Valorant had a big yr for esports, however its Twitch viewership numbers declined considerably in 2025, following notable retirements and the rise of different common video games all year long.
Typically, most main esports titles suffered for Twitch viewership all through 2025 (moreover Counter-Strike, which rose considerably). Riot Video games‘ different flagship title, League of Legends, skilled a 20% drop in viewership over the course of the yr.
And, in accordance with SullyGnome, Valorant’s drops have been even worse.
Valorant Hours Watched Down by Over 30%
In 2025, hours watched in Valorant on Twitch dropped nearly 270 million, a dip of 31%. The variety of hours streamed decreased by an analogous quantity, with a 29% loss, whereas the utmost viewership was nearly 50% decrease than it was in 2024.
This could possibly be on account of a number of elements. Whereas esports followers are nonetheless very a lot within the sport, the extra informal participant base has slowly moved away from the FPS title, in favor of different new video games which have come out. This implies many now desire to observe video games like Arc Raiders or Marvel Rivals, which have seen large upticks all through 2025.
Valorant additionally misplaced some notable gamers this yr, most notably Tyson “TenZ” Ngo, who was a big contributor to Valorant’s viewership throughout his time competing earlier than his retirement.
Whereas he has nonetheless been taking part in Valorant in a big majority of his streams, it raises the query of whether or not his retirement has performed a component.
Whereas some viewers might have shifted to different platforms, similar to YouTube, to observe their Valorant content material, it’s unlikely that this may end in such a big drop on Twitch.
That mentioned, it’s nonetheless within the high 5 most-viewed classes on the platform, so it’s hardly panic stations for the sport proper now.
Little doubt Riot Video games will probably be taking a look at methods to raised interact their gamers and viewers in 2026, however what that appears like precisely stays to be seen.
