The Most Viewed Esports Events This 2024

There’s loud praise and cheers for every tournament witnessed by many this year, 2024. It’s surely a year for esports enthusiasts after all the exciting competitions that played across multiple game titles. Now, let’s check out which rose as the most viewed esports events in 2024. 

League of Legends World Championship 2024

Even when the season is just starting, there are many that already wish to see this tournament. League of Legends World Championship 2024 gets to take the cake again when they reach huge numbers. Their 6.94 million peak concurrent viewers creates the new record for most viewed esports event.

Most of these viewers’ growth is from Vietnamese and Brazilian audiences. Certainly, the LoL World Championship 2024 is a tournament for everyone, despite your region. Now, Riot Games can claim this event to be the most successful one this year. They gained 190.9 million total hours watched and almost reached 7 million viewers. 

M6 World Championship (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)

The spotlight’s hovered to mobile esports, likely in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. So much games are popular to play on PCs, like Valorant, LoL, and Fortnite. But for phones, it is Mobile Legends that continues to soar, especially in the Asia region. 

For 2024, the M6 World Championship turned out to be the second most viewed esports event. While the numbers recorded are lower than their M5 viewership counts, it remains impressive. This tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, gained 4.13 million peak concurrent viewers. It is extremely popular in the Southeast Asian markets, with teams battling also for their country’s pride. 

MPL Indonesia Season 14

Another tournament for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang reached such a high number for its viewership. The 14th season of Mobile Legends Professional League Indonesia boasts their huge support for the team. They had over 4 million peak concurrent viewers since Indonesia has a massive esports audience. 

What did not fail to make this one exciting is the grand finale match. Team Liquid ID and RRQ Hoshi are both extremely talented teams that faced each other in the last series. Eventually, the win comes to Team Liquid ID, naming them the new champions of MPL Indonesia.

League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) 2024

It’s now fourth in the list. Again, League of Legends created another record for the Mid-Season Invitaitonal. From Chengdu, China, it broke numbers from the tournament’s history with 2.82 million concurrent viewers. These numbers help them cement the status of MSI as one of the premier international competitions. 

Plus, many watched this event to see which teams would emerge as victors. Gen. G did not fail and gave them one of the best wins in history. They earn viewers more than the previous World Championship events in 2017 and 2018. 

LCK Spring 2024

No jokes were told when they said that South Korea has the biggest League of Legends following. The premier fights and plays between teams made everyone tune into their tournaments. Their LCK Spring 2024 season still draws huge audiences, with 2.65 million in the live. 

Yet, other than these numbers of views, there was a team that gained a shocking record. Even if T1 failed to win the finals against Gen. G, they have over 12 million more hours watched. The back-to-back World champions, T1, are definitely the most popular team to emerge this 2024. 

PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 (Counter-Strike)

While League of Legends and Mobile Legends are taking over the attention of viewers, Counter Strike 2 sneaked in the list. From this year, premier events in Counter Strike transitioned to the new version of the game, Counter Strike 2.

They had 1.8 million peak viewers in the event that anticipates all the matchups that came. While it might seem small compared to MOBA titles, it is still high since they maintain this average number.

VCT Masters Madrid (Valorant)

Now, last, there is the VCT Masters Madrid of Valorant, where Sentinels won their crown. It had 1.6 million peak viewers throughout the event, which surpassed their world championship event. Many actually waited for the Sentinels to have their breakthrough and take their first international trophy after years. 

Conclusion

Does this most-viewed esports event in 2024 list perfectly wrap up the season? Hopefully it does after it takes a look back on all the tournaments that happened this year. So many exciting and thrilling plays will unfold in the next season; better be ready now