{"id":3755,"date":"2026-09-16T20:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/hearthstone-world-championship-2026-peak-audience-41387\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:41:13","slug":"hearthstone-world-championship-2026-peak-audience-41387","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/hearthstone-world-championship-2026-peak-audience-41387\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearthstone World Championship Posts Peak Audience Since 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hearthstone World Championship 2026 took place in Anaheim over the weekend as part of BlizzCon 2026. The event peaked at 41,387 concurrent viewers and concluded with OTGxhh defeating XiaoT 3-1 in the grand final to claim the title and a $100,000 prize.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broadcasts for the tournament generated about 858,600 Hours Watched, a figure slightly below the previous edition. Peak viewers rose nearly 10% year over year. The semifinal between Wu &#8220;XiaoT&#8221; Juwei and Wu &#8220;Curfew&#8221; Zheng-xian registered the highest single-match peak, exceeding the grand final&#8217;s peak.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OTGxhh entered the event without major titles and won his first major championship. XiaoT is one of Hearthstone&#8217;s most experienced competitors and has earned more than $344,000 in career prize money.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">English-language coverage accounted for nearly 59% of total Hours Watched. Twitch supplied more than 80% of platform viewership, with most of the remainder coming from YouTube. The official English playhearthstone Twitch channel attracted the largest audience and a total of 65 distinct channels carried coverage of the event.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By peak viewers, the 2026 championship ranks among the series&#8217; top five. The 2020 event drew more than 89,200 concurrent viewers; peak audiences in the years after 2020 were lower.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hearthstone World Championship 2026 in Anaheim peaked at 41,387 viewers, the series&#8217; highest since 2020. 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