2022 World Championship is the most popular English-speaking tournament in 2022

The well-known analytical service Esports Charts has presented statistics on the most popular esports championships among the English-speaking audience in 2022. The 2022 World Championship took the first place, attracting over 1.6 million people at its peak. At the same time, the grand final of the competition between the T1 and DRX teams was watched by an average of 404.2 thousand viewers in English broadcasts.

Note that this is not the first time that the League of Legends discipline is noted in such collections. At the end of last year, League of Legends became the most viewed esports game, while the T1 roster became the most popular team.

The spring PGL Major Antwerp 2022 for CS:GO is on the second line. The English-language broadcast of the grand final between FaZe Clan and NAVI gathered a little over 1 million viewers.

The third place in the ranking is occupied by The International 2022 Dota 2 championship. The English-language broadcast, following the general drop in views, gathered 744 thousand people. For example, in 2021, this figure exceeded one million viewers.

Next on the list is the VALORANT Champions 2022 tournament. The final VALORANT championship of last season gathered 644 thousand viewers on the English broadcast.

IEM Cologne 2022 closes the top five most popular esports events — the traditional CS:GO championship attracted a little more than 620,000 people last year. At the same time, the most popular match of the tournament was the grand final between the mentioned teams FaZe Clan and NAVI.

TOP 5 most popular esports championships among the English-speaking audience in 2022:

1. 2022 World Championship (League of Legends) - 1,634,349 viewers
2. PGL Major Antwerp 2022 (CS:GO) — 1,019,782 spectators
3. The International 2022 (Dota 2) - 744,396 viewers
4. VALORANT Champions 2022 (VALORANT) - 644,092 viewers
5. IEM Cologne 2022 (CS:GO) — 621,338 spectators