The inaugural Esports World Cup is half approach achieved and the mega match has reached important viewership and attendance milestones in its first 4 weeks. In line with the Esports World Cup Basis, the occasion has introduced in 1 million pageant guests to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and 177.5 million hours watched to date.
“After four quick weeks, the Esports World Cup has already surpassed our highest expectations,” stated Ralf Reichert, CEO of the Esports World Cup Basis. “When we started this journey, our goal was to leapfrog the esports industry with a historic global event uniting the best games, players and Clubs, and reach fans beyond the core esports enthusiasts, while tapping into the 3.4 billion gamers around the world. I’m proud that we’re well on our way to achieving that goal here in Riyadh with hundreds of millions of viewers at home, and over a million visiting onsite, shattering not only our expectations, but also a lot of 2024 esports records.”
Earlier than the occasion even began, the EWC introduced a record-breaking $60 million complete prize pool. Thus far, winners have taken dwelling $16.5 million in prizes. The remaining $43.5 million will probably be cut up between the remaining 13 occasions and the $20 million reserved for its Membership Championship. At the moment, Saudi Arabia-based Staff Falcons is within the lead adopted by Staff Liquid and Navi.
Over 1 million guests have attended the on-site expertise at Boulevard Metropolis in Riyadh, with the pageant venues bringing in 289,000 guests. The occasion has bought 60,000 tickets to esports tournaments, with solely 3,000 remaining for the second half of the occasion.
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Esports World Cup viewership to date
In the course of the first half of the eight week esports competitors and pageant, the EWC has accomplished 9 of its 22 featured tournaments.
| Accomplished | Ongoing | Upcoming |
|---|---|---|
| Name of Responsibility: Warzone | Apex Legends | Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare III |
| Counter-Strike 2 | Honor of Kings | EA FC 24 |
| Dota 2 | Rainbow Six Siege | ESL R1 |
| Free Hearth | Fortnite | |
| League of Legends | PUBG | |
| Cell Legends: Bang Bang | Rocket League | |
| Cell Legends: Bang Bang – Ladies’s | StarCraft II | |
| Overwatch 2 | Road Fighter 6 | |
| PUBG: Cell | Teamfight Ways | |
| Tekken 8 |
Collectively, these occasions have earned a mixed 177.5 million hours watched to date. Dota 2 (55 million) and League of Legends (53 million) accounted for 60% of this viewership. Regardless of narrowly lacking Dota 2’s prime spot, League of Legends did see the very best peak viewership at 3.4 million viewers.
Nonetheless, these figures embrace much less dependable Chinese language viewership platforms and qualifying rounds. When these are excluded, the viewership for accomplished tournaments totals 96.8 million hours watched in response to EWC companion, Esports Charts.
Whereas most tournaments are nonetheless pending, it’s possible that the occasion has earned the vast majority of its viewership. The EWC has already held its tournaments for the 4 most watched esports of 2023: League of Legends, Cell Legends: Bang Bang, Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2.
Maybe it’s unsurprising that three of the world’s most watched esports averaged probably the most viewers of the match to date. League of Legends had the very best common viewers — over 566,000 viewers — however ML:BB had the very best peak at 2.4 million viewers. Comparatively talking, Dota 2 underperformed as a result of it aired over 145 hours of content material — greater than double that of the second longest occasion, ML:BB.
The Esports World Cup will conclude on August 25, 2024 when it crowns the winner of the EWC Membership Championship.