{"id":160918,"date":"2024-12-10T14:11:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/?p=160918"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:03:47","slug":"who-are-the-most-watched-esports-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2024\/12\/who-are-the-most-watched-esports-teams","title":{"rendered":"Who are the most watched esports teams?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Every sports team wants to attract fans to their matches, be it on-site in stadiums or on TV in local and international competitions. More eyes attract more sponsors and partners, which in turn increases revenue and allows for new signings, among other things. In esports, there are rarely home stadiums that teams play in and sell tickets for, so teams and tournament organisers primarily rely on live streams on platforms such as Twitch and YouTube (in some regions, Kick or AfreecaTV<\/a>) to draw eyes towards them.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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During its relatively short history, some esports organisations have attracted more viewers than others. In this article, Esports Insider has worked with data and analytics platform Esports Charts<\/a> to find out which are the top five most-watched esports teams in the last seven years (when records began at Esports Charts).<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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It is important to mention that these statistics do not include viewership from Chinese streaming platforms, X (Twitter) broadcast viewership, or some Battle Royale games. The most notable metric<\/a> for measuring esports team viewership is Hours Watched, which indicates how much time the audience spends watching content from a certain event or with a certain team in it. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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The metric provides an accurate indication of the popularity<\/a> of an event or an esports organisation because it takes into account both the viewership of an event and its duration. This way, we can, with a reasonable degree of certainty, compare which esports brands are the most popular globally. <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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Being watched is perhaps the most important metric for an esports organisation because the more popular the brand is and the better reach it has, the more exposure its partners receive. This gives leverage to the organisation, which can command a greater income and thus spend more on creating good content and fielding the best players.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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The figures below show a gap of about 200m Hours Watched between the third and fourth most popular teams, indicating just how far apart the top three are from their competition.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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