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VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) Game Changers Championship 2024, which concluded on Sunday in Los Angeles, became the second-most-watched female esports event of all time, attracting over 460,000 peak viewers.
Launched in 2022 as a tournament series for women and marginalised genders, the VCT Game Changers has become an integral part of the VALORANT esports ecosystem over the last two years.
Averaging 122,955 viewers, 6,250,197 hours watched, and 460,297 peak viewers, the world championship nearly doubled last year’s record of 293,993 peak viewers and became the eighth-most-watched VALORANT event of the season.
It attracted a bigger audience than VCT 2024 Americas Stage 2 (394,975), the TEN Valorant Asia Invitational 2024 (57,856), VCT 2024 Ascension Pacific (226,683) and Americas (159,409), and the VCT 2024 EMEA Kickoff (419,206).
This year’s Game Changers Championship only trails the women’s Mobile Legends: Bang Bang tournament at the 32nd SEA Games, which concluded in May 2023 and drew in 1.3 million watchers at its peak.
The VCT tournament took place at Riot Games Arena from November 8-17 and welcomed 10 VALORANT esports teams from EMEA, North America, Pacific, Brazil, Pacific, and Latin America.
VCT Game Changers Championship 2024 ended with a grand final between Shopify Rebellion and MiBR GC, with the former sweeping the series in three maps to defend their title.
The grand final was the most-watched match of the tournament, ahead of the lower-bracket final spectacle between G2 Gozen and MiBR GC, which peaked at 274,209 viewers.
