The 2018 league of legends season broke records, thrilled fans, and showcased the worlds greatest talent competing in front of the largest audience in esports. The league of legends world championship 2016 worlds 2016 once again set a new record in terms of esports viewership numbers. The grand finals were watched by 27 million people, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 11 million viewers. A chinese team finally won the event, no korean team made the final, and western teams had their best showing since season one. The premise of the game is for a team of champions to strategically work through a series of objectives in order to destroy the. The 2019 season world championship worlds 2019 is the conclusion of the 2019 league of legends esports season. The fortnite world cup peaked at a recordbreaking 2. According to esports charts data, the free fire world series one day format also saw it score the highest average viewership of 1. The season one regional qualifiers for dreamhack took place on the weekend of may 2728, 2011. Best fails from every league of legends world championships 20112016 duration. League of legends gets more viewers than super bowl. Livetranslation of the season 2 world championship was watched by more than 1.
We here at riot games feel privileged to be able to share this event with so. Over 140,000 viewers streamed the intel extreme masters exhibition matches, and we. The 2019 world championship consisted of 120 games across berlin, madrid, and paris, and fans watched more than 1 billion hours of content during the competition. Worlds season 1 leaguepedia league of legends esports wiki. Dec 11, 2016 best of season 1 lol world championship proguides challenger league of legends guides. The different stages of the event were held in various cities across europe. Aug 01, 2019 for example, according to analytics service esports charts, the 2018 league of legends world championship had around 1. League of legends final surpasses 2017 world championship. With such a cast, it could have been said without sticking your neck out that the game would shake crowds.
The grand finals are scheduled from june 18 to june 21, 2011 at dreamhack in jonkoping, sweden. The final match between the korean teams of sk telecom t1 and samsung galaxy not only was watched by 14,7 million peak concurrent viewers, but it also was the closing of a widecoverage event which reached 43 million. Over 140,000 viewers streamed the intel extreme masters exhibition matches, and we cant wait to see how. Dec 10, 2015 it goes without saying that the 2015 league of legends world championships were big, but according to riot it was significantly bigger than last year. Proguides challenger league of legends guides 182,710 views. To start off, worlds 2018 featured 2,050,475 concurrent viewers ccv in the finals match between fnatic and invictus gaming. The league of legends lol world championship was the most watched esports. Sep 21, 2018 for the new or uninitiated, the league of legends world championship is the biggest esports events of the year. Lol world championships the mostwatched esports event of 2019.
The tournament is held in europe, with finals in paris. South korea played host to an incredible tournament that attracted the sports largest viewership ever and saw invictus gaming become the first team from the lpl to win the summoners cup. The 2019 world championship consisted of 120 games across berlin, madrid, and paris, and fans across the world watched more than 1 billion hours of content during the 5 weeks of competition. Detailed viewers statistics of 2019 world championship, league of legends. Not surprisingly, the 2019 league of legends world championship semifinal between skt and g2 esports blasted records on the different streaming platforms.
Apr 14, 2019 go back to november, and viewership numbers from the league of legends world championship finals held in south korea and also hosted by the games publisher, riot games showed that. Some of those records were later broken by fortnite but the records would go back into riots possession with worlds 2019. With the league of legends season one championship over and done with, riot. More than 80 million people watched the worlds 2017 semifinals new, 1 comment competitive league of legends had a good year, and riot has an infographic to remind you about it. The 2015 league of legends world championship was the world championship held from october 1, 2015 for the multiplayer online battle arena moba video game league of legends. League of legends world championship knocks viewership. Ranking the league of legends world championship finals. League of legends world championship reaches peak twitch. League of legends championships viewers 2018 statista. Group draw show choose group of teams that will participate in tournament. The championship has managed to increase all three key indicators. League of legends season 3 finals drew 32m total viewers.
More than 80 million people watched the worlds 2017. Lyon urge french government to reconsider hastily ending ligue 1 season. The average concurrent viewership for this one was at 591,563, obviously super impressive. First lol world championship was viewed by more than 100 thousands of people. Lol world championship the mostwatched esports event of 2019. Jun 22, 2011 with the league of legends season one championship over and done with, riot games has announced that the events live coverage drew more than 1. China isby far leagues most important region in both playerbase and online viewership. League of legends world championships had 334 million viewers. It was the fifth iteration of the league of legends world championship. Detailed viewers statistics of 2018 world championship, league of legends. Statistics of matches, teams, languages and platforms.
The season one championship will mark the official end to season one and will be followed by an off season. Nov 19, 20 the season 3 world championship for league of legends set new viewership records for competition in riot games multiplayer online battle arena title, with more than 32 million people watching the. Dec 01, 2014 south korean league of legends team samsung white won the season 4 world championship in october, and the broadcast was one of the biggest sporting events of the year. The first spot is quite expectedly taken by sk telecom t1 with 1 million 683 thousand people watching a game on average. May 10, 2019 additionally, the league of legends world championship in 2016 stands as having the second highest viewership of any esports tournament, with 43 million unique viewers worldwide.
Teams compete for the champion title, the 70pound 32kilogram summoners cup, and a multimilliondollar championship prize. The 2014 world championship games were streamed live by 40 broadcast partners, and cast in 19 languages. With 7 million hours of viewership, the riot games competition. The league of legends worlds final reached 60 million unique. Nov 01, 2018 the first championship final not held in phreaks basement, sk telecom t1 almost completed the entirety of the 2016 league of legends world championship without dropping a single map. Nov 11, 2019 league of legends world championship 2018 set several records back in its day. Many summoners will thrive, but only one team will earn the title of season 1 champion. Not only arenas in paris, brussels, london and berlin were filled completely but also new records regarding viewership numbers were set. Riot games has released viewership metrics for its league of legends world championship worlds 2019 finals, which took place on nov. Season one championship league of legends wiki fandom.
Lol worlds 2019 g2 vs skt t1 smashes viewership records. How to watch the league of legends world championship final. Worlds 2019 has gathered 3 million 985 thousand peak viewers. Monstrous viewership numbers show league of legends is. Arda ocal and jacob wolf discuss what big viewership numbers mean for lols future. Views steadily increased from the first to the fourth game from 2. The biggest esports finals from 2018, ranked by viewership.
The most watched esports events of 2019 esports insider. The league of legends world championship is the annual professional league of legends world championship tournament hosted by riot games and is the culmination of each season. Nov 12, 2018 beyond the 2018 world championship, league has recorded eight of the top ten highest viewership peaks of all time. For comparison, last years super bowl had just over 98 million viewers, the smallest viewership number for the event since 2008. The league of legends world championship brought in more than 100 million viewers, including a peak of 44 million concurrent viewers, during the competitions final round on november 10. The 2018 mid season invitational pulled 127 million viewers, while 2017 worlds, 2018 lpl spring playoffs, and 2018 lpl summer split brought in 106 million, 95 million, and 67 million viewers, respectively. League of legends worlds 2019 breaks several viewership records. The season one world championship is the conclusion of the first league of legends competitive season overview format. This is the second highest total generated by a single day of league of legends competition this year, surpassed only by the league of legends championship series lcs spring finals for europe and north america on april 8 at 1. Dec 11, 2015 riot games has just released the viewership statistics for their 2015 world championship.
In 2018 lol championships took place in south korea and attracted 99. The two best league of legends teams in the world, g2. With the league of legends season one championship over and done with, riot games has announced that the events live coverage drew more than 1. Over 8 million viewers tuned in to the season 2 world championship. Nov 17, 2017 for the first time this year, the league of legends world championship was held exclusively in china. Group stage teams are divided into two groups of four. Rounding out the top five events are the international 2019 and the midseason invitational another global league of legends affair with 1. Additionally, the event featured the most diverse meta of any previous world championship with with 99 champions picked or banned. Dec 11, 2015 during the world championship 2015 worlds league of legends showed once again that it is by far and away simply the best, when it comes to spectator interest.
Dec 26, 2018 finally we arrive at the biggest esport finals of 2018. The world championship reached its peak daily viewership on oct. Nov 10, 2019 the crowd at the league of legends world championship will undoubtedly be behind g2 this weekend. Dec 06, 2018 the 2018 league of legends world championship set a ton of milestones. The 2019 league of legends worlds finals peaked at 44.
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