42% of esports followers do not play the sport they watch, 70% watch just one recreation

That’s in line with a blog post by esports analysts Newzoo. Their put up explores three questions: How do a number of the largest esports franchises evaluate by way of gamers and viewers? How massive is the overlap between avid gamers and viewers? What is the overlap between franchises by way of attain? 

Though Newzoo centered primarily on the ‘massive three’, in addition they embrace comparisons with Overwatch and Hearthstone. Their figures are aggregated throughout avid gamers within the USA, Canada, Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

Some of their most fascinating takeaways are:

• 30% of CS:GO followers, 26% of League followers, 20% of Dota 2 followers, 18% of Overwatch followers, and 18% of Hearthstone followers don’t play the sport they watch.
• Among the highest three esports (League, CS:GO, Dota 2), 42% of their viewers don’t play the sport they watch. 
• League of Legends leads the way in which by way of franchise attain, with an 11.eight% share of “all avid gamers and/or esports viewers”, adopted by CS:GO on 9.6% and Overwatch on 9.four%.
• 70% of esports followers solely watch one of many ‘massive three’ esports franchises – League, Dota 2, and CS:GO.
• Dota 2 followers are the most important esports viewers general, with 35% of them watching greater than six hours of professional gaming per week.

The post is nicely value a learn in full. The dialogue on the CS:GO subreddit is fascinating, with just a few followers discussing their causes for watching however not enjoying. Many of them, it appears, merely obtained drained after a whole bunch of hours of play, whereas TaylorSwiftTrapLord says “hardly anybody watching Monday Night Football really performs or has performed within the final 20 years. It actually makes lots of sense with esports as nicely.”