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Esports Growing Popularity

Not quite apples to apples but the League of Legends World Championship drew an impressive number of viewers:

Over 32 million fans watched SK Telecom T1 earn the Summoner’s Cup in front of a sold-out Staples Center. At peak, more than 8.5 million fans were watching at the same time.

Compared to the NFL Divisional playoff games:

The NFL announced today that the four divisional round playoff games averaged 34.3 million viewers.

I’ll be keeping an eye on Esports.

Posted on January 23rd , 2015