by The recently finished PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) reached a peak viewership of 851,000, according to a report from Esports Charts.
The 2022 PMGC peak viewership tournament surpassed the 2021 PMGC’s viewership of 646K but fell short of the 2020 edition’s viewership, which garnered over 3.8 million.
The final championship match of the tournament attracted the highest number of concurrent viewers.
The viewership graph for the esports tournament also saw an increase on the last day, with the second (round 14) and third (round 15) matches of the day reaching 700K and 726K concurrent viewers.
The fourth and fifth matches of the day also made the top five peak viewership chart of the tournament, with round 16 garnering 650k and round 17 pegged at 675k.
On average, the tournament drew 272,758 viewers and generated over 27.3 million hours of viewership.
The Grand Finals of the PMGC 2022 were broadcast in 14 languages and live-streamed across six platforms, such as YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, Trove, VK.com and Tik Tok.
Youtube was the most popular streaming platform for the event, while Indonesian was the most popular language, with the largest number of viewers watching the tournament broadcast specifically in that language.
The event which was hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia, featured live performances by three popular Indonesian celebrities on the second and third days.
The tournament saw Turkish team S2G Esports crowned as champions after besting DRS GAMING to the title in the Grand Finals on January 8 at the Jakarta International Expo. S2G attained 190 points beating DRS with a 32 points gap.
The 2022 PMGC featured 51 global squads competing for a $4 million prize pool. The League Stage of the annual competition, which had a prize pool of $2.5 million, finished on December 4, while the grand finals was allotted a prize pool of $1.5 million.
In addition to S2G Esports, other standout teams in the tournament included DRS Gaming from Nepal, which finished in second place and Brazilian team Alpha 7, which also had a good run that led them to a third-place finish in the tournament only shy by 3 points.
The Nepal franchise caught the attention of fans with its unpredictable performance and was one of the favourites to win the event with esports betting sites.
Meanwhile, Nova Esports, the 2020 and 2021 PUBG world champions failed to live up to expectations, finishing in ninth place. GodLike Stalwart and IHC Esports had impressive comebacks to secure fourth and fifth place, respectively, with GodLike and A7 tying in points as both teams recorded 156 points each.
At the grand finals, it was revealed that the first international event of 2023 will be the PUBG Mobile World Invitational, which is scheduled to take place in July in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The fourth season of the PUBG Global Championship will be held in Turkey.
