{"id":25700,"date":"2022-11-12T21:36:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T02:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=25700"},"modified":"2022-11-12T21:49:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T02:49:27","slug":"2022-overwatch-league-playoffs-amasses-significant-increase-in-viewership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/2022-overwatch-league-playoffs-amasses-significant-increase-in-viewership\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Overwatch League Playoffs amasses significant increase in viewership"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nThe 2022 Overwatch League<\/a> Playoffs came to an end on November 4, with the Dallas Fuel as the champions of the tournament. This year’s edition recorded a significant increase in viewership, becoming one of the most watched events in the tournament’s history.<\/p>\n

According to Esports Charts, the tournament’s days of dwindling viewership in previous events have come to a halt. The data analytics agency revealed that the 2022 OWL Playoffs finals recorded 397,000 peak viewers. The series saw an average of 216,000 viewers, excluding the Chinese viewers.<\/p>\n

According to the data company’s report, the 2022 Playoffs hold the record as the second most-watched event in the history of esports title. In first place remains the inaugural season of the Overwatch tournament in 2018.<\/p>\n

Over the last years, the Overwatch League has been subjected to a steady decrease in viewership. The 2021 Overwatch<\/a> League Playoffs recorded a peak viewership of 134,000 people.<\/p>\n

While the 2022 Playoffs more than doubled the previous tournament’s playoffs, highlighting a significant growth, other stages of the 2022 OWL event recorded under 150,000 peak viewers leading up to the finals. Included among the stages of the event with lower viewership are the seven large tournaments like the first Overwatch 2 esports event, the Kickoff Clash 2022, which recorded 121,227 peak viewers.<\/p>\n

The 2022 Playoffs also saw a drastic increase in the event’s overall hours watched, recording 9.9 million watch hours as compared to the 2.57 million watch hours of the 2021 Playoffs. The event was about 50,000 peak viewers short of becoming the most-watched Overwatch event in the title’s history, with a slim chance of surpassing the 2018 Inaugural Season: Stage 1 tournament. However, the 2018 final is the title’s third most-watched event, with about 50,000 fewer viewers than the 2022 tournament’s playoffs. <\/p>\n

Reacting to the increase in viewership was the Head of the Overwatch League, Sean Miller. He took to his Twitter<\/a> page to share his excitement over the viewership numbers, as he claimed that the event broke the all-time global viewership record.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did it, Overwatch League family!\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled to share that the Overwatch League Grand Finals officially broke OWL\u2019s all-time global viewership record! Not only that, the 2022 postseason was the most viewed postseason ever. What a great time to be a part of Overwatch esports.\u201d<\/p>\n

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We did it, @overwatchleague<\/a> family! I\u2019m thrilled to share that #OWLGrandFinals<\/a> officially broke OWL's all-time live global viewership record! \ud83c\udf8aNot only that, #OWL2022<\/a> was the most viewed postseason ever. \ud83d\udc4f <\/p>\n

What a great time to be a part of Overwatch esports. pic.twitter.com\/brz0N8yjj5<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sean Miller (@sean_mmills) November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n