Worlds 2025 secures spot as second most popular esports event in history

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T1 mounted a comeback in the 2025 League of Legends World Championship Grand Final against KT Rolster, closing the series 3:2 to claim their third straight title and sixth overall, a record unmatched in the game’s history. The decisive match reached over 6.7 million peak concurrent viewers, making it the second most popular event in esports history (excluding Chinese streaming platforms).

Worlds 2025 ranked as the second most popular event in both League of Legends and all of esports, behind only the 2024 edition. During the closing minutes of the fifth map, broadcasts peaked at over 6.7 million live viewers, thus surpassing Worlds 2023.

Top 10 Most Popular Esports Events of All Time*

1. Worlds 2024 — 6 856 769 Peak Viewers;
2. Worlds 2025 — 6 752 585 PV;
3. Worlds 2023 — 6 402 760 PV;
4. Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore — 5 415 990 PV;
5. Worlds 2022 — 5 147 701 PV;
6. M5 World Championship — 5 067 107 PV;
7. M4 World Championship — 4 270 270 PV;
8. MPL Indonesia Season 15 — 4 132 224 PV;
9. M6 World Championship — 4 129 026 PV;
10. Worlds 2021 — 4 018 728 PV.

Five editions of the League of Legends World Championship now rank among the ten most-watched esports events ever. Mobile Legends: Bang Bang follows with four tournaments, its World Championships and MPL Indonesia, while Free Fire rounds out the list with the FFWS 2021 Finals.

* - Excluding viewership of Chinese livestreaming platforms