MLBB’s Women’s event at the 32nd SEA Games broke records, becoming the most popular women’s esports event of all time.
While the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang event is now over at the 32nd Southeast Asia Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the women’s event created history for the highest peak views. The event saw a classic match-up between the Philippines and Indonesia, which ended in a fantastic gold medal for the ID women’s squad. Although the Men’s event hit a peak concurrent viewer number of 1,462,871 – the Women’s event saw 1,367,274 viewers at its peak, making history for the event.
The peak for the Women’s tournament was during the second day of proceedings when Team ID and PH went head-to-head in the grand finals, which was an epic clash which went the full five games. The previous record came at the MLBB Women’s Invitational 2022, which was shattered by a gigantic 348%. During the time between then and now, two other matches were viewed by hundreds of thousands, including the ID versus Vietnam series from Day 1 and the entire Group Stage of the event too.
This number breaks all records for a Women’s event and shows that the industry is beginning to grow across the board. With streams on multiple channels, the Women’s tournament was able to easily overcome the previous record. From official streams via the MPL YouTube pages, down to ex-MLBB players, as well as TikTok and Facebook pages, this record proves that MLBB is still climbing.
Other games have also begun to show increases in viewership for Women’s events, such as Valorant, CS:GO, and PUBG Mobile, which means it is likely that as more tournaments appear, more and more viewers will join in too. In the past few years, Women’s esports has grown to massive levels, and we hope to continue to witness it reach new heights in the future.
