In our new era of esports has come, and with it new games. With TikTok bringing gaming to the masses we have seen new games rising. What games do you think are the most popular? We are breaking down the top 10 esports my highest Views in 2024.

Number 10

Rocket League

This is a game that needs no introduction. Who doesn’t love catapulting into oversized Soccer balls? This alongside with a great development team has made Rocket League one of the pillars of modern esports.

In 2023 Rocket League dominated, from great competitive updates and fun collabs the game has never been better. From Star Wars to Cars the game has more Replayability and randomness in every game.

Not only did they improve the game for casual and ranked sweats, but the Esports community as well. In 2023 the Rocket League World Championship series gave away a total $2,100,000 in prize money. The tournament was a nailbiter and peaked around 468,292 viewers. Eventually the game was one by Team Vitality who took away the victory away and claimed the $600,000 first place prize. Overall Rocket League is an S-Tier esport and comes in at number 10.

Number 9

PUBG Mobile

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This may come to a surprise to some who are sucked into the popular culture may not understand this, but the original battle royal still is killing it in the esports area. Especially the mobile version, due to the ability to run on almost any device.

This low bar to entry alongside honestly great gunplay and tactical gameplay carries PUBG Mobile. As a casual player like me i get absolutely dominated by players from around the world. And that attests to the world wide fame of this game. The US isn’t even in the top 5 countries for players.

Last year PUBG’s biggest Tournament was There PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2023. This peaked at 980,123 views, and while this is the first time a global series has failed to break 100k views. This event was still majorly successful.

Team IHC Esports from Mongolia took first place. They were awarded $453,500 for this victory,

Number 8

Arena of Valor

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This was a surprise to me, as i have never herd of this game before. Arena of Valor is a 5v5 mobile MOBA, with similar vibes to League of Legends or Smite.

I am not the biggest fan of MOBA games, However Arena of valor has has a steady and continuous growth. This years biggest tournament was the biggest to date with viewership peaking at around 974,624 viewers.

Team Saigon Phantom was able to take the victory and snag the impressive $200,000 prize for first place.

Number 7

Minecraft

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It seems our blocky friend cant keep his head out of trouble my causing chaos in this list. When gathering the data for this article we sourced our data from esports charts. According to them, the largest Minecraft event was held during Twitch Rivals: Hunt & Run w/ IlloJuan, ft. Minecraft.

This event wasn’t small either. They peaked at around 516,315 viewers and played for an impressive prize pool of $100,00 for first place.

Illojuan is one of if not the largest Spanish Minecraft streamers. He boast an impressive 4 million followers on Twitch.

Number 6

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

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As we encroach on our top 5 we start to see familiar games, and Rainbow is one of these. From Jinxie to Bolo Siege has consistently become one of the most popular online shooters. This is due to the great gunplay, intuitive maps, and realistic gameplay as one bullet to the head and you’ll be spectating your friends.

The Six invitational is one of the best events in gaming. The most hype and intense games with pop offs, clutches, and the best crowds you’ll ever hear. This years Six Invitational in 2024 was no different.

The prize pool was an astounding $3,000,000. This year the tournament was especially close with viewership peaking at 521,374 viewers. This year team w7m esports, beating out Faze Clan with some of the best siege we’ve seen in years.

Number 5

Fortnite

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To nobody’s surprise starting off our top 5 esports is the most notable game in the modern era.

The FNCS 2024 – Major 1: Europe is the biggest event in modern times, while fortnight has shrunk since its esports renascence in 2019-2020 its still kicking. With accessibility that rivals PUBG Mobile and tournaments for all skill levels its no wonder the big draw for this everchanging and evolving game.

The FNCS 2024 Europe peaked at around 739,575 views. With teams from all around the European content. The player Merstach won first and took home an impressive $170,000.

Number 4

League of Legends

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Sit back all of you armchair gamers, its LOL time. League has been hugely influential in the Esports scene, and has been continuously pushing the boundaries. The large prize pools and packed live stadiums draw advertisers and creates credibility for Esports.

We could focus on lots of tournaments, but we’ll cover Worlds ’23. This event was jam packed with action and tense moments. With a peak viewers of 6,402,760, This event was the largest LOL tournament in the world.

This helped contribute to the absolutely astonishing prize pool of $2,225,000. The Finals of Worlds was between WBG and T1. T1 was able to come away with the first prize of $445,000. Overall League is another of of those S-Tier esports that represent what we want esports to be.

Number 3

Valorant

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Riots challenger to CSGO that has absolutely taken over the world. This FPS game has interesting playable characters with overwatch esk ability’s and ults. This game has become one of the most popular games on twitch, consistently being one of the highest viewed game.

With a prize pool of $500,000, this years VCT 2024: Masters Madrid was one of the best showcases of Valorant history. The dream redemption story from Sentinels and Tenz was poetic. The absolutely stellar performance was one of the best matches of Valorant I’ve ever witnessed.

The VCT 2024: Masters Madrid peaked at an astonishing 1,687,848 views. This happened during the the Grand Finals where Sentinels took down Gen.G

Number 2

CS2

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The master of esports and one of the most hype esports around. Counter Strike is a dynasty, from the early 2000’s with The original, to CS Source in the beginning era of esports. Counterstrike is one of the best games for esports, despite Valorant and others knocking at its door.

CS2 isn’t in the best condition right now. With many wanting for more content, however that doesn’t mean CS2 esports has been any less hype. The biggest tournament in counterstrike history happened in Stockholm during 2021. However The biggest CS2 major happened just this year in 2024.

PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 was an absolutely stunning and a great example of Counterstrike. With an insane 1,853,954 views at peak viewership. The tournament had a total of $1,250,000 prize pool. The wining team Natus Vincere taking home $500,000.

Number 1

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

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Yes its true. Believe it or not a mobile game has taken the charts for the most viewed esports events. This game mobile is a multiplayer online battle arena game developed and published by Moonton, a subsidiary of ByteDance.

Its predominantly popular in southeast Asia, particularly in China and Indonesia. Despite the location difference Mobile Legends has been around since 2016.

The M5 World Championship was the largest tournament for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. It was peaked at 5,067,107 viewers, an astonishing number. The Total prize pool was a much more modest $900,000

The First place team AP.Bren took home a respectable $300,000. This is an unexpected first place, but it emphasized the global dominance of esports. And not only exists in the west.

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