Esports knowledge platform Esports Charts has named Natus Vincere (NAVI) the most-watched Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) group of 2024.
The platform famous that NAVI recorded a complete of 64.85m hours watched throughout final yr’s CS2 calendar.
In 2024, the Ukrainian esports organisation garnered a number of notable accolades in CS2. A number of the group’s achievements embody profitable IEM Rio 2024, PGL Main Copenhagen 2024 — Counter-Strike 2’s first-ever Main — and Esports World Cup’s CS2 occasion.
Based in 2009, NAVI has grow to be one of the recognisable names inside Counter-Strike esports. The organisation is the one group to qualify for each Main in CS:GO and Counter-Strike 2 (21). Since Esports Charts began recording viewership knowledge in 2017, NAVI ranks fifth among the many most-watched esports organisations ever, as of November 2024.
Esports Charts’ newest article additionally named BLAST Premier: World Last champion G2 Esports because the second most-watched CS2 group in 2024, garnering 60.11m hours watched. A number of the European organisation’s different milestones embody profitable IEM Dallas 2024 and BLAST Premier’s 2024 Fall Last.
In third place is North American esports organisation FaZe Clan (58.41m), with the latest Main winner, Group Spirit, claiming fourth (48.43m). Concluding the highest 5 is IEM Cologne 2024 champion Group Vitality (43.03m).
When taking these figures into consideration, you will need to be aware that Esports Charts doesn’t document Chinese language viewership. This is because of streaming websites within the nation not publicly disclosing direct viewership statistics.
For 2025, the Counter-Strike esports calendar has undergone vital adjustments. That is largely as a result of Valve’s open ecosystem and match coverage, which is able to come into impact this yr.
The scene’s subsequent notable esports occasion shall be BLAST Bounty Spring 2025, held January twenty third – twenty sixth in Copenhagen, Denmark. Counter-Strike 2’s subsequent Main is the BLAST.television Austin Main 2025 in June.
