{"id":26458,"date":"2022-12-05T21:15:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T02:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=26458"},"modified":"2022-12-05T21:15:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T02:15:19","slug":"cdl-records-fourth-highest-viewership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/cdl-records-fourth-highest-viewership\/","title":{"rendered":"CDL 2023 opening weekend draws huge viewership numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opening weekend of the Modern Warfare 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/call-of-duty\/league\/\" title=\"Call of Duty League betting guide\">Call of Duty League<\/a> season recorded the fourth-highest viewership mark in CDL history. <\/p>\n<p>Across the opening weekend of the 2023 Call of Duty League, the viewership peaked at 192,943 viewers &#8212; according to the stats released by Esports Charts. <\/p>\n<p>The MWII Major 1 Qualifiers were only ranked below the last three CDL Championships on Modern Warfare, Vanguard and Cold 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href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intelCDL\/status\/1599827211212951552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The team that viewers wanted to see was OpTic Texas, as they recorded the two highest viewer counts &#8212; 170,766 viewers in their first match against Minnesota ROKKR, and 192,943 in their second match against Florida Mutineers.<\/p>\n<p>The reason that the numbers are so impressive is that these matches over the weekend were only Stage 1 Major online qualifiers, and the numbers they are being compared to are grand finals with millions of dollars in prize money on the line. <\/p>\n<p>We may only be one weekend in, but it seems that the move back to Twitch will be a success for the CDL in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports 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