Viewership stats for S-tier tournament?

[mamo139]

So I might have a chance to convince a company to sponsor an aoe2 S-tier tournaments (just because I like watching tourneys, one more is better than one less).
However their business is only relevant for people resident in EU countries.

Are there any statistics on % of viewership of aoe2 twitch and youtube channels by country?
And how many single views and total hours watched across all twitch channels and youtube videos can a sponsor hope to achieve with an S-tier tournament?

This is the minimum any interested sponsor will want to know to consider the idea. Surely someone here has these stats?

 

[Adico]

Your best bet is to ask the people who organized the events for their internal numbers.

As a side note, if you have a potential sponsor for what would be an S-Tier event I think you ought to contact Nili since he is the tournament coordinator for the franchise. He can help you get those types of insights, staff recommendations, and reserve your dates so your event won't directly compete with another S-tier.

 

[iViktorius]

@Nili_AoE

 

[nimanoe]

Escharts generally has pretty accurate statistics as for hours watched and amount of viewers (although it's not 100% accurate) and also has a filter for language streams if you buy their pro stats, but don't think there's any way to know where each viewer comes from.

 

[AriM]

Are chinese numbers that big? for example for Red Bull V chinese figures are 10x western figures.

 

[Adico]

Are chinese numbers that big? for example for Red Bull V chinese figures are 10x western figures.

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To make a long story short:

China's streaming platforms are notoriously unreliable for their viewer numbers. Often using Web-exploits to inflate them*. With that said, China is easily the biggest esport market in the world right now. It would not surprise me if it's double that of the West, even for something like AoE.

*This is a similar exploit that has been making the rounds on twitch, with channels like Fextralife embedding their stream on their site to boost viewers, even though not that many people are actually watching them.

 

[SouFire]

USA and Germany are the top consumers of aoe content in the web, China has larger numbers, but they are on their own.