Stage 3 of the StarLadder Budapest Main 2025 peaked at over 950,000 viewers as groups competed for an opportunity to qualify for the playoffs.
In keeping with esports knowledge platform Esports Charts, the ultimate Swiss Stage of the Counter-Strike 2 event hit a peak of 970,598 viewers throughout a match between G2 Esports and Group Falcons.
Alongside a excessive viewership peak, Stage 3 of the event additionally recorded a mean viewing determine of 552,748. That is at the moment a 17% lower in comparison with the Stage 3 BLAST.TV Austin Main, which recorded an common of 667,705. Neverthless, the chance of this determine rising throughout the playoffs is excessive.
Furthermore, the Budapest Main has seen important progress in Portuguese and Mongolian viewing figures. The Portuguese peak is already up 22% from the Austin Main’s third stage, peaking at 283,380 viewers, whereas the Mongolian broadcasts peaked at 86,634 viewers, a 65% improve from your complete Austin Main.
The Portuguese peak comes on account of three Brazilian groups competing in Stage 3. Whereas paiN Gaming and Imperial Esports didn’t qualify for playoffs, FURIA‘s 3-0 document noticed the workforce change into one of many first groups to e-book its place on the MVM Dome.
In comparison with Stage 2 of the occasion, the Budapest Main’s peak viewership elevated by over 300,000 because the battle for playoff spots intensified.
A Milestone For StarLadder
Regardless of a number of viewership classes declining in comparison with Stage 3 of the Austin Main, the Budapest Main is StarLadder’s most-watched esports occasion within the firm’s historical past. The height viewing determine from Stage 2 has already eclipsed the height of 2019’s Berlin Main, which peaked at 836,306 throughout the Grand Remaining between Astralis and AVANGAR.
With Stage 3 nearly eclipsing a million viewers, the playoffs have a powerful probability of elevating the height additional, as eight of the world’s finest Counter-Strike groups compete for an opportunity to change into a Main champion.
