BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1 peaks at over 800k viewers

BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1, which concluded with a victory for Vitality, recorded a peak viewership of 820,000, according to Esports Charts.

The most popular match of the event was the grand final between Vitality and NAVI. Matches featuring FaZe and GamerLegion also ranked among the top three. The average viewership stood at 269,000, with the tournament being on air for 37 hours and recording 10 million hours watched.

By peak viewership, BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1 is among the top five most popular Counter-Strike 2 tournaments of 2026. Notably, the previous event in the Rivals series peaked at 1.03 million viewers.

BLAST Rivals 2026 Season 1 took place from April 29 to May 3 in Fort Worth, USA. Eight teams competed for a total prize pool of $350,000. In the final, Vitality defeated NAVI with a scoreline of 3:0, while Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut was named the event's MVP.

Origin: escharts.com