Bonkers IEM Katowice viewership proves CS2’s demise greatly exaggerated

To the naysayers who believed Counter-Strike 2 was destined to fail, you need only see the reception for IEM Katowice this past weekend to know how wrong you truly were.

This year’s edition of the iconic Polish tournament went above and beyond 2023’s iteration for viewership and popularity, with an average of 287,177 concurrent viewers, according to gaming stats site Esports Charts—20 percent higher than IEM Katowice 2023. The grand final, which saw Team Spirit upset FaZe Clan with a best-of-five sweep, did fall just shy of the million mark with 972,119 viewers tuning in to watch, but in the end, over 150,000 more eager fans tuned in for this year’s final when compared to G2’s win over Heroic last year.

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