In 2015 and 2016, the championship continued its global tour. The different stages of the event were held in various cities across europe. A record 334 million viewers tuned into livestreams over the four week period, with an average of 4. Over 8 million viewers tuned in to the season 2 world championship broadcast, with a maximum of 1. The origins of the league of legends world championship the. Both teams entered the series as the reigning champions of their respective regions with the tremendous expectations from their fans. League of legends world championships had 334 million viewers in 2015. Their ideas manifested in the season 2 worlds event, the initial. Washington justice weekend series tickets may 3031. More than 8,282,000 unique viewers tuned in total via online and tv combined, with 2,402,225 people watching through korean and chinese tv. Lol worlds championship 2015 historic viewership in esports.
The 2018 world championship finals broke all esports viewership records. It was the fifth iteration of the league of legends world championship. 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. If there was ever any doubt that esports has taken china by storm, then the finals of this years mid season invitational for league of legends shatters all such questions esports charts, a. League of legends world championships had 334 million viewers. League of legends world championship 2015 viewership stats have been released. The runup to this years finals in paris has already garnered alltime highs in viewership. The growthrate for worlds viewership is decliningbut. Family takes center stage at league of legends worlds for. The msi final for league of legends becomes the most.
We cant wait to see lol season 2016 to take place already with greater hype. Dallas fuel signs frontier communications as presenting sponsor for 2020 esports season. League of legends 32 million people watched the league of legends championship series season 3 world finals at peak, 8. League of legends 2015 championship saw 334 million unique. The league of legends worlds final reached 60 million. Tencents q3 earnings revealed that worlds viewership doubled over last year. They show a total of 334 million unique impressions. Beyond the 2018 world championship, league has recorded eight of the top ten highest viewership peaks of all time.
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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. The numbers for the season 3 world championships are up substantially yearoveryear. League of legends 2015 world championship broke a bunch of. The growthrate for world s viewership is decliningbut you wont hear that from riot.
The 2019 world championship final between g2 esports and funplus phoenix was the most anticipated match in league of legends history. Secretlab partners with league of legends esports secretlab blog. Despite impressive player and viewership numbers, esports suffers from uncertainty. This esports giant draws in more viewers than the super bowl, and its expected to get even bigger. This years league of legends world championship finals in paris were replete with gripping story lines. League of legends world championships had 334 million. League of legends gets more viewers than super bowlwhats. The 2015 league of legends world championship was the world championship held from october 1, 2015 for the multiplayer online battle arena video game league of legends. How the league of legends world championship became the. During the world championship 2015 worlds league of legends. League of legends world championship finals 20 intro. Lol worlds championship 2015 historic viewership kill ping.
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