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Q3 2026 Esports Coverage Report — The Observatory · f0rmless

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▌ The Observatory

THE OBSERVATORY · QUARTERLY REPORT · IN PROGRESS

Q3 2026: a quarter of esports, watched.

Name: f0rmless Esports Coverage — Q3 2026 (provisional, in progress)
Creator: f0rmless
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Q3 2026 so far — the numbers below grow until the period closes. Distinct streams are true period counts (a series live across many days counts once). Free to cite, attribution to f0rmless.

Distinct streams

2,065

12 games tracked

Peak viewers · Twitch

138K

set 2026-07-19

Peak live at once

most concurrent matches

Record single feed

103K

set 2026-07-19

Across Q3 2026, f0rmless observed 2,065 distinct broadcasts spanning 12 competitive titles.

DOTA 2 carried the most coverage, with 344 tracked broadcasts.

Peak observed concurrency reached 138K viewers on 2026-07-19 — confirmed live on Twitch.

▌ Most-tracked games

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DOTA 2344

LEAGUE280

VALORANT272

CALL OF DUTY247

OVERWATCH233

RAINBOW SIX180

CS2170

PUBG119

APEX LEGENDS107

ROCKET LEAGUE76

TEAM FORTRESS 228

STARCRAFT9

▌ Most-watched games · Twitch

DOTA 24.4K
VALORANT2.9K
LEAGUE2.7K
APEX LEGENDS1.6K
CALL OF DUTY1.5K
RAINBOW SIX827
CS2431
OVERWATCH231
PUBG24
ROCKET LEAGUE6
TEAM FORTRESS 21

▌ By region

EMEA23.0
NORTH AMERICA16.2
ASIA15.0
SOUTH AMERICA9.5
CHINA9.0
EUROPE8.3
LATIN AMERICA5.3
VIETNAM4.9
AMERICAS3.2
PACIFIC2.7

International & open events (Majors, The International, IEM) are excluded — they belong to no single region.

▌ By platform

TWITCH296.4
HUYA0.5
BILIBILI0.5
DOUYU0.2
AFREECA0.2

▌ Which games are climbing

LEAGUE1,283▲ rising
DOTA 2
VALORANT
OVERWATCH
RAINBOW SIX
CALL OF DUTY
PUBG
APEX LEGENDS
CS2
ROCKET LEAGUE
TEAM FORTRESS 2
STARCRAFT

▌ Busiest days of the week

FRI3073d obs
SAT3073d obs
WED3033d obs
THU3023d obs
SUN2983d obs
MON2953d obs
TUE2732d obs

Part of 2026

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YOUTUBE0.1

Presence reflects which feeds a match is listed on, not exclusivity — Twitch carries nearly every primary broadcast.

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