The Karmine Corp is an undeniable driver of international audiences. We’ve seen this before by looking at the LFL’s impressive European viewership numbers, or simply how many viewers the KC has each year in its own league. Another interesting stat was given yesterday by the Esports Charts site: without this French team, the audiences for the group stages of the European Masters Summer 2022 have been halved!
Indeed this year, in the four LFL teams qualified for this end-of-season European tournament, we do not count Karmine, who missed out on their split despite finishing 6th in the regular season and being eliminated from the first. playoff round. As a result, no back to back to back possible for the structure of Kameto, champion of the last three editions of the EUM. A course that had impressed everyone, including the spectators who watched with interest the fantastic course of the club.
Half the audience because of the Karmine
For this group stage (and the playins) of EUM 2022, there are a total of 1.8 million hours watched with an average per broadcast of 45.8K and a peak of 84.3K. Compared to the last split won by KC, at this stage of the tournament, the figures were twice as high, with an average of 88.2K and peaks of 167K, even reaching 296K during the playoffs. A number that should not be repeated, already planning echarts.com.
If the reason for this fall in the audience could be multiple, everyone agrees to say that the noticeable absence of the French team is the determining factor. Simple explanation by the way: the Karmine Corp is the most watched team in the tournament, with 3.96 million hours, or twice as much as any European competitor. Even if other LFL teams are in the running, it is finally said that the French public, one of the largest in Europe, has less interest in watching the competition as a whole… And you?