Streams Charts continues to sum up October 2022. The Brazilian presidential election, TI11, Worlds 2022 and MPL ID S10 had a huge impact on streaming this month. In a new article, we will review the most popular and watched YouTube Live channels as well as the Top 10 gaming channels on the platform.
Top Channels by Peak Viewers in October 2022
The entertainment channel GrandTV attracted the largest number of Peak Viewers on YouTube in October. Its broadcast of the beauty pageant Miss Grand International 2022 finale was watched by nearly 2 million PV. The broadcast of the second round of presidential election debates in Brazil, hosted by the Band Jornalismo channel, attracted a slightly smaller number of PV (1.94 million people). Read more about it in our review.
The entertainment channel Inteligência Ltda rounds out the October Top 3 by Peak Viewers, drawing nearly 1.8 million people to a podcast with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was in office at the time. Balsonaro's personal channel is ranked fourth, with a podcast with the famous player Neymar about the Brazilian presidential elections. Over 1.1 million Peak VIewers followed it.
The podcast with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the inaugurated Brazilian president, ran on the Flow Podcast channel and attracted 1.1 million PV (5th place). The CNN Brasil and Jovem Pan News channels are also in the Top 10, which broadcast the vote count for the Brazilian presidential election on October 30.
MPL Indonesia is the only esports channel in the Top 10. The channel broadcasted MPL Indonesia Season 10 Grand Final, which drew 936K PV. Two sports channels also made it into the October ranking. WorkpointOfficial drew 849K PV at its broadcast of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship final, and Marca Claro drew 832K PV at the 2022 Liga MX Apertura final between Pachuca and Toluca.
Most Watched YouTube Channels in October 2022
Jovem Pan News became the most watched channel on YouTube in October. It outpaced Lofi Girl in terms of Hours Watched by fewer than 1%, a result reached by spending half as much time on air. Amid the hype around the presidential election in Brazil, the Jovem Pan News's HW number more than doubled in a month and exceeded 25 million. It should be noted that the same metric of CNN Brasil (5th place) increased by 2.5 times for the same reason.
The music channel Chanda Pop Songs moved up one place in the ranking, showing a 13% increase over the month. The Philippine entertainment channel ABS-CBN Entertainment dropped from second place to fourth, despite a 4% increase in its HW number over the month. Todo Noticias and Aaj Tak, which host news and political broadcasts, are the only channels in the October Top 10 to have lower HW numbers than in September.
The kids channel BillionSurpriseToys rose by one position in the ranking, and its HW rose by 11% over the month. The kids music channel Maya and Mary, a newcomer to the ranking, saw its HW metric increase 2.5 times in October. The Australian music channel The Relaxed Guy retained its tenth place in the Top, and its HW rose by 17% over the month.
Most Watched YouTube Gaming Channels in October 2022
LoL Esports became the most watched channel on YouTube in October, reaching almost 10.6 million HW thanks to Worlds 2022. At the same time, the channel with Vietnamese broadcasts of the tournament (VETV7 ESPORTS) is in sixth place, and the Portuguese-language CBLOL channel — ninth. The previous month's leader MPL Indonesia fell to second place, while the official Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Bang channel retained third place. It should be noted that the Indonesian channel of the game rounds out the Top 10.
The official Dota 2 channel, which hosted The International 2022 broadcasts, is in fourth place in the ranking with 5.8 million HW. The official Overwatch League channel, which broadcasted league matches, rounds out the Top 5. Sixth place goes to the BeamNG Speed channel, dedicated to BeamNG.drive, and seventh place is taken by KINCIR Esports, which broadcasted Piala Presiden Esports 2022 Free Fire and ML:BB tournaments.
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