Trackmania World Championship becomes the game's most popular tournament in 2023 thanks to Kamet0’s broadcasts

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Trackmania World Tour 2023 - World Championship, featuring the top teams from Europe, ended in the French city of Montpellier on November 26. The French team Karmine Corp became the champion of the event, and the title became the greatest achievement in the discipline for the team. The tournament itself was marked by the highest peak viewership number in 2023 among Trackmania championships.

The victory was not easy for Karmine Corp. On the way to the final, the French duo Bren and Otaaaq lost several matches, but each time advanced to the next stage through the lower brackets. Thus, the future champions lost to Gamers First, Airwalkers and Alliance, but in the final playoffs bracket, Karmine defeated WYLDE and Into The Breach, and Solary in the match for the title.

The Trackmania World Tour 2023 - World Championship became the most popular professional tournament for Trackmania this year, reaching 66.6K Peak Viewers. The only event that surpassed this result was the Twitch Rivals Trackmania 2v2 Chase Cup, featuring popular streamers. It gathered 76.1K Peak Viewers.

Most popular Trackmania tournaments in 2023

Despite the fact that all other metrics are far more modest, the World Championship has become a leader in Peak Viewers. It trailed the TMWT 2023 Stage 1 Grand League, for instance, by more than twice as many Average Viewers. Even more of a disparity was found in total Hours Watched across the competitions.

Matches featuring Karmine attracted the most viewers at Trackmania tournaments, even if the team did not reach the finals

Kamet0 was the main reason for the large audience of the tournament. Interestingly, he missed the Group Stage games, only joining in for the final rounds. This is clearly reflected in the list of the most popular matches of the tournament. For instance, during the Group Stage, Peak Viewers numbers on French tournament broadcasts fluctuated between 2K and 3.5K viewers. However, when Kamet0 joined in, this number surged to 53.5K people. Kamet0's broadcasts drew almost ten times more Peak Viewers than the official trackmania Twitch channel.

In 2023, Kamet0 covered other Trackmania tournaments, but it was at the TMWT 2023 - World Championship that he attracted the largest number of viewers, all thanks to KC's successful results. Interestingly, in previous tournaments, the share of the French language accounted for 31% of the total hours viewed, while in the last championship, it increased to 37%. This is partly due to the decline in popularity of the official English-language broadcast, whose share of viewing time decreased from 55% (at TMWT 2023 Stage 2 Grand League) to 44%. It was precisely because of this change that the shares of the French and Norwegian languages increased (thanks to streamer majijej).

As can be seen, Trackmania remains a relatively niche form of esports that is mostly popular in France. But more and more viewers are choosing community casters over official broadcasts with every tournament. The results of particular teams and streams by popular streamers like ZeratoR or Kamet0 have a significant impact on the tournament's final statistics. The TMWT 2023 - World Championship most likely would not have been able to reach such a high Peak Viewers number if Karmine had been eliminated from the competition early on.