esports: number of hours watched worldwide has tripled between 2017 and 2022

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Evolution of the cumulative global esports audience (in number of views) between 2017-2022 - ©  Esports Charts

The esports competitions held around the world (with the exception of China) in 2022 accumulated 2.834 billion hours of views, more than three times as many as in 2017 (966 million hours viewed), according to a study by Esports Charts, a website specialised in esports audiences, published on 29/06/2023.

This total is down by 8.2% compared with...

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Evolution of the cumulative global esports audience (in number of views) between 2017-2022 - ©  Esports Charts

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