Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup 2024 viewership revealed: More than 100,000 peak viewers

Esports Charts, which collaborates with the Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup 2024 organizers, has recently disclosed the viewership data.

Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup 2024 viewership

Based on Esports Charts’ data, the peak audience for the Overwatch 2 event amounted to 100,188 viewers. In contrast, the previous major event, Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) 2024 Major, attracted a peak viewership of 125,146, which is approximately 20.05% more than the current event.

The Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup attracted an average of 33,310 viewers, accumulating a total of 1,704,341 hours of watching time, and featuring approximately 51 hours of live broadcast.

Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup peak viewers

On the last day, the highest number of viewers tuned in to watch the ZETA Division vs Toronto Ultra game. In contrast, during the grand final between Crazy Raccoons and Toronto Ultra, a record-breaking 95,828 viewers peaked in.

Among the well-known matchups, we had Team Falcons against Crazy Raccoon, ZETA Division facing off against Spacestation Gaming, and Twisted Minds going head to head with Toronto Ultra.

According to Esports Charts, the most-watched channel for the tournament on online platforms was EWC_gold on Twitch, with a peak audience of 26,687 viewers and a total of 361,564 hours watched. The average number of viewers tuning in was approximately 7,101.

The tournament, which took place from July 24th to the 28th, culminated in a deciding match between teams Crazy Racoon and Toronto Ultra. The victorious Crazy Racoon team walked away with most of the $1 million USD reward. Moreover, an outstanding player from Crazy Racoon, Kim “Shu” Jin-seo, was acknowledged as the MVP and received an additional $50,000 USD in prize money.