The IEM Katowice 2019 Major for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive concludes with more than 7M hours watched on ESL main channel for coverage in its final week of action, leading Twitch in the process.
Every week, The Esports Observer releases a list of the top 10 Twitch 
channels, ranked by total number of hours watched for the week, from Tuesday through Monday, with data compiled using TEO Analytics.
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Time to Strike
ESL’s IEM Katowice Major for CS:GO led Twitch from Feb. 25 – March 4 in its final week with its main channel recording 7.39M hours watched with an average concurrent viewership of about 60K, peaking at 558.08K.
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The primary English-language channel for coverage was kept company in this week’s list of top 10 channels by CSRuHub, a Russian-language channel that also covered the Major. The channel posted a lesser average of 26.16K CCV, but it mustered up 1.68M hours watched with a peak of 171.99K over 71 hours of airtime.
Model for Consistency
After starting February impressively upon the release of Apex Legends , Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek’s viewership has moved toward more consistent numbers. In the first few weeks of the month, the former CS:GO pro attracted more than 4M hours watched per week, but as the month moved on, his numbers started to come back down to earth.
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About a month into Apex Legends’ life on Twitch, Grzesiek’s numbers have appeared to reach a more sustainable mark that could be reliably replicated. For the past two weeks, he has recorded around 2.5M hours watched with his average CCV from Feb. 18 – March 3 being 54.65K.
Back to the Grindstone
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins made his name as the most prominent figure on Twitch with his Fortnite streams, but once Apex Legends came out at the beginning of February, he made a hard pivot to streaming the new battle royale game as much as possible.
With Fortnite’s recent release of new in-game content this past week, Blevins, the most commercially known streamer of the game, turned back to it seamlessly reeling in 1.65M hours watched.
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The total was enough to make him the title’s most-watched broadcaster for the week, beating out Turner “Tfue” Tenny who averaged 47.56K hours watched with 1.34M hours watched. Blevins had a lower average CCV of 39.10K but his 30.87 hours of airtime helped him beat out Tenney who only streamed 28.30 hours.
