Ukrainian is among the top ten most popular languages for Counter-Strike tournament broadcasts.
Forbes reported in the analytical service Esports Charts that the volume of Ukrainian-language broadcasts at tournaments with Counter-Strike increased from 2.7 million to 7.8 million hours of viewing in 2023. According to this indicator, Ukraine has already surpassed France and Germany and is in sixth place in the world, said Artem Odintsov, co-founder and CEO of the company.
According to Cognitive Market Research, the size of the global market for live broadcasts of cybersports in 2023 amounted to $2.7 billion. In the Ukrainian market, the monopolist is Maincast Studio. In 2023, its revenue became a record for the entire time of its existence and doubled— up to 18.7 million UAH.
