The Most Popular Esports Tournaments among French viewers, September 2022

September was full of esports events, and French-speaking viewers mostly enjoyed League of Legends, Call of Duty: Warzone and Super Smash Bros Ultimate. tournaments. Esports Charts has compiled a ranking of the most popular tournaments with French fans held last month.

Most Popular Tournaments with French Viewers in September

League of Legends European Masters Summer 2022 became the most popular tournament with French-speaking viewers in September. The Grand Final between Team Heretics and Team BDS Academy saw 117.1K Peak Viewers on the French broadcast.

It should be noted that European Masters is a very popular tournament with French fans, as teams from LFL, the French national league, traditionally play quite well there. Previously, Karmine Corp. won the title three times, and in the summer of 2022, three French teams — LDLC OL, GameWard and Team BDS Academy — reached the semifinals all at once. However, Team Heretics, the representative of the Spanish national league LVP Superliga, was the winner.

Second place in the rankings is taken by 2022 World Championship, which began in late September. The match between MAD Lions and Isurus in the Play-In Group Stage drew about 97.7K French-speaking PV. We should note that this is the record of the French broadcast in the World Championship Play-In stage.

LEC Summer 2022 became the third most-watched tournament with French-speaking viewers in September with the Grand Final between G2 Esports and Rogue on September 11 that attracted 78.6K PV.

The World Series of Warzone 2022 European Final became a huge success with French-speaking viewers. The French broadcast reached 74.8K PV on the game day, September 6. We should remind you that then Team Ayzen advanced to the final of the tournament, represented by three French players.

Smash Ultimate Summit 5, which took place in Los Angeles, closes the Top 5 most popular tournaments in September. It was one of the largest international Super Smash Bros Ultimate tournaments, with gamers from North America, Japan and France taking part in it. The latter was represented by Glutonny, a member of the French Solary club and one of the strongest players in Europe.

The French broadcast of Smash Ultimate Summit 5 reached 30.8K PV on September 18 at the match between Tweek and acola.

Most Popular French Channels in September

The leader among French esports channels on Twitch in September is otplol_. European Masters Summer 2022, Worlds 2022 and LEC Summer 2022 were broadcast on it. Their Peak Viewers numbers were the same as given in the first chart: 117.1K, 97.7K and 78.6K, respectively.

The channel of a French streamer chowh1 is in fourth place among the most popular channels. The streamer was a member of the World Series of Warzone 2022 European finals, and his matches were watched by 59.3K PV — the highest number among all players of the tournament (even higher than that of the official channel Call of Duty). The etoiles channel that broadcast Smash Ultimate Summit 5 rounds out the ranking. It rached 25.8K PV.

You can find the overall ranking of the most popular tournaments in September on this page. We will also publish the Top of the most popular esports events with Brazilian viewers in the near future.