VALORANT Champions 2022 overtakes IEM Rio Major 2022 in views

The well-known analytical service Esports Charts has presented detailed statistics on views among esports shooter championships in 2022. The most popular tournament was VALORANT Champions 2022, which, in particular, outperformed IEM Rio Major 2022 in CS:GO discipline.

As the compilers of the statistical summary noted, not the most popular tournaments of the year in their disciplines were taken into account, but rather the final tournaments of the official seasons of 2022. While VALORANT Championship 2022 set a new audience record, IEM Rio Major 2022, Six Jönköping Major 2022 and Free Fire World Series 2022 did not perform well in their disciplines last year.

Over 1.5 million people watched the VALORANT Champions 2022 livestream. On the second line is the recent IEM Rio Major 2022, which gathered a little more than 1.4 million people. The third place went to the Apex Legends Global Series: 2022 Championship, which gathered just over 600,000 people.

TOP most viewed esports shooter championships in 2022:

1. VALORANT Champions 2022 - 1,505,804 people
2. IEM Rio Major 2022 - 1,428,993 people
3. Apex Legends Global Series: 2022 Championship - 632,352 people
4. Overwatch League 2022 - Playoffs - 397,868 people
5. Free Fire World Series 2022 - 354,836 people
6. Call of Duty League 2022 - Playoffs - 274,244 people
7. Halo World Championship 2022 - 143,585 people
8. Six Jönköping Major 2022 - 121,836 people

According to Esports Charts, among the listed disciplines, the last major LAN tournaments in 2022 will be BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 in Abu Dhabi, as well as Call of Duty League 2023: Stage 1 Major and CODM World Championship 2022 in Raleigh. These championships are likely to be included in the next analytical report on the results of the year.