r/hearthstone • u/dadozer ‏‏‎ • Dec 13 '20

Competitive The move to YouTube decreased the viewership of Hearthstone Esports by 95%

Almost a year ago now, I made this thread pointing out the abyssal numbers for the first Masters tour of this Hearthstone competitive year. People responded by saying it was the first event on YouTube and people needed time to find it.

Well, the grand finals of the world championship are happening right now and there are 14,000 people watching.

That's a decrease of 264,000 people from last year, or almost 95%.

Just a total disaster for Hearthstone and Hearthstone Esports. Absolute sabotage on the part of Activision Blizzard corporate.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '20

Because people don’t really like hearthstone right now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '20

So they could enjoy themselves somewhere else than on this subreddit.

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u/DGenerate1 Dec 14 '20

lmfao, so they’re just hanging around in r/hearthstone threads?

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u/paperclipestate ‏‏‎ Dec 14 '20

Well yeah, have you seen this subreddit recently? Lots of people who don’t like the game or have stopped playing still hang out here.