Most-watched esports teams worldwide in H1 2026

T1 was the most-watched PC esports team in H1 2026, registering 65.28 million hours watched across five tournaments between January and June. Most of that total came from domestic competition in South Korea, including the LCK 2026 Season and the LCK Cup 2026. T1’s LCK Road to MSI qualifier against Gen.G reached a peak of 2.27 million viewers on the final day, when T1 won the series 3-2 to secure the last Mid-Season Invitational 2026 berth. The roster entered H1 as a three-time defending world champion.

Team Falcons led Counter-Strike with 64.38 million hours watched across nine events. The Saudi Arabia-based European roster posted uneven results early in the year before a second-quarter surge that ended with a victory at IEM Cologne Major 2026. Team Falcons’ run at Cologne coincided with new viewership records for Counter-Strike at that event.

Valorant’s most-watched team was Paper Rex, which recorded 33.87 million hours across four tournaments, including second-place finishes at both Masters events and several top-three results. In Dota 2, Aurora Gaming logged 20.84 million hours over nine competitions and produced runner-up finishes at both DreamLeague seasons and PGL Wallachia Season 8. OpTic Texas led Call of Duty with 11.17 million hours across ten events, reached the podium in all four Call of Duty League Majors and finished the regular season as champion.

On mobile, Alter Ego topped the list with 71.19 million hours, driven by a deep run at the M7 World Championship and appearances in MPL Indonesia that led to the team’s first M-Series final; the club was eliminated from its regional league before the playoffs. PUBG Mobile’s highest watch time belonged to Indonesia’s Team Pandum at 11.73 million hours across six tournaments, including a spring win at PUBG Mobile Pro Laga – Indonesia and a 16th-place finish at the PUBG Mobile Global Open 2026 Season 1.

Arena of Valor leader Saigon Phantom recorded 15.11 million hours, with a large share from domestic play in Arena of Glory Spring 2026 where it lost the finals to Team Flash; Saigon Phantom later exited the Arena of Valor Premier League after a lower-bracket loss to FPT Polytechnic. Free Fire’s most-watched team, Team Flash, amassed 10.75 million hours across seven events and 205 matches, won FFWS – Vietnam 2026 Spring and participated in a regional FFWS event that exceeded 500,000 peak viewers. Honor of Kings’ top side in H1 was BOOM Esports, which posted 1.11 million hours from 19 games and three tournaments, including a Philippines Kings League Spring 2026 title and a third-fourth finish at an invitational.

The totals cover the January–June 2026 period and list the highest watch-hour leaders by game for the first half of the year.