IPL5 yields impressive record-breaking E-sports viewership
Boasting one of the most popular E-Sports tournaments of all time, the analytics of the event proves the quality and success of this tournament.
Just recently, League of Legends and Starcraft II would have a World Championship-scale tournament for each title, providing over $100,000 in prizes and being held in Las Vegas. It has been confirmed that this event withheld the impressive feat of being the most viewed North American eSports event in history.
Many strong teams and players from all over the world would advocate the phenomenal 951% growth from it's 2011 predecessor, IGN Proleague 4. Equally as impressive is the viewership of the tournaments has doubled every six months. Proving it's success through strong interviews, epic games, and astounding production quality, IPL5 earned itself 149,000,000 total views and 12,100,000 unique viewers. Let's take a look at some in-depth statistics representing this tournament.
Source - IGN
Starcraft II
Just recently, League of Legends and Starcraft II would have a World Championship-scale tournament for each title, providing over $100,000 in prizes and being held in Las Vegas. It has been confirmed that this event withheld the impressive feat of being the most viewed North American eSports event in history.
Many strong teams and players from all over the world would advocate the phenomenal 951% growth from it's 2011 predecessor, IGN Proleague 4. Equally as impressive is the viewership of the tournaments has doubled every six months. Proving it's success through strong interviews, epic games, and astounding production quality, IPL5 earned itself 149,000,000 total views and 12,100,000 unique viewers. Let's take a look at some in-depth statistics representing this tournament.
Source - IGN
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Starcraft II
