The International 10, which wrapped up Sunday, drew the top viewership numbers in Dota 2 history, according to Esports Charts (escharts.com).
Team Spirit defeated PSG.LGD 3-2 in the grand final of TI10 at Bucharest, Romania to take the championship. Spirit earned a Dota 2 record $18.2 million for the first-place finish, part of an immense prize pool of more than $40 million.
The grand final peaked at 2.7 million viewers (across all platforms excluding China), making it the most watched Dota 2 event ever. The figure represented a 37 percent increase over its peak in 2019. (The event wasn’t held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic).
With Russia-based Team Spirit capturing the title, more than 1.2 concurrent viewers watched Russian-language streams of TI10 on Sunday, a record in the Commonwealth of Independent States region, per Esports Charts. The report added that it was the first time Russian-language coverage drew more viewers than English-language coverage, 1.2 million to 1 million.
According to the Esports Charts, TI10 finished its run with the third-most viewers ever for an esports event, though it is likely to be bumped down to No. 4 soon with the League of Legends World Championship still underway.
Team Spirit reportedly led all sides in TI10 in terms of average viewership (797,900) and hours watched (34.9 million)
–Field Level Media
