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BLAST Premiere: Fall Final 2024 Sees Twice As Many Viewers As The Previous Year

BLAST Premiere: Fall Final 2024 Draws Double the Viewership Compared to Last Year

by Abhay Singh September 30, 2024, 9:02 pm 1.1k Views

BLAST Premiere: Fall Final 2024 viewership doubles above that of previous year

The BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 Counter-Strike 2 event experienced a remarkable surge in viewership in contrast to the previous year’s edition, establishing itself as the fourth most popular CS2 tournament of 2024.

Hosted annually in Copenhagen, Denmark, this esports extravaganza achieved an impressive peak viewership of 899,345, as documented by the esteemed esports data platform Esports Charts.

This significant increase in audience engagement highlights the event’s growing popularity and impact within the competitive gaming community.

The event became the fourth most viewed CS2 tournament of the year

At 411,609, the top viewership for this year was nearly double that of the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. Similarly, compared to last year’s event, which drew an average of 169,721 spectators, this year’s recorded an average of 303,736 viewers.

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After the PGL Major Copenhagen and two ESL events, IEM Cologne and IEM Katowice, the event rose to the fourth position in terms of viewers for the CS2 tournament of the year.

The final competition of its kind before the tournament organizer’s brand-new circuit, which is scheduled to debut in 2025, is the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024.

In the most watched match of the competition, a best-of-five Grand Final, German esports organization G2 Esports defeated Ukrainian esports organization Natus Vincere (NAVI) to win the championship.

Throughout the competition, the winners were also the most popular team among the audience, earning 6.8 million hours watched, with NAVI coming in second place (5.8 million).

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The most amount of viewers for the event came from English streams

With a high audience of 418,127, English streams attracted the most number of viewers for the event, followed by Russian (225,456), Portuguese (68,880), Ukrainian (64,773), and Polish (57,797) language streams.

Even though BLAST declared it would webcast the entirety of the 2024 BLAST Premier season on KICK, the streaming service only saw 988 views at its highest. It lost to Twitch (571,927), YouTube (324,457), and BLAST.tv (3,333), the company’s own streaming platform.

All things considered, BLAST Premier: Fall Final emerged as the most viewed BLAST Premier competition of the year.

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Written by Abhay Singh

Abhay Singh, a dynamic content creator, has earned recognition for his knack of engaging and captivating audiences through his insightful content distributed across varied platforms. His fervor for Sports and Entertainment shines through as he seamlessly blends creativity with an expert touch to produce top-notch videos, blogs, and social media posts that not only entertain but also enlighten viewers. Abhay's ability to connect with his audience on a personal level sets him apart, as he consistently delivers content that not only inspires but also informs and educates. With a unique blend of passion and expertise, Abhay continues to carve a niche for himself in the digital realm, leaving an indelible mark on all those who encounter his work.

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