CS:GO 4th in Twitch rankings

25-6-2014 17:53

CS:GO has moved up to fourth in the latest edition of Twitch's monthly ranking.

If you needed some evidence to back up claims of CS:GO's growth, there you have it: Valve's FPS title was the fourth-most watched game in the streaming platform Twitch during May, moving up one position from April's ranking.

CS:GO is also the only FPS title to appear in the top 10 of the ranking. Call of Duty: Ghosts, the next FPS game on the list, sits at 11th place.

It is expected that CS:GO will keep this position for at least one more month, since June has been a very busy month, with DreamHack Summer and several online tournaments taking place.

Later this week, the ESEA Finals will take place, which are also expected to attract spectators by the thousands, as the likes of iBUYPOWER, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Virtus.pro and Na´Vi will battle it out for the top prize of $20,000.

Twitch Top Games for May 2014 (By Total Minutes Watched)

Ranking	Game	Difference from previous month
1.	League of Legends	-
2.	Dota 2	-
3.	Hearthstone	-
4.	CS:GO	+1
5.	World of Warcraft	+1
6.	Minecraft	+3
7.	Starcraft 2	-
8.	Diablo III	-4
9.	Dark Souls II	+3
10.	DayZ	-2

Who the FUCK watch Minecraft?

2014-06-25 17:54

20 replies

People that enjoy playing it.

2014-06-25 17:56

12 replies

Thanks for the obvious answer Sherlock.

2014-06-25 17:58

11 replies

so why do you ask stupid questions? Some people could even watch Barbie fashion designer and you got nothing to say about it-.-

2014-06-25 18:00

2 replies

ok NO...no never... u can tell me a lot of things but not this bro...

2014-06-25 19:38

not that stupid im also surprised

2014-06-26 00:56

stupid questions get obvious answers

2014-06-25 18:13

1 reply

2014-06-25 19:13

You asked a fucking retarded question what do you expect

2014-06-25 18:35

Retard level = infinite

2014-06-25 18:48

get a life nolifer

2014-06-25 19:11

3 replies

best insults eu

2014-06-25 19:13

2 replies

thanks, i tried.

2014-06-25 19:18

sry, sry for insultes

2014-06-25 19:56

who the fuck is watching cs go?

2014-06-25 18:08

3 replies

I have litreally no idea.

2014-06-25 18:11

N O B O D Y

2014-06-25 18:19

my grandpa :D

2014-06-25 19:06

my daughers.......

2014-06-25 18:13

2014-06-25 21:17

Stupid Russian kids.

2014-06-27 01:57

wtf, how dat shitty game is in 3rd

2014-06-25 17:55

1 reply

Hearthstone cool! I am amauter/semi csgo player. And like hearthstone for fun. Maybe that is because i love math, poker and games.

2014-06-25 19:51

What is Hearthstone? LOL

2014-06-25 17:55

8 replies

MOBA i think,

2014-06-25 17:59

6 replies

nope, it's a card game made by Blizzard.

2014-06-25 18:01

nope its actually a cardgame... like yu-gi-oh. don´t ask me why people watch it thou...

2014-06-25 18:01

4 replies

yugioh best card game eva ahah seriously it was funny

2014-06-25 18:13

2 replies

indeed althou the majority of my cards we´re faked ones from china^^

2014-06-25 18:49

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ahha I had like 3000 chinese fake cards and then +5000 legit xD Confession bear: I did go to yugioh tournaments when I was younger :D Tag team tournaments and shit like that. I already dropped it and wanted to sell my entire collection but ended up giving it to my cousin, now I just play 1 or 2 games occasionally online when I feel like it.

2014-06-25 18:53

They say its more like magic than yugioh but I never played either I love this game though! So fun

2014-06-25 19:14

youtube.com/watch?v=W5IIchTdWUI That is hearthstone.

2014-06-25 18:01

Seriously, n1. More tournaments, valve. I don't follow any other scene, but I remember COD had a 1 million dollar tournament in the recent past.

2014-06-25 17:55

3 replies

cod has a million dollar tournament each year

2014-06-25 18:01

and dota 2 has 10 million tournament next month

2014-06-25 18:13

1 reply

cod still has biggest prize pool over cs

2014-06-25 18:47

doing slightly worse than a card trading game isn't really a thing to brag about

2014-06-25 17:55

7 replies

LOL

2014-06-25 17:58

What exactly is your point there? Because this card trading game is the 3rd most watched game. And how is a card trading game less worthy than any other type of game to be in this ranking?

2014-06-25 18:04

5 replies

2014-06-25 18:14

because card trading games are so the 90s

2014-06-25 18:24

3 replies

Id like to see evidence for a game of hearthstones quality that was playable on pc in the 90's

2014-06-25 18:38

Not only, apparently.

2014-06-25 18:55

Remind me the decade cs came out

2014-06-26 09:32

nice

2014-06-25 17:55

COD players migrated to CSGO :D

2014-06-25 17:56

4 replies

Maybe that is why this forum is full of cancer? Ohh wait I'm one of them :( Although I wasn't one of those screaming little kids.

2014-06-25 17:59

1 reply

Aids would be the better :D I hate those kids alot

2014-06-26 08:04

No... COD players migrated to mlg.tv About 10 times better pay than Twitch for people with a fanbase.

2014-06-25 18:19

1 reply

Oh sounds good for them

2014-06-26 08:05

2014-06-25 17:56

Can't believe Hearthstone is higher ranked than CSGO :/

2014-06-25 17:57

2 replies

It's easily explained as it's very "easy" to watch. Games like CS:GO requies your full attention to watch while Hearthstone is something many has playing in the background :)

2014-06-25 18:01

1 reply

Smart post +1

2014-06-25 19:15

LoL and DotA 2 are untouchable at first at second spot. WoW has high numbers because sodapoppin has been streaming it a lot. DayZ has summit. I'd say the numbers reflect more on who's streaming a game than the game itself. Pasha brings great numbers for CS:GO aswell :)

2014-06-25 17:57

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dayz doesn't only have summit, but also a lot of famous youtubers. I could do the same thing with csgo tbh, most people who watch are people who bet on the games, and don't really care about it since they just wanna make money.

2014-06-25 20:12

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of course, but most people here would recognize summit :)

2014-06-25 20:43

1 reply

Oh okay, so that's why you said that :D

2014-06-25 20:45

CoD have a World Championship $1M every year. CS should also get a really big worlds tourney like LoL, Dota and CoD have. It will so much bigger if they had.

2014-06-25 17:59

4 replies

does 250k compared to 1m really make that much of a difference for the viewers? and would four 250k majors attract more viewers than one 1m championship or not?

2014-06-25 18:01

2 replies

four 250k > one 1m tournament

2014-06-25 18:16

1 reply

2014-06-26 12:28

you either have lots of big tournaments throughout the year or have one HUGE tournament, you cant have both.

2014-06-25 18:03

LoL <3

2014-06-25 17:59

Ppl like cards... I guess?

2014-06-25 18:00

I have literally never heard of hearthstone before in my life

2014-06-25 18:00

hearstone. all of my wat

2014-06-25 18:00

I don't know how can someone watch Minecraft or Hearthstone, boring as f**k, random, no skill games...

2014-06-25 18:01

15 replies

Hearthstone requires a lot of skill, but again, it's not the same kind of audience.

2014-06-25 18:08

11 replies

Yes, a game based on luck is very skillful.

2014-06-25 18:29

10 replies

the same could be said about poker, hearthstone and many other card games are based on predictions and choosing the best option. doing so allows you to win, more than you lose.

2014-06-25 18:34

7 replies

Poker is completely different. You have the same set of cards every time, and the main part of poker is bluffing, it's more about the psychology than the cards you have in your hand. Hearthstone is based on luck, you just play what you have in your hand, there is nothing more to it. Sure you can build a super deck, but if your opponent gets the right cards at the right time, you'll lose.

2014-06-25 20:50

6 replies

if you think Hearthstone is based purely on luck you don't know the game (no offense). I don't play it myself but you build a deck and play towards getting the cards you are looking, while making moves to allow those cards to show. It's a game hugely about prediction :)

2014-06-25 20:53

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I seriously don't know what do you want to predict in Hearthstone. You don't know your opponents cards, and how can you predict your own? I played the game a lot when I was bored and I had some insane plays :)

2014-06-25 21:08

4 replies

of course you can predict your oponents cards, aswell as what he wants/will do.

2014-06-25 21:14

sry but you just sound like a big time noob, of course you predict your opponent's hand.

2014-06-25 21:38

2 replies

I don't know all the cards in the game and I don't know how much money my opponent spent in the game, so I don't really care if I am a noob at a random/p2w card game with worse mechanics than Yu-gi-oh :D

2014-06-25 23:28

1 reply

you really don't know shit for sure :D

2014-06-26 00:34

You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. Please take a five minute break from PC and get some fresh air. Because it's good for people like you. You are just cancer to the gaming community, and don't really see much longer than your own nose.

2014-06-25 20:11

1 reply

Really? Instead of proving me wrong with valid arguments, you go on and try to insult me. You're the real cancer here.

2014-06-25 20:55

People don't watch a game only for skill display, they can watch it because of a streamer they really like or simply because they enjoy the game played.

2014-06-25 18:08

csgo is boring on twitch as well, ppl playing MM games not seriously isn't really entertaining.

2014-06-25 20:13

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Well all the tournaments are streamed through Twitch so that's why it gets to be ranked up that high. Yes watching someone play MM is boring.

2014-06-25 20:57

waiting for Dota final probably

2014-06-25 18:02

What Fuck Minecraft hahah -.-

2014-06-25 18:03

You guys really need to understand the market (or whatever you want to call it). CS:GO doesn't compete with Hearthstone in terms of viewers. It's like comparing 7th Heaven and Manchester United - Chelsea on the TV. Audiences don't overlap. Hearthstone is a slow pased easy to watch game. Some follow it unquestionably and some has it on in the background. CS:GO requires your full attention. Most of the time, that is.

2014-06-25 18:05

Just the beginning

2014-06-25 18:08

4 replies

csgo can't surpass dota2 and lol

2014-06-25 20:15

3 replies

doesn´t really need to either, all im saying is that it will grow a lot more =)

2014-06-25 20:40

1 reply

well that's for sure then

2014-06-25 20:45

At the moment I think in the coming years the decrease in popularity (that's sure to happen) and maybe CS's popularity will increase again.

2014-06-26 08:33

I realy wonder how people could watch Hearthstone i watched for 5 min and got bored.

2014-06-25 18:08

2 replies

people who wanna learn strategies from better players. You're welcome.

2014-06-25 20:14

Personally I find it more enjoyable watching reynad, kolento and forsen playing constructed than nbk, hiko and summit playing MM. Competetivly i'd watch cs over hearthstone any day, its simply a matter of taste..

2014-06-25 20:38

gieeeeef moooooooaaaaarrr wait till asia starts to play csgo - twitch explodes, inc!

2014-06-25 18:13

3 replies

Never going to happen, we don't even have MM servers.

2014-06-26 00:08

2 replies

:/ i dont get how valve doesnt even try? i'm sure it would be popular & some strong teams would form

2014-06-26 04:48

1 reply

Then they have to make it f2p

2014-06-26 08:35

It's sad that hearthstone is above go...

2014-06-25 18:21

Who the fuck is watching dat shitty csgo? This is still trash game with OMG OMG SKINS, WE HAVE SKINS, NOW IT'S A FUCKING PERFECT GAME Enjoy your glock oneshot, itemfappers

2014-06-25 18:23

more tournaments more popularity !!!!

2014-06-25 18:37

Lets hit that 300k viewers this 250k tournament

2014-06-25 18:38

3 replies

Not gonna happen

2014-06-25 22:51

2 replies

it will happen

2014-06-26 05:14

1 reply

Don't think it will happen, maybe the major after or after the major after this one :P.

2014-06-26 08:36

Quite surprised CS:GO is this high up the ranks actually given the fact pro players rarely streams and when they stream it is usually not for very long, letting only tournament streams doing the heavy load and streaming for the longest period. It's no surprise LoL and Dota2 is this high as they have players streaming for longer periods. CS:GO could learn a lot by this - or actually pro players could learn about this streaming more regularly for longer periods making much more publicity and awareness about the game; growing the fan base.

2014-06-25 18:46

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I really don't undestand why none of them do actually. Look at hiko. NA cs isn't even good yet he gets 4000+ viewers every day and I remember him saying last year that he reached 700+ subscribers. No idea what that figure is now, but that's such easy money.

2014-06-25 18:44

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And whenever f0rest, GeT_RiGhT and others is streaming they hit 7-10k and could potentially get higher if they were streaming for a longer period and more regularly. Of course they need some time off as they most likely is doing practice at night and taking a break doing the day, but doing a stream for a couple of hours 3-4 times a week should be a possibility even when having a schedule, they're gamers for crying out load!

2014-06-25 19:01

Well, there are two big reasons here. The first is that CSGO players probably have less free time than MOBA players. I mean, I don't really know how many hours they put into serious practice, but my guess is that its 40h a week, on average. While I have seen Dota 2 players saying they play around 3h per day, except when bootcamping. The second is that streaming actually impacts your performance. Even on high end PCs, streaming adds a small delay on what you're doing (except maybe on super high end PCs). There are some pros streaming more often now than ever though. I see friberg, NBK, Hiko and n0thing streaming all the time.

2014-06-26 05:07

Just wished that 1.6 had this kind of support from streamers back in the day. Seems like the death of Own3dtv was a good thing after all. GO only got those numbers from people watching giveaways and pathetic case unboxings. Surprised by the low numbers of SC2 and that quakelive and shootmania are 100% dead wtf happened?

2014-06-25 18:57

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So what? LoL and Dota are full of crazy random streams, gamer guuuurls and stuff like that, how is this better than case unboxings?

2014-06-26 05:10

Quake is just to hard for most people.

2014-06-26 08:50

nicenicenicenice

2014-06-25 18:59

Don't understand how heartstone can be over CSGO :) it's fun but watching it i'd die

2014-06-25 19:05

1 reply

haha

2014-06-25 20:24

If it wasn't that'd be pretty awful.

2014-06-25 19:06

1 reply

2014-06-26 18:55

so basically diablo3 isn't new anymore... and csgo was below diablo last month hardly newsworthy

2014-06-25 19:21

store.steampowered.com/stats It's growing

2014-06-25 19:47

lol what the hell is Hearthstone?

2014-06-25 20:47

9 replies

card game!

2014-06-25 21:31

8 replies

But it sucks

2014-06-25 21:32

7 replies

decent game to play for a few weeks but then it got boring, atleast for me

2014-06-25 21:34

5 replies

i've been playing the game since release and i find it still interesting to play. the meta changes every few weeks and new strategies come up, soon there even will be a patch which will add a lot of new cards to the game.

2014-06-25 21:42

4 replies

Do you just keep grinding ranked games and quests until you can play arena for some good cards ? I got bored of that after a few weeks

2014-06-25 21:51

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i barely play arena tbh, i dislike the concept because it's so random which makes predicting your opponent pretty hard. i play constructed ranked games most of the time since i've most cards now except some legendaries and i just buy some packs from the earned gold from time to time. in the start when i didn't have many cards i chose some class and a deck i wanted to craft so i kept disenchanting unneeded cards (even golds and legendaries). this way i had a decent deck pretty fast.

2014-06-25 22:14

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Huh, I just tried to fill my deck with Chillwind Yetis. Maybe that's why I hated it :) I guess working towards a strong deck would be fun, Do you know of any Hearthstone tips / strategy websites ?

2014-06-25 23:07

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yes of course, hearthpwn.com and liquidhearth.com are good sources. also i often watch streamers like kolento,trump or sjow where you can learn a lot.

2014-06-26 00:32

Agree

2014-06-26 00:07

dark souls yeah!!

2014-06-25 22:01

So many butthurt kids. Mad cuz card game has more viewers? At least this card game is fun to play and watch.

2014-06-25 22:36

more viewers because of filthy casuals and esports growing as a whole. game is still shit imo

2014-06-25 23:34

7 replies

Don't come to threads about GO then faggot

2014-06-26 09:46

6 replies

lol why so mad

2014-06-26 12:19

5 replies

Go back to Starcraft squinty

2014-06-26 13:06

4 replies

someone is still mad

2014-06-26 22:30

3 replies

Ching Chong Chang? Use got da bad engrish

2014-06-27 00:17

2 replies

yup still mad

2014-06-27 08:07

1 reply

Not really

2014-06-27 09:00

dat viewbot Kappa

2014-06-25 23:51

Well Deserved

2014-06-26 01:08

CSGO is being beaten by a card game :(

2014-06-26 01:52

1 reply

but is beating all other fps games :/ so wtf is your point hater ?a

2014-06-26 08:31

sc2 so dead, that's what happens when a game is played only because of hype. BW was so much better. That's what is going to happen to CS:GO if the game doesn't become the best CS version it can possibly be.

2014-06-26 03:31

2 replies

have you ever played sc before 2010? or did you switch do sc when it was inflated as fuck

2014-06-26 07:37

1 reply

I loved watching Korean BW, it was sooo huge. Sc2 came with a bunch of nobodies winning everything and destroyed it, just because of graphics and hype.

2014-06-26 15:38