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— Jordan Fragen (@ZoraMajora) August 14, 2017
Based on data gathered from Nielsen for Disney XD’s eSports viewership ratings, the EVO 2017 finals for Super Smash Bros. claims the top spot.
eSports analyst Jordan Fragen tweeted the data yesterday for her upcoming piece. According to the table, EVO 2017’s Super Smash Bros. for Wii U finals garnered 184,000 total viewers. 28 percent of the viewers fall under the age 18-49 bracket, which translates to roughly 52,000 viewers. It is currently unknown what age brackets comprise the remaining 72 percent. The event aired on Sunday, July 16 at 6 p.m. EDT.
Meanwhile, the rerun for the same event aired two weeks later on July 30 at 9:30 p.m. EDT. It managed to gather 141,000 viewers, 18 percent of which fall into the 18-49 age group. Additionally, back to back reruns for the Nintendo Summer Showdown: Splatoon 2 on July 30 and August 1 garnered 148,000 and 142,000 viewers, respectively. 29 percent of the viewers for both days are between 18-49. The original airing of the Splatoon 2 Showdown took place at 1 a.m. of July 30, earning 117,000 viewers. As expected, only 6% of the usual age group watched the event.
The Smash Bros. and Splatoon events took the top four spots on the list. Heroes of the Storm global championship, with its slightly better time slot of 11:30 p.m. on July 31, managed to take the number 5 spot.
