League of Legends has become the most viewed cybersport discipline in 2023. It scored 6.4 million viewers at its peak and 590.9 million hours of viewing time.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (5.07 million viewers at peak) came in second place, and Counter-Strike 2, which was released in the second half of the year (1.53 million viewers at peak), rounded out the top three.
Dota 2 and Valorant took the last two spots in the top 5. Both of these disciplines were watched by 1.44 million users at peak.
The most watched eSports disciplines in 2023
On the night of January 17, Dota 2 developers administered a major wave of smurf bans. The accounts of Ilya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk, Alimzhan watson Islambekov and other cybersports players were blocked.