One CS2 tournament enters top 10 most popular esports events of 2024

First Counter-Strike 2 Major took eighth place in the ranking of the most popular esports events of the outgoing year. PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 recorded 58 million hours watched and peaked at 1.8 million viewers.

The Copenhagen Major was the only CS2 tournament in this ranking. The list also featured competitions in League of Legends (Worlds 2024 took first place with 190 million hours watched and 6.9 million peak viewers), MLBB, Dota 2 and VALORANT. The statistics were shared by Esports Charts.

In the outgoing 2024, over $20 million in prize money was awarded in Counter-Strike 2 (at 328 tournaments) – this is the second highest number among all esports disciplines.

Origin: escharts.com