{"id":160250,"date":"2024-11-25T13:28:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=160250"},"modified":"2024-11-25T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:28:12","slug":"overwatch-champions-series-2024-shows-viewership-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2024\/11\/overwatch-champions-series-2024-shows-viewership-increase","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch Champions Series 2024 shows viewership increase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//wp-content//uploads//2024//11//20241122_Michal_Konkol_OWCS_Stockholm_00029-min-large.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241122_Michal_Konkol_OWCS_Stockholm_00029-min-large.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241122_Michal_Konkol_OWCS_Stockholm_00029-min-medium.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241122_Michal_Konkol_OWCS_Stockholm_00029-min-medium_large.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241122_Michal_Konkol_OWCS_Stockholm_00029-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241122_Michal_Konkol_OWCS_Stockholm_00029-min.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: ESL FACEIT Group \/ DreamHack \/ Michal Konkol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5f74d1c6c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The season-ending event of the <strong>Overwatch Champions (OWCS) Series 2024<\/strong>, which took place during<strong> DreamHack Winter<\/strong> in Stockholm, has attracted just under 160,000 peak viewers, according to esports <a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////escharts.com//tournaments//ow//overwatch-champions-series-2024-finals/">data platform Esports Charts.<\/a><\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5f74d24cc\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The event was the most popular in the OWCS by far, but still struggled to reach the viewership numbers of the now-defunct <strong>Overwatch League (OWL)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"keep-reading \"  id=\"kr-67cf5f74d3305\">\n  <div class=\"heading\">Keep Reading<\/div>\n  <ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n          <li id=\"post-160117\" style=\"order: 1;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2024//11//overwatch-owcs-theme-songs/" target=\"_blank\">Overwatch Champions Series unveils two tracks ahead of 2024 finals<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-156647\" style=\"order: 2;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2024//07//overwatch-2-esports-world-cup-viewership/" target=\"_blank\">Overwatch 2 at Esports World Cup peaks at 100,000 viewers<\/a><\/li>\n          <li id=\"post-154038\" style=\"order: 3;\"><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////esportsinsider.com//2024//05//overwatch-crowdfunding-bundle-owcs-dallas-major/" target=\"_blank\">Overwatch launches crowdfunding bundle for OWCS Dallas Major prize pool<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5f74d467e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p><a href=https://esportsinsider.com/"https:////escharts.com//tournaments//ow//overwatch-champions-series-2024-finals/">The Overwatch Champions Series 2024 Finals<\/a> saw a peak of 159,918 viewers and an average viewership of 94,469, making it the most popular Overwatch event of the year. It is, however, important to understand the context because the OWCS had just a single Major in 2024, and the only other large-scale tournament was the one held at the Esports World Cup.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5f74d4e08\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The Major held earlier this year had 125,000 peak viewers, and the EWC tournament ended with just a little over 100,000 peak viewers.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5f74d57f6\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The most popular match of the tournament was the Grand Final between <strong>Team Falcons <\/strong>and <strong>Crazy Raccoon<\/strong>, with the latter being the most popular team of the event by far with around 770,000 hours watched. The winners Team Falcons came in at third place with 600,000 and <strong>Toronto Defiant <\/strong>placed second, in terms of team viewership, with 654,000 viewers.<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5f74d6015\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The OWCS is the newly-created esports league in Overwatch, created after the dissolution of the Overwatch League in 2023. The league, co-created by <strong>Blizzard <\/strong>and <strong>ESL FACEIT Group<\/strong>, has hosted its first Finals event over the weekend during DreamHack Stockholm. <\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-67cf5f74d67c3\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n    \n<p>The event was won by Saudi-based Team Falcons, ahead of former OWL teams such as Toronto Defiant and NRG Shock. 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