A month following ESL One Birmingham, the numbers are in and it shows that the event was a historic one in terms of viewership.
ESL One Birmingham passed the mark for the highest viewership for an ESL One Dota 2 event with over 7.6 million hours of content being watched over the course of the weekend alongside around 24,000 fans at Arena Birmingham.
Additionally, a new peak concurrent viewership record of 306,070 broke the record that was set back in 2017 at the Hamburg Major.
“We have seen incredible support from the UK esports community in the last year, so it’s been fantastic to return with ESL One Birmingham in 2019″ Scott Gillingham, UK Gaming and Esports Lead at Intel UK said (h/t Esports Insider). “Intel is committed to the future of esports, from hosting major tournaments to investing in the ideas, communities, and talent to show the world that esports is here to stay.”
“Birmingham did it again for the second year running” ESL UK CEO James Dean said.
“The crowd was electric, memes were rife, the dotes were incredible and yet again records were set. It’s safe to say ESL One has found a true home in Birmingham. It was an honour to welcome Margot James to the event, a very exciting demonstration to the entire UK esports industry of support and enthusiasm from UK government. I am very excited about what the future brings for the UK esports scene.”
