On September 29, the worldwide release of EA Sports FC 24, a football simulator from Electronic Arts studio, took place. Despite the new name, the game is a direct successor to the FIFA franchise and differs little from previous versions of the football simulator. Football fans have already started competing for virtual cups, assembling star line-ups, and, of course, streaming on Twitch.
In the first week after the release, EA Sports FC 24 accumulated 14 million Hours Watched on Twitch. The game reached 318.2K Peak Viewers, with a maximum of 4.2K channels streaming in concurrently. However, by all these metrics, the new football simulator fell behind FIFA 23.
Speaking about the overall categories ranking on Twitch, FC24 ranks fifth at the end of the first week, trailing behind Just Chatting, GTA V, Counter-Strike, and League of Legends.
Statistics for the FC24 category on Twitch in the first week after release
When it comes to content creators, the most popular streamer for EA Sports FC 24 in the first week after the game's release was eliasn97, a German streamer. He amassed almost 900K HW and drew over 61.7K PV. xQc (45.6K PV) and ibai (44.2K PV) also made it into the Top 3 by Peak Viewers.
The most popular FC24 streamers in the first week after release
Interestingly, even last year, eliasn97 was also one of the leaders in the FIFA 23 category after the game’s release. At that time, within the first week, he accumulated 1.6 million HW and had 60.8K PV (the second result after ibai). A year later, the list of top streamers in the discipline remained approximately the same, but their metrics have slightly declined.
The first major EA Sports FC 24 tournament
One of the first major tournaments for the new football simulator was the EA SPORTS FC™ 24 Launch Showdown, which took place online on October 3-4. The event featured 32 popular streamers from Europe and North America, who competed for a total prize pool of $150K. Among the participants of the event were NateHill, erobb221, KDotDaGawd, ProblemWright, Rocky_, Jericho, and other content creators.
The participants competed in two modes (duo tournament + skill challenge), earning money for winning matches and their final placements. In the end, the duo of flokox and zeaiand emerged victorious in the Championship Bracket, while Rocky_ and NateHill won in the Consolation Bracket. NateHill also proved to be the best in the individual Skill Challenge.
FC24 Launch Showdown viewership statistics from Twitch Rivals
The EA SPORTS FC™ 24 Launch Showdown matches accumulated 225.4K Hours Watched. The Average Viewers number was 40.9K, while the Peak Viewers number was 54.5K viewers. It is noteworthy that the matches were streamed on both the official Twitch Rivals channel and the participants' personal channels. Among the 33 unique channels, the most popular was Rocky_'s channel, with 51K HW and 13.2K PV.
Twitch Rivals' most popular FIFA tournament remains Twitch Rivals FIFA 21 The 12th Man Showdown, which gathered over 188K PV. More detailed statistics on other tournaments for the football simulator can be found in the game section on Esports Charts.
