LoL Worlds 2023 Becomes The Most-Watched Esports Tournament Of All Time

As confirmed, League of Legends World Championship 2023 peaked at over 6.4 million concurrent viewers, thus setting a new world record and becoming the most-watched esports tournament of all time. Not only did LoL Worlds break the record for the biggest viewership number for an esports event, but three separate (English, Korean, and Vietnamese) broadcasts also broke the record in the first match of the finals.

Of the 6.4 million peak viewers that the LoL Worlds 2023 finals got, YouTube held the largest share at 3,282,385 viewers, followed by Twitch at 2,528,586. Meanwhile, the Korean broadcast surpassed 2 million (2,028,687), the English broadcast was just shy of 1.7 million (1,691,323), and the Vietnamese peak viewership number reached 805,343.

By reaching over 6.4 million peak viewers, LoL Worlds 2023 shattered all previous esports viewership numbers by a large margin. To put it in perspective, the most watched Counter-Strike tournament to date, the PGL Stockholm Major 2021, peaked at 2.7 million viewers. 

But that's hardly shocking, considering the last three LoL Worlds all rank among the top most most-watched esports tournaments.

So, while the popularity of League of Legends is hardly shocking, LoL Worlds 2023 only demonstrated how big Riot Games MOBA title really is, suggesting that LoL still has a very bright future ahead as one of the biggest and most-watched esports titles in the world.