Founded in June 2011, Twitch is social video for gamers. It is the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers where more than 100 million gather every month to broadcast, watch and talk about video games. Twitch’s video platform is the backbone of both live and on-demand distribution for the entire video game ecosystem. This includes game developers, publishers, media outlets, events, user generated content, and the entire esports scene. In February 2014, Wall Street Journal ranked Twitch as the 4th largest website in terms of peak internet traffic in the U.S. fortifying the brand as an entertainment industry leader and the epicenter of social video for gamers.
Twitch: Financial Details
2017 eSports tournament schedule from Roar
Event |
Start |
End |
Games |
Prize pool |
Broadcaster |
| NGE Winter Premiere | Jan 3 | Jan 31 | OW | $100,000 | twitch.tv |
| 2017 GSL Season 1 | Jan 4 | Mar 25 | SCII | $142,660 | twitch.tv |
| ASL Season 2 | Jan 10 | Jan 22 | SCBW | $21,600 | twitch.tv |
| WESG 2016 | Jan 12 | Jan 15 | SCII, CS:GO, Dota, HS | $5,000,000 | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Leipzig | Jan 13 | Jan 15 | CS:GO, Pkmn | $100,000 | twitch.tv |
| 2GGT Genesis Saga | Jan. 14 | Jan 14 | S4 | TBC | twitch.tv |
| Ting Open Season 3 | Jan 15 | Mat 26 | SCII | $5,000 | twitch.tv |
| LCK regular season | Jan 17 | Apr 2 | LoL | TBC | twitch.tv |
| OGN Overwatch APEX Season 2 kickoff | Jan. 17 | Jan 17 | OW | $178,000 | twitch.tv |
| SL i-League StarSeries S3 China – WC | Jan 17 | Jan 18 | CS:GO | TBC | twitch.tv |
| EU LCS regular season | Jan 19 | Apr 2 | LoL | $200,000 | twitch.tv |
| LPL regular season | Jan 19 | Apr 16 | LoL | $510,000 | twitch.tv |
| NA LCS regular season | Jan 20 | Mar 19 | LoL | $200,000 | twitch.tv |
| HCG 2017 EU and NA season kickoff | Jan. 20 | Jan 20 | HotS | TBC | twitch.tv |
| NationWars 4 semis and finals | Jan. 21 | Jan 21 | SCII | $17,600 | twitch.tv |
| Dota Pit League Season 5 | Jan 20 | Jan 22 | Dota 2 | $139,860 | twitch.tv |
| Genesis 4 | Jan 20 | Jan 22 | Melee, S4 | $58,111 | twitch.tv |
| NationWars 4 semis and finals | Jan. 21 | Jan 21 | SCII | TBC | twitch.tv |
| ELeague Major | Jan 27 | Jan 29 | CS:GO | $1,000,000 | twitch.tv |
| TeSPA National Championship | Jan 30 | Apr 30 | HS | TBC | twitch.tv |
| China Cup I | Feb ? | Feb | CS:GO | $700,000 | twitch.tv |
| HCG 2017 KR season kickoff | Feb. 3 | Feb 3 | HotS | TBC | twitch.tv |
| ZEN Esports Network League 2017 (ANZ) | Feb. 4 | Apr 13 | CS:GO | $100,000 | twitch.tv |
| ESL Pro League Season 5 – NA | Feb. 7 | May 18 | CS:GO | $580,000 | twitch.tv |
| ESL Pro League Season 5 – EU | Feb. 7 | May 18 | CS:GO | $580,000 | twitch.tv |
| MLG CWL Atlanta Open | Feb. 10 | Feb 12 | CoD | $200,000 | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Masters Vegas | Feb. 15 | Feb 19 | CS:GO | $450,000 | twitch.tv |
| BEAST 7 (Sweden) | Feb. 17 | Feb 19 | Melee, S4 | $13,000 | twitch.tv |
| Oceanic Summer Series | Feb. 25 | Feb 26 | OW | TBC | twitch.tv |
| IEM Katowice | Mar. 3 | Mar 5 | CS:GO, SCII, HotS | $650,000 | twitch.tv |
| Eastern Clash | Mar. 17 | Mar 17 | HotS | $100,000 | twitch.tv |
| Copenhagen Games 2017 | Apr. 13 | Apr 15 | CS:GO | $40,000 | twitch.tv |
| CEO Dreamland | Apr. 14 | Apr 16 | Melee, S4, FGC | TBC | twitch.tv |
| cs_summit (Los Angeles) | Apr. 19 | Apr 23 | CS:GO | $100,000 | twitch.tv |
| Kiev Major | Apr. 20 | Apr 23 | Dota 2 | $3,000,000 | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Austin | Apr. 28 | Apr 30 | CS:GO, HS, Smash, SFV, SCII | $350,000 | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Tours | May 6 | May 8 | CS:GO | $500,000 | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Summer | Jun. 17 | Jun 20 | SCII, HotS | $500,000 | twitch.tv |
| Eastern Clash, Western Clash | Jul | Jul | HotS | $100,000 | twitch.tv |
| ESL One Cologne | Jul. 7 | Jul 9 | CS:GO | $1,000,000 | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Valencia | Jul. 13 | Jul 16 | SCII, CS:GO | $150,000 | twitch.tv |
| Evo | Jul. 14 | Jul 16 | FGC | $100,000 | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Atlanta | Jul. 21 | Jul 23 | CS:GO, HS, Dota 2 | $200,000 | twitch.tv |
| The International | Aug | Aug | DOTA 2 | TBC | twitch.tv |
| Shine 2017 (Boston) | Aug. 25 | Aug 27 | Melee | TBC | twitch.tv |
| League of Legends Worlds | Sept | Oct | LoL | $5,000,000 (TBC) | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Montreal | Sept 8 | Sep 10 | SCII | $50,000 | twitch.tv |
| ESL One New York | Sept 16 | Sep 17 | CS:GO | $250,000 | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Denver | Oct. 20 | Ot 22 | CS:GO | $100,000 | twitch.tv |
| HGC Finals | Nov | Nov | HotS | $1,000,000 | twitch.tv |
| WCS Global Finals | Nov | Nov | SCII | $1,000,000 | twitch.tv |
| DreamHack Winter (Sweden) | Nov. 30 | Dec 2 | CS:GO | TBC | twitch.tv |
| 2GG Championship (Santa Ana) | Dec. 1 | Dec 3 | S4 | $100,000 | twitch.tv |
Note: This table will be updated as soon as more information about prize pools and dates comes to hand. Check the official websites of the leagues for ticketing and other official information. If there is a tournament you would like included on this list, get in contact with Roar here.
Games Key
LoL: League of Legends
DOTA: Defense of the Ancients 2
CS:GO: Counter StrikeL Global Offensice
SCII: Starcraft 2
OW: Overwatch
COD: Call of Duty
HOTS: Heroes of the Storm
Melee: Super Smash Brothers: Melee
S4: Super Smash Brothers 4