With the arrival of the end of the year, ** are keen to release various statistical lists, and the e-sports circle is no exception. Foreign esports data statistics**esports charts released various data for esports competitions in 2023 on December 23, including the 5 games with the highest peak audience. It is worth mentioning that this ** does not count the ratings data of Chinese mainland, because the domestic live broadcast platform replaces the number of people with heat.
The fourth-place esports tournament from Riot Games was Valorant 2023 Preseason Invitational LOUD vs. FNC, the event's Grand Final match. LOUD is the most popular esports club in Brazil and the world champion of Valorant last year, and FNC is a long-established esports team in Europe, so this game has attracted a lot of attention from FPS fans. It is worth mentioning that the process of this game was very exciting, FNC led 2-0 at the beginning, then LOUD chased two games in a row, and LOUD led 11-3 at one point in the fifth game, but FNC completed the comeback 14-12 in overtime.
The number one esports match of the year is the League of Legends 2023 World Championship T1 vs. WBG, which reached 640Peak audience of 30,000. After all, this final is the most popular Sino-Korean showdown, and there is also the legendary player faker, whose story of competing for four crowns has been loved by many audiences, and he finally won the summoner trophy after seven years. In recent years, the World Finals have continued to set new viewership records, indicating that the popularity of League of Legends esports is still very high, and overseas audiences are very concerned about League of Legends events, with the T1 match against DRX last year being just over 5 million viewers.
Among the 10 series with the highest peak audience in 2023 according to Esports Charts, the 2023 World Championship also ranked first with an absolute advantage, and T1 and WBG led the way in the peak audience of this game. The fifth-highest viewer game was the League of Legends 2023 Midseason Championship, but it was not a Grand Finals match, but a T1 vs. JDG Upper Bracket Final, which reached 229Peak audience of 80,000.
Eighth on the list is the 2023 LCK Summer Final, T1 vs. Gen's Summer Finals, with a peak audience of 15290,000 people. The tenth place is the 2023 LCK Spring Tournament, and the Spring Finals of T1 vs. Gen also has 146Peak audience of 80,000. The LCK league has multiple channels overseas, such as Korean, English, and Vietnamese, so it can attract more viewers from more regions, and the ratings are higher than leagues such as LEC and LCS, which are aimed at Western regions.
In addition to this, eSports Charts also announced the top 10 esports matches with the highest audience peak in 2023, of which the League of Legends project has 3 games on the list. The first place is the T1 vs. WBG match, and basically the first place on this list every year is the World Finals. Third place was the aforementioned MSI Upper Bracket Finals, where T1 and JDG were very hot. The eighth place is in the quarterfinals of the 2023 World Championship, where T1 matches against LNG reached 30070,000 viewers peaked.
Therefore, in the games with the highest peak overseas audience this year, the top three games in League of Legends are all related to T1, and it can only be said that T1's popularity is too high, and Faker is the golden sign of ratings. Many players who no longer play League of Legends will also open the live broadcast room to pay attention to the game when they see a game involving faker and T1. Even if Gen won the LCK League twice this year, they didn't have as much influence as T1, who participated in international events twice, making it to the World Finals and Mid-Season Championship matches.