League of Legends broke this Twitch world record

Twitch has become the main platform to follow all entertainment content about video games and e-sports competitions of all kinds, thus certainly including the League of Legends game.

Riot Games’ Twitch channel has become the first in history to reach 1 billion total views on Twitch’s live streaming platform, the company that developed and published League of Legends.

Without a doubt, the mammoth achievement comes off the back of a strong esports showing, with LoL racking up huge numbers of viewers during competitive play across the world. In May, viewership of the Mid-Season Invitational peaked at 127 million, strongly buoyed by Chinese viewers tuning in to support their squad.

For comparison, Ninja, the ever-popular, Drake-befriending Fortnite streamer currently sits at 228 million total views. That’s a testament to both the impressive pull of Fortnite, released in July 2017, in addition to the incredible staying power of League of Legends and its esports association, which has been in operation since 2013.

We'd like to extend a thank you to the viewers for helping the @RiotGames @Twitch Channel be the first one to surpass 1 billion views. We could not have done it without your loyal support ❤️ pic.twitter.com/2W69ix0CEJ

— lolesports (@lolesports) June 24, 2018