Fans watched 133.5 million hours of the LoL Worlds 2025 action across 89 hours of airtime.
The League of Legends World Championship 2025, or LoL Worlds 2025, wrapped up on November 9th with T1 taking the championship title. This win marks T1’s sixth Worlds victory overall, and their third championship in a row, following wins in both 2023 and 2024. The final match between KT Rolster and T1 was a popular event, attracting a large number of viewers.
LoL Worlds 2025 viewership
The match between T1 and KT at the 2025 League of Legends World Championship was the most popular of the tournament, drawing a peak audience of 6,737,568 viewers, according to Esports Charts. Viewership numbers increased throughout the Knockout Stage, starting with 3.12 million for the KT vs Gen.G match, then 3.27 million for T1 vs Anyone’s Legend, and 3.59 million for T1 vs Top Esports. The audience almost doubled for the final match.
While the final match of the 2025 League of Legends World Championship saw a slight decrease in peak viewers – down 1.7% from the 6,856,769 who tuned in for the 2024 final – it was still a memorable event. The match between T1 and KT Rolster was a particularly exciting clash, continuing the historic rivalry known as the Telecom War.
League of Legends World Championship 2025 viewership
LoL Worlds 2025 attracted a total of 133.5 million hours of watch time over 89 hours of broadcast, averaging 1.5 million viewers at a time.
The livestreams took place on many different platforms, including Twitch, YouTube, and others like SOOP Korea, CHZZK, and TikTok. This year, Korean was the most-watched language for these streams, surpassing English which was most popular in 2024, according to data from Esports Charts.
T1 Worlds wins
Here are the final results and prize money from the 2025 League of Legends World Championship. The winning team received a huge $5 million USD. T1 were the champions, achieving a historic victory! Remarkably, this wasn’t their first time at the top – they also won the championship and the largest prize pool in 2024, 2023, 2016, 2015, and 2013.
| Placement | Prize (USD) | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $1,000,000 | T1 |
| 2nd | $800,000 | KT |
| 3rd-4th | $400,000 | Gen.G, TES |
| 5th-8th | $300,000 | Hanwha Life (HLE), CTBC Flying Oyster (CFO), G2 Esports (G2), AL |
| 9th-11th | $175,000 | FlyQuest (FLY), Bilibili Gaming (BLG), Movistar KOI (MKOI) |
| 12th-14th | $125,000 | Team Secret Whales (TSW), Vivo Keyd Stars (VKS), 100 Thieves (100T) |
| 15th-16th | $112,500 | Fnatic (FNC), PSG Talon (PSG) |
| 17th | $75,000 | Invictus Gaming (IG) |
What’s next for LoL esports?
Riot Games has announced that the League of Legends World Championship (Worlds) in 2026 will be held in Allen, Texas, and New York City. This marks the first time the event will be hosted in North America since 2022. The following year, in 2027, Worlds will return to Korea for the first time since 2018.
The League Championship Pacific (LCP) will be back in 2026 with some changes to how it works. The first two parts of the season will stay the same – each team plays every other team once in a best-of-three match. However, all playoff games will now be best-of-five. The third part of the season will introduce a Swiss Stage with both best-of-three and best-of-five matches. The top three teams will earn a spot at the 2026 League of Legends World Championship based on points earned throughout the year.
I’m so hyped for the League Championship Series to return! It’s coming back with some cool new stuff and even more games to watch. Things kick off on January 24th with the LCS Lock-In tournament, which will use the Fearless format and a Swiss Stage – sounds exciting! Then, we’ll have the Spring and Summer Splits with best-of-three matches, leading to a six-team playoff bracket. I can’t wait!
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