BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 becomes most popular BLAST CS tournament outside Majors

Recent BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 tournament, which ended with Vitality's victory, peaked at 851,000 viewers across the broadcasts. The statistics were shared by the analytical service Esports Charts.

The most popular match of the event was the matchup between MOUZ and Vitality in the final. The top five also included matches with Team Spirit, NAVI and Eternal Fire. The average number of viewers on the broadcasts amounted to 305,000 people. The tournament was on air for 91 hours and recorded 28 million hours watched.

In terms of the number of hours watched, BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 became the most popular BLAST tournament in Counter-Strike in history (excluding Majors); by peak viewership, the recent event in Lisbon entered the top 3, behind BLAST Premier Fall Final 2024 and BLAST Premier Fall 2021 Finals, while by average number of viewers, BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 became the most watched BLAST tournament in the last four years.

BLAST Open Lisbon 2025 was held from March 19 to 30, 2025 with the participation of 16 squads. The total prize pool of the event amounted to $400,000. The playoffs of the tournament took place in Lisbon, Portugal. Vitality bested MOUZ in the final. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut was crowned the most valuable player of the competition.

Origin: escharts.com