-In stage that allowed PMPL SEA Championship Fall 2022 to last almost a month, but not three days like in other regions.

Many teams made it to the World Championship based on their PMGC points, so the slots in the PMPL were given to those teams that had not made it there before. According to the results of the Fall championships, FaZe Clan, Yoodo Alliance, HVVP, DRS GAMING, Influence Chemin Esports and many others got a chance to play in PMGC 2022. At the same time, Team Falcons and Vampire Esports, ranked 13th in South Asia and MEA, respectively, were directly invited to the World Championship.

Viewership Statistics

The Southeast Asian tournament became the most popular PMPL Fall event by a huge margin by every metric. The championship was broadcasted for 100 hours and accumulated more than 9 million Hours Watched. The event drew 90.5K Average Viewers, and a Peak Viewers number of more than 252.2K was reached at the tenth round of Play-In. It should be noted that the next round of the final stage by this metric takes only eighth place. Such popularity of the event comes from PUBG Mobile having a multimillion audience of fans in Indonesia, one of the most populous countries in the world.

PUBG Mobile Indonesia (YouTube) became the most popular channel of PMPL SEA Championship Fall 2022 in terms of both Peak Viewers (132.6K people) and Hours Watched (almost 29% of the tournament's total). The game's official Indonesian Facebook Gaming channel ranks second by Peak Viewers and third by Hours Watched. Malaysia's YouTube channel PUBG Mobile is in the Top 3 by PV and in second place by HW.

Most popular PMPL Championship Fall 2022 tournaments

PMPL Championship Fall 2022 tournaments in other regions were on air for approximately five times less time and fell far short of Southeast Asia by key viewership metrics. For example, PMPL South Asia Championship Fall 2022 ranks second in the ranking, behind the leader by nearly four times by PV and more than twice as much by AV. America surpassed Europe and MEA by PV, but fell behind these regions in terms of AV.

PMPL Championships Fall 2022 audience distribution by language and platform

The five PMPL Championships Fall 2022 tournaments accumulated over 11.5 million HW, out of which Indonesian viewers accounted for 39.9%. The Malaysian language comes in second place with 18.8% of the HW total. Thai language broadcasts round out the Top 3, contributing 10.3% to PMPL Fall Tournament's HW total. YouTube became the leader among the streaming platforms with 58.1% of the HW. Facebook Gaming comes second with 34.3% of the HW total, and TikTok rounds out the Top 3.

PMPL Championship Fall viewership statistics increased in South Asia, Europe, and America compared to the Spring Season results. At the same time, the Fall tournament in MEA saw a decline in PV, while the AV number rose. Southeast Asia's HW more than tripled because of the change in format and a quadrupled duration. But the tournament's PV number dropped 8%, while the AV number dropped 20%.

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The PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2022 pre-finals take place from November 11 to December 4 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Grand Finals are set for January 6-9, 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia.