MLG 2012 636% Viewership = Huge Huge Revenue Gains

[Pig Of The Hut]

CREDIT TO Gamespot.com
http://www.gamespot.com/news/major-league-gaming-reports-334-percent-growth-in-live-video-6400010
Competition organiser and broadcaster reports 11.7 million unique online viewers for 2012 MLG Pro Circuit Championships online, compared to 3.5 million in 2011.
The world of eSports looks set to continue to grow, if new stats from Major League Gaming are anything to go by. The company, which organises and broadcasts four events in the United States each year, has seen a 334 percent growth in the number of people watching its live video content, according to statistics released today. The broadcaster cumulatively received 11.7 million unique online viewers compared to 3.5 million in 2011, and 1.8 million in 2010.

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MLG continues to go from strength to strength.​

MLG reported that those 11.7 million viewers were predominantly male (85 percent) and in the 18-34 age bracket (60 percent). The audience consumed over 15 million hours of live online video across the Pro Circuit weekends this year.
The MLG released an info graphic (at right) to show the breakdown of its current audience figures and demographics.

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

STORMS
Sabin
MLG Deimos
Tom Brady
hecterrific
GGA 16 Bit
Maxter
CD jr
REO
jamessmk
DarKNaTaS
GamerBlake90
Cat
Showtime
Big D
Insuperable
SwiftTomHanks
Claude VonStroke
Perfect Legend
Guys this is f ing huge!!! Period

Glad MK9 was a part of this - Hopefully we can continue this and grow with MLG

 

[16 Bit]

E-SPORTS!

 

[K7L33THA]

That chart looks official as fuck!

 

[FrothyOmen]

What's the 40% HHI $100K mean?

edit, household income i'm slow lol

 

[GamerBlake90]

Get this fornt-paged IMMEDIATELY.

Long live MLG!!!!!!!

 

[Lulzlou]

can't wait for another season of MK at MLG :3c

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

E-SPORTS!

That chart looks official as fuck!

Good luck naming a company that gained 636% business in 2 years

also pay very close attention to the 40% HHI with 100k+

Sponsors want that NOW

 

[DJ L Toro]

so each viewer averages a little over an hour viewed? lol

 

[Blind_Ducky]

That's a lot.

 

[NRF CharlieMurphy]

If this continues.... we have to Free Tom Brady to compete and commentate....
Nothing says awesome like bodying people in a suit.

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

so each viewer averages a little over an hour viewed? lol

massively more than tv in comparison

 

[FrothyOmen]

How do they have information on household income levels of the viewers?? Where is that coming from? How is that information gathered? I find it very hard to believe :\

 

[CRUM]

I love charts.

 

[STORMS]

I saw this earlier.. hmm.

 

[Z-911-Z]

Competitive Halo 4 and CoD will make these numbers even more huge.

Screw the NFL, this session of League of Legends was brought to you by Nike.

 

[kronspik]

This means MLG has money to spare for a tiny little community like us, right?

 

[SwiftTomHanks]

It's official, rich people like watching mlg!

 

[STB Shujinkydink]

and how did MK affect these numbers?

 

[Insuperable]

Eeeeeeeeee-sports sports sports sports

They need to confirm MK for the next circuit MK > Injustice

 

[Prinz]

 

[Euphoric]

Do you guys realize how insane that is? 1.8 mil to nearly 11 million viewers. 300% + growth is a lot to ask for 1 year in progress. That is insanely fast.

 

[gdf]

Yeah the household income statistic seems rather suspect. At least from the point of view from a fighting game player. In addition to what Frothy said, I'd like to see where they get a hold of their statistics.

However, I can see how companies like Sony and Warner Brothers want a piece of this pie. And the more of us that show up, the more they get.

 

[Son ov Timett]

They came for the e-sports, they stayed for the dub step.

 

[Prinz]

Any numbers on MK?