MPL Philippines breaks peak viewership record with 1.8m viewers

MPL Philippines, Cellular Legends: Bang Bang’s skilled regional league, has recorded its highest peak viewership ever throughout the finals of its fifteenth season.

In line with esports data platform Esports Charts, the ultimate collection between ONIC Philippines (ONIC.PH) and Workforce Liquid noticed a peak of over 1.8m viewers, beating the earlier document of 1.6m from the final season.

The typical viewership throughout the season was additionally a lot greater in comparison with season 14, reaching almost 200,000 common viewers (192,071) throughout 162 hours of airtime.

After sending Workforce Liquid to the decrease bracket with a dominant 3-0 collection, ONIC faltered in opposition to the opponents within the last rematch.

The unbelievable seven-game collection between the 2 finalists was the principle driving issue behind the brand new document, with Workforce Liquid rising victorious. The organisation not solely took house the MPL title but additionally $46,560 (~£34,493) of the $150,000 (~£111,126) prize pool.

The ultimate collection was the one match to surpass a million in peak viewership, with the second most-watched match being the playoff collection between ONIC.PH and Aurora Gaming. The previous continues to be the workforce driving curiosity within the competitors, as 4 of the 5 most-watched collection this season featured ONIC.PH.

YouTube was the popular platform by the viewers, peaking near 1m (955,684), with TikTok coming in second place at 636,893.

Regardless of the brand new document, MPL Philippines remains to be removed from reaching the numbers recorded within the close to MPL Indonesia, which is but to find out its two representatives on the MLBB Mid-Season Cup.

A number of MPL Indonesia common season matches this season had been capable of surpass the brand new document set by the Philippines, based on Esports Charts. With the playoff stage but to begin, the height viewership is predicted to be even greater going ahead.

Each ONIC.PH and Workforce Liquid will now be heading to the MSC, which is able to happen throughout the Esports World Cup later this summer season in Riyadh, that includes a complete prize pool of $3m(~£2.22m).