The International 10 Grand Finals - Sixth Peak Viewer Game in Esports History

Representatives of the analytical service Esports Charts once again shared interesting information regarding the recently held The International 10. According to the local analysts, the match between Team Spirit and PSG.LGD, which took place in the final of The International 10, was included in the six matches that were watched by the most viewers. At one point, more than 2,700,000 spectators were watching what was happening at the same time. These indicators were taken into account without Chinese platforms.

It is noteworthy that this indicator is the highest both in Dota 2 itself and in another esports discipline from Valve, CS: GO. The top 5 most watched matches include tournaments of the following disciplines:

• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (M2 World Championship) - 3,000,000+ viewers
• League of Legends (2020 World Championship) - 3,800,000+ viewers
  
• League of Legends (2019 World Championship) - 3,900,000+ viewers
• PUBG Mobile - 3,800,000+ viewers
• Free Fire (Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore) - 5,400,000+ viewers
  

As for individual teams, Team Spirit and PSG.LGD have the best results in this indicator. Their matches were streamed with an average of 805,000+ and 767,000+ viewers at the same time. Virtus.pro also entered the top 5. The latter's matches were watched by an average of 481,000+ fans.

41.6% of views come from English-language broadcasts. This suggests that the majority of viewers prefer to watch broadcasts in English. Russian is in second place with 38.6% of views from the entire audience.

The International 10 ran from October 7th to 17th. The total prize fund of the championship was $ 40,018,195, and 18 best teams in the world were involved in its distribution, representing six playing regions: North America, South America, CIS, Europe, Southeast Asia and China. 12 teams took part in the tenth The International due to the required number of rating points gained during the Dota Pro Circuit 2020/2021 season. The other six teams got the opportunity to play thanks to the regional qualifications.

Team Spirit prevailed in this competition and the players earned $ 18,208,300. Before Team Spirit, the victory in The International (in order from 2011 to 2019) was won by such teams as Natus Vincere, Invictus Gaming, Alliance, Newbee, Evil Geniuses, Wings Gaming, Team Liquid and OG, who took the trophy twice.