The American BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 gathered more viewers than the European tournament.
The American BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2023 surpassed the European Showdown in all viewership indicators. According to escharts.com, the final of the American event was watched by 212,656 people, while the European final gathered 158,607 spectators.
By what other indicators did the American tournament surpass the European one?
The American tournament turned out to be a more popular event. It surpassed the European Showdown in viewing time - 2.833 million vs. 2.155 million. In addition, the American Showdown not only won in terms of peak viewers, but three matches bypassed the most popular meeting of the European event: paiN vs. Imperial, Liquid vs. paiN, and Complexity vs. Imperial gathered more viewers than the Cloud9 vs. BIG final.
Also, the average number of viewers of the American Showdown exceeded 100,000 people.
Why did it happen?
This result may surprise many because CS has always been more popular in Europe due to the significant number of teams and audiences. However, such an outcome can be easily explained. Two teams brought views to the American Showdown.
These teams are Liquid and Imperial. It was the matches that became the most popular at the event at a time when there were few famous media teams at the European Showdown. The team of Gabriel FalleN Toledo gathered especially many views, the player still has a massive number of fans, and the final attracted many spectators.
The American BLAST Showdown had even more viewing potential because if Liquid had met Imperial in the finals, the online peak would have been even higher.
When will it be possible to see Liquid and Imperial?
Both teams will take part in the American RMR to BLAST.tv Paris Major, which will start on April 7, 2023. All information about the event is available here.
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