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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s ESL One: Cologne 2019 event led the week in viewership boasting the top two channels while League of Legends and Overwatch esports leagues saw less viewership due to fewer games.
Meanwhile, influencers have continued to experience a summer slump with no personality generating more than 2M hours watched for a second straight week.
The following channels are ranked according to the total number of hours watched on Twitch from Monday to the following Sunday, with data compiled using TEO Access.
On The Offensive
ESL 
is known for its ability to put on a CS:GO event that generates strong viewership, and this past weekend’s ESL One: Cologne did just that. Not only did it provide us with the top channel of the week that generated 5.9M hours watched, but the Russian-language channel covering the event also added another 2.2M hours watched.
ESL One is not a Major, but this past weekend’s 16-team tournament from July 2-7 included a group stage, playoffs, and a $300K prize pool. The grand finals on Sunday generated 1.2M hours watched alone over seven hours of airtime averaging 169K concurrent viewers and peaking at 271K.
Missing Time
The chart for hours watched this past week shows a dip in week-over-week viewership for both Riot Games and the Overwatch League , but this is a situation where total hours watched doesn’t show the entire picture for OWL or LoL esports.
As OWL headed to Atlanta for its second-ever homestead event, the league only had two days of competition with four matches being played each of those days. Typically a weekend of OWL begins on Thursday and goes through Sunday with 2-4 matches being played each day.
Meanwhile, a break in action for the LoL European Championship this past week left only LoL Championship Series games to be played on Riot Games channel causing a drop in total hours watched despite live sessions having 73K and 67K CCV, peaking at 140K CCV for the weekend.
FRAME GAME
Free-to-play third-person shooting game Warframe doesn’t typically draw much attention on Twitch, but this past weekend’s TennoCon is one example of where the title game gain viewers.
TennoCon serves as the convention where fans can see what’s new with Warframe, similar to BlizzCon for Blizzard Entertainment’s games, and while the event only took place for one day, it managed to average strong enough viewership to beat out all influencers and many esports competitions this week.
The official Warframe channel posted the highest average viewership for all channels with 179K CCV, and it also posted the strongest peak viewership with 317K CCV, beating out ESL One Cologne’s 271K CCV peak.
