Fans watched over 125 million hours of CS:GO during IEM Katowice 2019 according to a tweet posted by Intel Extreme Masters today.









The figure is part of a series of stats released by ESL on its website. The numbers reveal that this year’s Katowice major was the most viewed ESL CS:GO tournament in history. It also had the largest cumulative prize pool between all games at the event.





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Notably, the number suggests that this year’s viewership numbers for western esports events will dwarf last year’s 190 million hours shared between the four largest events. It points to a huge rise in the number of viewers of CS:GO and esports as a whole.





ESL’s annual Katowice event has become universally recognised as one of the most important dates in esports, with the IEM CS:GO tournament as its centerpiece. This year 174,000 fans attended the event directly, with an average of 840,000 people per minute viewing one of the six tournament held.





In their statistic filled recap, ESL also revealed that players from 60 countries contributed to 500+ hours of streamed content.





For a full breakdown of the event, head to ESL’s official website. And if you can’t wait for the next huge ESL CS:GO tournament, have no fear—IEM Sydney 2019 kicks off in just five weeks.