Mobile Legends Becomes the Most Popular Game in Southeast Asia According to Esports Charts
Esports Charts reports that Mobile Legends is ranked 1st as a game with total hours watched the most.
Mobile games now cannot be underestimated in the esports industry. Why not, because this sector has not only been eyed, but also received high attention and showed rapid development, both from the game itself, stakeholders, ecosystem, to the number and level of popularity of the tournaments being held.
One that is growing rapidly is Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) which was awarded the title of the most popular game in Southeast Asia by Esports Charts–an analytics service provider that provides comprehensive metrics for esports broadcasts and live streams worldwide.
From Esports Charts data, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang as a game released by Moonton ranks first among esports games. mobile. Among other ASEAN countries, Indonesia is recorded as providing the largest contribution to the total hours watched from the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament.
“This achievement is of course inseparable from the contributions and roles of all parties who have supported us so far, including MLBB lovers, stakeholders, and the media. We are committed to continuing to provide the best entertainment and services as well as contributing to the esports ecosystem in the country.”
said Azwin Nugraha, Moonton’s Public Relations & Communications Manager in Jakarta, Monday (8/11).
In MPL Indonesia Season 8, which just finished last October, the final match between ONIC Esports vs RRQ Hoshi was able to break the previous record in terms of numbers. audience watching simultaneously (peak concurrent viewers/pc).
It was recorded that as of October 25, 2022, the match was watched simultaneously by nearly 2.4 million people. This figure can be achieved, of course, in line with the development of MLBB which has been downloaded more than 1 billion times and has 105 million monthly active users.
Last Sunday, November 7, 2022, the MLBB Southeast Asia level tournament was completed and the Indonesian team, ONIC Esports, managed to emerge as the champion after defeating the MLBB team from the Philippines with a score of 3-1. Once again, MLBB brought athletes to the international level and made the nation proud.