Esports World Cup hit 8 billion impressions and 750 million viewers. Source: EWC
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Esports World Cup hit 750M broadcast viewers and 8B impressions

The Esports World Cup 2025 wrapped up last week after seven weeks of competition, hitting more than 750 million broadcast viewers and eight billion impressions.

The global esports showcase held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, spanned 25 tournaments, where more than 2,500 players and staff from around the world competed for a share of the $70 million prize pool, said the Esports World Cup Foundation in a post on the numbers today.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.