At the recent Warcraft Gold League winter finals, there was room for some good news. The tournament has improved its performance. By how much? We will tell you in this article.

The modern esports season of Warcraft 3 consists of not that many major tournaments. Among the entire list, the Warcraft Gold League series stands out the most. In 2019, the organizers held two competitions at once: one for summer and one for winter.

It’s worth mentioning that the winter finale of this season has turned out to be the most popular event of the discipline. Sure, it had many rivals, but all in all this series of tournaments has turned out to be the most formidable opponent of all.

If we compare the two splits of the competition to each other, the positive trends can be noticed. The winter championship has attracted more viewers than its predecessor. The peak viewers difference between the events is 16%. For the average viewers on the broadcast, the difference is even greater and reaches 83% in favor of WGL Winter 2019.

Such an incredible increase in indicators can be explained by the existence of the Russian-language broadcast. The representatives of the CIS at the championship were followed by the largest number of viewers. After all, the number of broadcast viewers has shown incredible growth every time the representatives of this region have entered the battle.

Moreover, the largest contribution to the overall standings (both in summer and winter) is made by the Russian-speaking fans. At WGL Winter 2019, their share in the total number of hours watched was 72%. In summer, the same indicator has reached 47%. It is against this background that we have an incredible average viewers growth of 83%.

Based on this, it becomes easy to guess the most popular participant – which was the Russian Undead player, Happy. His matches were watched by 27 thousand average viewers. The second spot on the list was taken by TH000 with his 25 thousand, and closing the top 3 was 120 with a result of 23 thousand viewers.

Judging from the data obtained, the best bet is to keep waiting for the release of Warcraft 3: Reforged. When the developers will give the game a second life, we will be able to observe just how much has its popularity changed in modern esports.