BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 – most viewed tournament in CS history

Recent BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025, which ended with Vitality's victory, peaked at 1.78 million viewers on the broadcasts. The statistics were shared by the analytical service Esports Charts.

The most popular match of the event was the one between Vitality and The MongolZ in the final. The top three also included the quarter-final matchups with the participation of Team Spirit, FaZe, The MongolZ and MOUZ. The average number of viewers on the broadcasts amounted to 563,000 people. The tournament was on air for 135 hours and recorded 76 million hours watched – by this stat, BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 became the most popular event in the history of Counter-Strike.

For comparison, the previous Major, Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, which took place at the end of last year and ended with Team Spirit's victory, peaked at 1.33 million viewers and 32.8 million hours watched.

BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 took place from June 3 to June 22, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The tournament featured a prize pool of $1.25 million, which was divided among 32 squads. In the final, Vitality defeated The MongolZ with a scoreline of 2:1. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut was crowned the most valuable player of the Major.

Origin: escharts.com