Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was the most popular discipline at the 2026 Esports World Cup
The 2026 Esports World Cup recently concluded. According to the results, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang was the most-watched game among all the disciplines featured.
According to Esports Charts, the match between ONIC Philippines and Aurora Gaming at the MLBB Mid Season Cup 2026 peaked at 2,890,433 viewers. In total, fans spent 45,272,094 hours watching the tournament’s matches. PUBG Mobile and League of Legends also made the top 3 most popular disciplines, with 1.79 and 1.47 million viewers, respectively. As for the MLBB Women’s International 2026, it ranked seventh in peak concurrent viewers with 565,483.
Esports World Cup 2026 Discipline Rankings by Peak Viewers
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (men’s tournament) — 2,890,433;
- PUBG Mobile — 1,791,515;
- League of Legends — 1,477,470;
- Counter-Strike 2 — 1,037,187;
- Free Fire — 804,934;
- Honor of Kings — 777,965;
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (women’s tournament) — 565,483;
- Apex Legends — 440,188;
- Fortnite — 419,012;
- Dota 2 — 326,802;
- Rocket League — 305,338;
- Call of Duty — 271,862;
- Call of Duty: Warzone — 266,038;
- Valorant — 247,785;
- Overwatch — 245,946;
- PUBG: Battlegrounds — 207,987;
- Street Fighter — 196,306;
- Chess — 181,638;
- Tekken — 114,368;
- TrackMania — 102,272;
- Rainbow Six Siege — 98,460;
- EA Sports FC — 91,989;
- Fatal Fury — 35,244;
- Teamfight Tactics — 30,901;
- CrossFire — 18,205.
The 2026 Esports World Cup took place from July 2 to August 23 in Paris. The tournament featured competitions in 25 disciplines with a prize pool of $75,000,000. AG.AL emerged as the winner of the LAN event in the club standings.
Photo by Lee Alik Soon, Esports Foundation.
