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Including all co-streams, the Red Bull-sponsored endurance marathon by Arda Saatçi generated over 26 million Hours Watched in total and peaked at up to 2.8 million concurrent viewers, according to Streams Charts. This is the most successful Red Bull event across livestreaming platforms in terms of audience engagement. It ranks #1 on both key metrics, outperforming previous Red Bull records that were held by different events: peak viewership improved by 220% and total watch time was 491% higher compared to the former best events. Earlier, Streams Charts reported on the massive audience Arda Saatçi attracted on his personal channels during Cyborg Season Ultra 600. However, when including all co-streams of the event, such as Red Bull’s official channels and other broadcasters covering the marathon, the overall figures become even more impressive. How did Cyborg Season Ultra 600 break Red Bull's records? In total, more than 100 channels across Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and Kick contributed to covering or co-streaming the event. Alongside Arda Saatçi’s personal broadcasts, live coverage also ran on official Red Bull channels, while a number of major streamers regularly joined the stream. Most of them were fellow German creators, including Elias “EliasN97” Nehrlich and Mark “ohnePixel” Zimmermann.  Red Bull operates one of the most diverse live event ecosystems in sports and entertainment media, spanning freestyle rap battles, hybrid sport–entertainment formats, and esports broadcasts featuring internationally recognized teams. Across these formats, the brand has maintained a consistent focus on high-production live experiences designed for global streaming audiences. For several years, the benchmark for Red Bull’s peak live viewership was set by a 2021 Red Bull Batalla international freestyle rap final, which stood as the brand’s internal high-water mark at just under ~900,000 concurrent viewers.  Cyborg Season Ultra 600 delivered strong overall engagement for Red Bull, with viewership spread across three key layers: the main creator’s marathon channel, Red Bull’s own official streams, and a wide network of co-streamers who joined intermittently throughout the event. This combined distribution model allowed the event to reach audiences continuously across different touchpoints rather than relying on a single broadcast source. Together, these overlapping streams significantly boosted both total watch time and peak concurrency, showing how the format worked effectively at scale. For total watch time, the previous best performance came from the esports side of the portfolio — Red Bull League of Its Own 2024. Cyborg Season, however, significantly improved this result: the event ran for longer and maintained higher overall viewership, driven by a pronounced spike toward the end when a large share of the audience tuned in for the final minutes of the marathon. As a result, total watch time ended up increasing by roughly six times compared to the previous Red Bull benchmark.