The final stage of the Overwatch League inaugural season fails to exceed opening week viewership for previous stages.

Day 2 of last week was one of the least watched of the league so far, with the main Overwatch broadcast averaging at just 63K.

The wide point gap between NYXL and rest of its division teams appears to be negatively impacting viewership.

After the lackluster Stage 3, which only picked up the pace during its playoffs, the Overwatch League (OWL) has entered its final weeks of regular season play. The trend of lower viewership for Stage openings continues, with the first day of Stage 4 totaling 113K in average viewership across all three Twitch broadcasts. This is a 15.2% drop from the first day of Stage 3, which had an average concurrent viewership (CCV) of 133K.

Most surprising is the drop in viewership seen in the second day of Stage 4. At 70K, it reached the lowest average CCV for a single day of OWL matches, even if just by a fraction. However, the numbers rose back up for the remainder of the week, with both Friday and Saturday’s games just edging above 100K in average CCV.

While the overall drop for last week as a whole is harder to explain, the lower viewership for day 2 may come down to a number of factors. The day’s worth of matches accrued just 443K total hours watched—compared to 653K the day before. If we look at the matchups, viewership actually started strong with the first game, where Philadelphia Fusion ended Boston Uprising’s season-long win streak. The following clashes were much more one-sided, with New York Excelsior taking a 3-0 victory against the bottom Atlantic Division team, Florida Mayhem , and Houston Outlaws besting the Stage 1 title winners London Spitfire .

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While the drop in viewers for the latter of these is puzzling, the massive skill lead NYXL has over all teams, regardless of division, lessens the potential outcome of any of its matches. This factor can be seen again in day 4 of last week, where the all-Korean player clash between NYXL and London Spitfire reached a lower average CCV than the match between Shanghai Dragons and Los Angeles Valiant .

Going by max concurrent viewership, Stage 4 Week One was at least more consistent than the previous stage. The highest peak viewership for the week was 122K on the first day, though this was still a 25.17% decrease from the max CCV for Stage 3’s opening week, at 163K.

With three more weeks of the stage to go, the main highlights from a competitive standpoint will be which outlier teams will be able to secure a spot in the playoffs. Having only lost three games in the OWL regular season to date, NYXL is guaranteed a place. Seoul Dynasty , however, could fall out of the running with a couple more losses. This outcome might be one of the most influential for viewership, particularly from the Korean Twitch broadcast, which tends to spike during Seoul Dynasty games.

The data in this article was collected from TEO Audience Insights. You can learn more about the platform and discover more streaming stats yourself by clicking here.