Dota 2 Is Bigger Than League of Legends... In E-sports Viewers On Twitch In August
Gaming research firm Newzoo has just released its report on Twitch viewership in August, and a couple of free-to-play MOBAs sit atop the rankings. Dota 2 and League of Legends were #1 and #2, but their ordering depends on how you look at things.
While LoL beat Dota 2 in terms of total hours viewed -- 79.3 million to 51.6 million -- Dota 2 scored with more "e-sports hours," 33.2 million to 24.1 million. Dota 2's edge in this category likely comes from The International, which took place from Aug. 2-13.
Hearthstone checks in at #3 on both lists, with 34.5 million total hours viewed, with a much lower 5.1 million hours devoted to e-sports. The only other free-to-play games on the e-sports list are two other MOBAs, Heroes of the Storm and Smite, which round out the bottom of the list, at #9 and #10.
Meanwhile, the overall hours watched list puts LoL/Dota/Hearthstone at #1/#2/#3 and goes down to the top 20 games, including RuneScape (#12), World of Tanks (#13), and Heroes of the Storm (#19). Oh, and if you're counting mobile F2P, there's Pokemon Go, hanging on at #20, down 10 slots from July. Remember that game?
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Those guys in competitive gaming however, I can live with. Sure they might rage and have their moments, but not as badly as you scum. The fact that even new players get a full load of bullshit, just because he/she is new... that's just kinda sad. As if everyone is a "pro" when they start. Get your heads out of your asses, cause right now, the MOBA community is even worse than those in shooters (and sadly the LoL community takes the cake, seriously, what a bunch of hardcore, no life asses in there). I'd choose Dota over LoL any time, just for that reason.
Dota 2 is one the best MOBAs without a doubt, League is more of a social thing than anything else.