Mobile Legends esports event gets massive viewership on YouTube
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The Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Grand Finals that took place on Sunday 17 October has been identified as one of the biggest esports events of 2020, in terms of peak concurrent viewers.
While Mobile Legends may be unknown to many in the Western world, the game has cemented itself as one of the most dominant mobile games of the Southeast Asian mobile gaming scene. With millions of players worldwide, the game has become a behemoth in the competitive mobile esports environment.
Designed as a MOBA, the game sees the player join forces with four other players in an attempt to conquer the enemy base. It wears it’s League of Legends inspirations on its sleeve. Strategy and team composition are key, so it’s not your average handheld game.
Ryan Wyatt for YouTubeMobile Legends YouTube viewership
This is even further proven by the fact that Sunday’s (17 October) Grand Finals attracted 611,000 peak concurrent (CCU) views, making it one of the most-watched esports events of the year, as highlighted by YouTube Gaming’s Ryan ‘Fwiz’ Wyatt.
Mobile Gaming continues to surge for Upload and Live Streaming on YouTube Gaming.
On Sunday, @MobileLegendsOL had their Grand Finals for their tournament reaching a peak CCU of 611,000 on @YouTubeGaming, making it one of the biggest Esports events (by peak CCU) in all of 2020. pic.twitter.com/JOt7zVEuCB
— Ryan Wyatt (@Fwiz) October 21, 2020
Wyatt goes on to put the viewership numbers into perspective, noting that the recent ESL Pro League Season 12 Grand Final for CS:GO peaked at 316,000 CCO across both Twitch and Youtube.
Additional perspective in the last 30 days
ESL's Pro League Season 12 Grand Final for CS:GO peaked at 159k on Twitch and 157k on YouTube for a total of 316k CCU.
Free Fire India Championship 2020 on YouTube peaked at 290k
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— Ryan Wyatt (@Fwiz) October 21, 2020
Mobile gaming esports
When most people think of esports they imagine huge gaming arenas filled to the brim with glowing neon computers and young kids staring intently at their screens. However, mobile gaming is revolutionizing the way that we perceive esports.
With huge franchises such as Call of Duty now having a mobile professional scene, and rumors swirling about a possible mobile version of Riot Games’ newest title Valorant, mobile games are becoming an unstoppable force in the esports world.
It’s exciting to watch their expansion, especially in regions of the world where computer and console-based gaming are few and far between. Only the future knows whether mobile game titles will come to dominate the traditional esports scene, but until then it’s worth checking out Mobile Legends to see what all the hype is about.
