eSports Is Already Mainstream In China - Big Tournaments get 240m Daily Views (2x Superbowl numbers)
While eSports is growing incredibly quickly in the West, it's still a niche market. That's not the case in China though. According to Arena of Valor in the West) and it's currently the most successful game in China (and with $400m in monthly revenue, also the world).
In the image below 18,000 fans are watching 10 players duke it out in Honor of Kings:
Source: Bloomberg / ImagineChina
Besides simply drawing in big crowds and impressive viewership numbers, eSports is expected to grow into a $3 billion a year industry by 2022 according to data from Goldman Sachs:
Further reading: Bloomberg's Inside Tencent's Gambit to Dominate a $13 Billion Esports Arena
