Content Updates, Transitions Drive Viewership for Asmongold – Weekly Twitch Top 10s, June 28 – July 4

It was an enormous weekend for international Counter-Strike: International Offensive motion, with channels topping the charts throughout a number of tournaments. Additionally of word, Korea’s League of Legends professional league continues to paved the way within the sport’s weekly viewership.

Twitch’s High Channel – Gaules

It was an enormous week for CS:GO (and NBA) streamer Gaules, however it additionally might have been the beginning of a very sturdy month for main World of Warcraft streamer Asmongold. The long-awaited launch of WoW’s newest content material patch drove a spike in viewership, however Asmongold created a surge of curiosity on the finish of the week when he switched his content material to rival MMO Last Fantasy 14. Asmongold has lengthy been the main World of Warcraft streamer, and his exploration of a rival sport comes at a time when gamers have turn into significantly disenfranchised with WoW as a result of prolonged delay between content material updates.

This shift helped shoot the streamer to 3rd place this week, producing 3.54M hours watched. The flexibility to take care of an viewers in a brand new sport, mixed with the arrival ultimately of the following WoW raid and its corresponding Race to World First might end in a very sturdy month for Asmongold.

Twitch’s High Content material – Simply Chatting

Grand Theft Auto V managed to fend off League of Legends for an additional week, however the shrinking hole signifies a potential return to the highest for the decade-old MOBA within the close to future. LoL has remained persistently above 30M hours watched for a while, and whereas GTAV had its time effectively above that determine, it seems that reign may very well be coming to an in depth. Ought to GTAV lastly drop off, it’s probably that one other streamer collaboration-friendly title will stand up into the High 10, although it stays to be seen if something can maintain the excessive benchmark that GTA established for the pattern.

Additionally of word is the continued rise of Valorant. Following its first offline esports event and ensuing content material replace, the title seems to be surging up the charts, overthrowing each of its major shooter rivals in Warzone and CS:GO. This week, the title practically eclipsed 20M hours watched – a robust quantity for any title exterior the highest three.