General recognition - WePlay AniMajor 2021 became the most popular Dota 2 championship after The International
Ihor MatusDota 2 viewers are very fond of the Kiev Major championships, as it became known on June 11. WePlay AniMajor 2021 was able to collect many views and even beat the performance of The Kiev Major 2017, which held the previous record. The only championship that could not be surpassed in popularity is the tournaments of The International series. Representatives of Esports Charts shared such interesting statistics.
WePlay AniMajor 2021 managed to collect about 14,800,000 hours of views on English-language broadcasts, while 9,700,000 hours were collected on Russian-language broadcasts. In addition to WePlay AniMajor 2021, the top five most popular tournaments, apart from The International, also include EPIC League Season 2 Division 1, ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021 and ESL One Los Angeles 2020.
Today, matches were held, in which Vici Gaming sent Quincy Crew to watch the championship as spectators, and Evil Geniuses defeated Nigma and now the last ones will need to make their way to The International through the qualifying round.
WePlay AniMajor 2021 began on June 2 and will end on the 13th. The Wild Card stages and the group stage are left behind. The championship has a total prize pool of $ 500,000 and 2,700 DPC points.