August’s Most Watched Games on Twitch by Esports and Total Hours saw Dota 2 climb the charts. This comes as no surprise, as its biggest event of the year, The International, took place on August 2nd-13th in the Seattle Key Arena. The title gained two positions to dominate the Top 10 Games by Esports Hours as fans watched over 33 million hours of esports content, 64% of the total Dota 2 hours watched in August.

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Overwatch’s First Big Tournament Pushes it into Top 5

With the NALCS and EULCS finals in August for League of Legends and no “major” Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) events, League of Legends held onto the #2 spot based on esports hours watched on Twitch. Meanwhile, CS:GO fell three places to #4. Relative newcomer to the esports scene, Overwatch, gained three spots to #5, as the ESL Atlantic Showdown took place during Gamescom in Cologne. Esports hours watched for the title totaled 3.1 million, or 17% of all hours for the month. This was the first major international live event in the team shooter’s history as a competitive title, with a six-figure prize pool up for grabs.

Pokémon Go Falls to Bottom of Rankings

In terms of total hours watched on Twitch, World of Warcraft rose three ranks to #5 in anticipation of Legion, the expansion officially launched on August 31st. Leading up to this, a lot of popular streamers began playing the MMO again in preparation for the release, driving overall viewership. Newcomer No Man’s Sky. with almost 11 millin hours watched, broke into the top 10 in August at #7. The action-adventure survival game, developed and published by indie studio Hello Games, was highly anticipated but has also received a lot of criticism for not living up to its hype. We expect that this may cause No Man’s Sky to plummet in September’s ranking. While Overwatch did well in the esports ranking, the title fell one spot to #6 by overall viewership, most likely due to World of Warcraft and No Man’s Sky. Meanwhile, Pokémon GO saw the most dramatic drop, falling ten positions to #20, as the hype around the game is fading.