PGL Arlington Major 2022 — Playoffs Day 1 results

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August 10 saw the first day of the PGL Arlington Major 2022 playoffs. Four matches of upper bracket were played on that day. The Esports Charts team sums up the intermediate results of the tournament and compares the audience coverage of the current event with the results of the previous Major.

Major Playoff Day 1 Results

The first day of the playoff was full of interesting matches. In the opening game of the knockout stage PSG.LGD defeated BOOM Esports handily, winning two maps in 33 and 39 minutes. In the second match of the day OG defeated Entity Gaming with the score of 2-1: the two-time TI champion had to comeback after the loss on the first map.

One of the most intriguing matches of the day was the series between Outsiders and Team Spirit. The Eastern European derby was played all three maps, two of which lasted for nearly an hour. In the end Team Spirit won 2-1, despite having to come back from a disappointing start.

In the last match of the day, Team Aster defeated Fnatic 2-0. On the first map, the team from Southeast Asia managed to put up a fight against the Chinese team, but the second map was over in just 20 minutes.

PGL Arlington Major 2022 Playoffs Day 1 Viewership Statistics

PGL Arlington Major 2022 Playoff Day 1 saw 411K Peak Viewers. Compared to ESL One Stockholm Major, the number of Hours Watched increased by 16.6% and the Average Viewers number on the broadcasts increased by 13.1%.

The most popular game on the first day of the playoffs was the series between PSG.LGD and BOOM Esports. It drew 441K Peak Viewers on all broadcasts. By comparison, ESL One Stockholm Major 2022 Day 1 had the highest Peak Viewers number of 378.9K people at the game between Thunder Awaken and BetBoom. The U.S. major surpassed the Swedish tournament by 8.4%.

The main broadcast languages on Day 1 of the playoff were Russian (199.2K Peak Viewers) and English (158.8K Peak Viewers). The Russian broadcasts had the highest attendance during the derby between Outsiders and Team Spirit, and the match between PSG.LGD and BOOM attracted the most English-speaking viewers. It is interesting that the third most popular broadcast language was Spanish (54.4K Peak Viewers) and there the Peak Viewers number was reached at the match Fnatic vs Team Aster. The Ukrainian broadcast by Maincast Studio ranked seventh with 8.8K Peak Viewers at the series between OG and Entity Gaming.

As for the platforms distribution, the majority of viewers watched the PGL Arlington Major 2022 Playoff Day 1 on Twitch — 309K Peak Viewers at the match OG vs. Entity. YouTube broadcasts had about 78.6K Peak Viewers (PSG.LGD vs. BOOM). As for Facebook Gaming, it reached 52.8K Peak Viewers at the Fnatic vs. Team Aster match. VK Live had the least number of Peak Viewers, with only 1.4K people at the Team Spirit vs. Outsiders match.

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The most popular channel on playoffs day one was the official PGL_Dota 2 channel. In 13 hours on air, it accumulated 975K Hours Watched and had 103K Peak Viewers. The official Russian-language stream — channel betboom_ru — had 467.7K Hours Watched and 52.4K Peak Viewers.

The leader among community-casters on the first day of playoffs was Nix — his channel amassed 622K Hours Watched and drew 88.8K Peak Viewers. Second place went to NS — 310K Hours Watched and 37.5K Peak Viewers. Gorgc became the most popular English-speaking caster, but he lagged behind Nix by 3-5 times by key metrics. One should note that two most popular channels of PGL Arlington Major 2022 reached new records by Peak Viewers, PGL_Dota2 & Nix.

Follow the PGL Arlington Major 2022 viewership statistics on the tournament page.