BLAST Bounty Summer 2026 was BLAST’s least-watched tournament this year
The BLAST Bounty Summer 2026 tournament was the least-watched event in the BLAST series this year.
According to Esports Charts, the event’s peak viewership was approximately 588,000, down 26% compared to BLAST Bounty Winter 2026. Other metrics also declined: the average number of viewers fell by 43.4%, and the total number of viewing hours dropped by 32.7%.
Despite an increase in the number of channels covering the tournament, viewership declined in nearly all major language segments. The average number of viewers for English-language broadcasts decreased by 39%, while that for Russian-language broadcasts fell by 45.4%.
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026 took place from July 21 to August 2. Thirty-two teams participated in the championship, and MOUZ took first place. In the final, the German team defeated Team Spirit 3–1 in maps and received $263,563 in prize money.
Photo by Joao Ferreira, BLAST.
