Complexity – Imperial becomes the most viewed match among all RMR tournaments

The decisive tie-breaker at the Americas RMR between Imperial and Complexity drew the most viewers among all the qualifiers for IEM Rio Major 2022, which were also held for European and Asian teams. According to the analytical service Esports Charts, 486,575 people watched the game at its peak.

On average, 128,722 viewers watched the Americas RMR on all venues except Chinese streaming platforms. Four matches featuring Imperial top the list of the most popular matches of the competition.

The top 5 most popular matches of IEM Road to Rio 2022 Americas RMR is:

1.  Complexity –  Imperial, tie-breakers (486,575)
2.  Imperial –  Nouns, Round 5 (226,600)
3.  TeamOne –  Imperial, Round 4 (199,030)
4.  paiN –  Imperial, tie-breakers (193,651)
5.  Complexity –  00NATION, Round 4  (189,205)

The European RMR event, which was split into two separate competitions, is behind the Americas event in terms of peak concurrent viewers but is ahead of it in the average viewer count. IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR A's matches averaged 176,187 viewers, while IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B narrowly surpassed that number with 176,671 viewers.

The top 5 most popular matches of IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR A is:

1.  G2 –  Cloud9, Round 2 (330,520)
2.  NIP –  Cloud9, Round 3 (295,814)
3.  Astralis –  NIP, Round 1 (283,550)
4.  FaZe –  GamerLegion, Round 1 (282,857)
5.  FaZe –  fnatic, Round 2 (277,767)

The top 5 most popular matches of IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B is:

1.  Outsiders –  NAVI, Round 3 (377,588)
2.  Illuminar –  NAVI, Round 1 (270,240)
3.  NAVI –  MOUZ, Round 2 (255,015)
4.  Vitality –  FANTASY, Round 1 (248,987)
5.  MOUZ –  OG, Round 1 (241,699)

At the time of publication of the material, Esports Charts did not provide the viewership statistics of the Asia RMR, which featured four teams: Grayhound, IHC, Rare Atom and JiJieHao International.

The qualifying tournaments for IEM Rio Major 2022 took place from October 4 to 9. Following the results of the competitions held in three regions, 24 teams to take part in the upcoming Valve-sponsored event were determined.

Origin: escharts.com