esports/Twitch: a record peak audience of 5.1 million viewers during the Worlds 2022 final

A cumulative peak audience of 5.147 million viewers was recorded on several channels on the platform Twitch during the second match (out of five played) of the 2022 League of Legends World Championships (Worlds) final between South Korean teams DRX and T1 (3-2) at the Chase Center in San Francisco (California, USA) on 05/11/2022, according to data published by Esports Charts, a site specialised in esports audiences, on 06/11/2022.

This figure (not including statistics from China) is the highest ever recorded for a competition organised by LoL Esport, the entity that manages Riot Games' competitive circuit. Notably, it is 28% more than the previous record of 4 million viewers who watched the 2021 Worlds final in Reykjavik, Iceland (in a European time slot).

However, audiences for the Worlds 2022 are down compared to the 2021 edition:
• 141.9 million viewing hours were recorded during the Worlds 2022, 19% less than the Worlds 2021 (174 million) despite nine hours more airtime during the 2022 edition.
• The average audience posted in 2022 (987,437 viewers) is down 23.5% from the average…