Worlds 2025 not only marked T1’s fourth championship title but also set the viewership record of becoming the most-watched esports event ever.
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Worlds 2025 reached a peak viewership of over 6 million people
The previous record for the highest peak Worlds viewership was already broken during the first game of the LoL Worlds Grand Final with over 5.9 million concurrent viewers, according to Esports Charts. It was more than 400,000 viewers higher compared to the Worlds 2025 Grand Final, which also featured T1 (finals against DRX).
But the numbers didn’t stop there. For the first time ever, Worlds broke the 6 million barrier, reaching 6,402,760 peak viewers during Game 3. And considering that the numbers collected do not include Chinese viewers, the global audience for the LoL tournament is definitely going to be even higher.
This is a crucial milestone for LoL esports, as it beat the industry record set by the Free Fire World Series 2025 Singapore, an event watched by more than 5.4 million people simultaneously.
Average viewership has also gone up
The second most-watched series was the semifinal between T1 and JDG at 4.3 million. Third place was the series between T1 again against LNG, which peaked at a little over 3,000,000. Once again, it goes to show how important T1 is in terms of reach and viewership.
The increase in average viewership with more than 1,260,000 viewers at all times was mostly achieved in the latter stages of the event. It is nearly 300,000 more compared to last year and close to the numbers achieved in 2025 (1,298,219). Thanks to the introduction of the Swiss stage, more high-stake matches were added that helped boost the average viewership in the early stages as well, which was also confirmed by Riot Games themselves.
According to Esports Charts, the tournament also managed to set new peak numbers for the major broadcast languages. New records were set for one-time audiences in Korean (1.87 million Peak Viewers), English (1.64 million Peak Viewers), and Vietnamese (760.7K Peak Viewers), proving once again that LoL esports is gaining more and more popularity.
With Worlds 2025 confirmed to take place in London, LoL will be riding that wave of enthusiasm as T1 looks to qualify and defend their title next year.
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