esports/Worlds 2020: an average of 23 million spectators per minute during the final in Shanghai

An average of 23.04 million spectators per minute watched the final of the 2020 Worlds, the World Championship on the League of Legends (LoL) video game, played at the SAIC Motor Pudong Arena (Shanghai, CHN) between Suning (LPL, CHN) and Damwong Esport (LCK, KOR, 1-3) on 31/10/2020, announced the game's publisher Riot Games on 09/12/2020.

This is a new audience record for the esports competition: the 2019 Worlds final in Paris (FRA) was watched by an average of 21.8 million spectators per minute (+5.68% in 2020) while the 2018 final in Incheon (KOR) was watched by an average of 19.6 million spectators per minute (+11.2% in 2019).

A peak audience of 45.95 million spectators was reached during the finals, compared with peaks of 44 million spectators during the 2019 and 2018 finals (i.e. +4.4% in 2020). An audience peak of 3.882 million viewers was recorded on Riot Games' Twitch channel, up 4.9% compared to 2019 (3.7 million).

In total, the Worlds 2020 (114 matches) recorded 1.051 billion viewing hours, "the highest ever". The final was broadcast in 16 languages and on 21 platforms and…