The event happened between July 24 and July 28.

The viewership statistics for Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup 2024 have been revealed by Esports Charts. It should be noted that Esports Charts is working with the Esports World Cup.

Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup 2024 viewership statistics (Image via Esports Charts)
Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup 2024 viewership statistics (Image via Esports Charts)

Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup 2024 viewership

According to Esports Charts, the viewership for the Overwatch 2 event reached 100,188 peak viewers. Compared to the previous big event, the Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) 2024 Major, which had a peak viewership of 125,146, this represented a 19.95% decrease.

In terms of other Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup viewership statistics, the tournament also had 33,310 average viewers, 1,704,341 hours watched, plus a little over 51 hours of airtime.

Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup 2024 matches (Image via Esports Charts)
Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup 2024 matches (Image via Esports Charts)

Overwatch 2 Esports World Cup peak viewers

The peak viewers were recorded during the ZETA Division versus Toronto Ultra match on the final day. Meanwhile, the Crazy Raccoon versus Toronto Ultra match in the grand final reached 95,828 peak viewers.

Crazy Raccoon versus Toronto Ultra in the grand final (Image via Esports World Cup)
Crazy Raccoon versus Toronto Ultra in the grand final (Image via Esports World Cup)

In terms of the other popular matches, they were Team Falcons versus Crazy Racoon, ZETA Division versus Spacestation Gaming, and Twisted Minds versus Toronto Ultra.

Match
Stage
Peak Viewers
ZETA Division vs Toronto UltraPlayoffs, Final Day100,188
Crazy Raccoon vs Toronto UltraPlayoffs, Final Day95,828
Team Falcons vs Crazy RaccoonPlayoffs, Final Day91,327
ZETA Division vs Spacestation GamingPlayoffs, Day 255,369
Twisted Minds vs Toronto UltraPlayoffs, Day 251,725

The Esports Charts platform also noted that the most popular online channel for the tournament was EWC_gold on Twitch. This channel reached 26,687 peak viewers and 361,564 hours watched. Average viewers amounted to 7,101.

Crazy Raccoon player Shu became the event's MVP (Image via Esports World Cup)
Crazy Raccoon player Shu became the event's MVP (Image via Esports World Cup)

The overall event ran between July 24 and July 28. It resulted in a final match between teams Crazy Racoon and Toronto Ultra, with Crazy Racoon earning the lion's share of the $1,000,000 USD prize pool. One Crazy Racoon player, Kim "Shu" Jin-seo, also won $50,000 USD for becoming the MVP of the tournament.

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