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General10 years agoRadoslav "Nydra" Kolev

Dota 2 peaks at 200,000+ concurrent during DreamHack

The numbers from DreamHack are here and Dota 2 leads the concurrent viewers charts, leaving other eSports titles like StarCraft 2, CS:GO and Heroes of Newerth far behind. Put together, the day three English and the Russian stream peaked at 201,267 concurrent viewers. 

According to the official announcement, DreamHack Winter 2013 was the most viewed DH event to date. The 44 streams total (9 on-site and 35 community-ran) brought a 49% increase to viewed/started sessions (up to 13,803,820), 67% in minutes of content consumed (416,065,500 minutes or 791,6 years) and 48% increase in unique viewers, going up to 2,851,380.

Dota 2 leads the race for biggest outreach. Valve's largest eSports title and its two main streams collectively peaked at more than 200,000 concurrent viewers during the grand final day, 103,463 coming from the English stream and 92,128 from its Russian counterpart. 

The competition for the second place was a close one between StarCraft II and CS:GO, the latter eventually winning with a peak of 97,804 during day three, leaving SC2 down at third place with a peak of 96,025.
 

Top 5 streams (Peak concurrent, one channel)
1Dota 2 - English stream - Day 3103,463
2CS:GO - English stream - Day 397,804
3StarCraft 2 - English stream96,025
4Dota 2 - Russian stream - Day 392,128
5Dota 2 - English stream - Day 265,549

 

The same sources also reveals the date for the 2014 DreamHack season as well as details for the 2014 Summer and Winter events. Next year, the tournament will expand to seven stops up from five and will travel to Göteborg, Sweden and Moscow, Russia.
 

EventDateLocation
DreamHack Kick offJan 24Konserthuset, Göteborg, Sweden
DreamHack BucharestApr 26-27Sala Polivalenta, Bucharest, Romania
DreamHack SummerJun 14-17Elmia, Jönköping, Sweden
DreamHack ValenciaJul 17-20Feria de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
DreamHack MoscowSep 13-14Stadium Live, Moscow, Russia
DreamHack StockholmSep 26.27Stockholm Globe Arenas, Stockholm, Sweden
DreamHack WinterNov 27-30Elmia, Jönköping, Sweden
DreamHack Summer 2015Jun 13-16Elmia, Jönköping, Sweden
DreamHack Winter 2015Nov 26-29Elmia, Jönköping, Sweden

 

Full infographic for DH: Winter 2013 can be seen in the spoiler below.

Source: DreamHack.se

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