Recently, South Korean media officially confirmed the information that the LCK Summer 2021 final match between DWG KIA and T1 broke two consecutive viewership records in the history of professional League of Legends in Korea.
Specifically, this match reached a peak of 3,504,617 viewers at the same time, and an average viewership of 1,678,870. These two statistics surpassed the previous records which were:
The LCK Spring 2017 final match between SKT T1 (current T1) vs KT Rolster – Achieved a peak of 3,459,493 viewers at the same time.
The LCK Spring 2019 final match between SKT T1 vs Griffin – Achieved an average of 1,649,176 viewers.
It is easy to see that most of the viewership records for League of Legends in Korea and worldwide belong to T1 (former SKT). The reason is perhaps unnecessary to mention again; T1 is the team with the number one achievements in League of Legends history, and they are also led by Faker – The King of League of Legends.
The two factors of titles and the most loved player are the reasons T1 always attracts a large audience, despite having lost their top position in recent years.
Of course, DWG KIA – the team that just matched SKT’s record of three consecutive LCK championships, also has a large fan base and is quite a