The inaugural BLAST Slam Dota 2 occasion recorded a peak viewership of just below 200,000, turning into the thirteenth most-watched Dota 2 occasion of 2024.
BLAST Slam I, which was received by Russian organisation BetBoom Workforce, featured 10 groups and a $1m (~£787,073) prize pool.
In line with esports knowledge platform Esports Charts, BLAST Slam I recorded peak viewing figures of 199,888 alongside a median of 97,003 viewers throughout its 49-hour airtime. The occasion befell on the BLAST Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The best recorded peak viewership for a Dota 2 event stays 2021’s The Worldwide 10 organised by sport developer and writer Valve. The occasion befell in Bucharest, Romania and topped the charts with a peak viewership of two.7m. Such excessive viewing figures will be attributed to the $40m (~£31.4m) prize pool, the biggest prize pool for a person esports event in historical past.
This 12 months, the most well-liked Dota 2 occasion is The Worldwide 2024, which recorded 1.5m peak viewers.
BetBoom Workforce claimed $400,000 (~£314,891) in prize cash after beating Tundra Esports within the BLAST Slam I Grand Finals. The subsequent BLAST Slam occasion is ready to happen in February 2025 with one other $1m prize pool on the road. The second occasion may also function 10 groups.
For BLAST, the conclusion of its first main Dota 2 event highlights the organiser’s continued enlargement all through 2024. In September, the organiser expanded into cell esports with the creation of the BLAST Bash occasion.
BLAST’s 2024 tournaments have proven indicators of an upward viewership pattern with its Premier World Ultimate and Rainbow Six Main Montreal recording will increase.
