Tag: audience insights

The Esports Attention Economy

April 22, 2020

Tags: attention economy, audience analytics, eSports iQ, audience insights

Categories:analytics, Insights, eSports iQ

“Before you can have a share of market, you must have a share of mind.”  Linda Wolf, former chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide  Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic – gaming video content is having a coming of age moment. See: Twitch topped three billion hours watched over the first quarter of 2020. Likewise, competitive video games are currently the world’s lone sport, which … Continue reading “The Esports Attention Economy”

More Esports Sponsorship ROI

September 25, 2019

Tags: esports sponsorship ROI, audience analytics, audience insights

Categories:analytics, eSports iQ, Sponsorship

“At some point, someone will ask, if I have to spend one dollar, is that best spent on esports versus a TV spot versus something else? And if we can’t justify that through data, esports will always lose out.” Brian Lancey, Mastercard’s head of global marketing and sponsorships via Digiday Data-driven decision making is the future. … Continue reading “More Esports Sponsorship ROI”

Overwatch League Audience Profile

October 17, 2018

Tags: eSports iQ, esports audience analytics, audience insights, Overwatch League

Categories:analytics, Insights, eSports iQ

Esports growth is being fueled by its audience. See: A quarter of the world’s population will be aware of esports by 2021 (Newzoo research). In turn, understanding this growing audience is central to unlocking commercial opportunities. So, in light of continued investment into Blizzard’s Overwatch League (OWL), we used our eSports iQ analytics engine to transform social … Continue reading “Overwatch League Audience Profile”

eSports iQ – Version 3.0

August 29, 2018

Tags: Fortnite, eSports iQ, esports audience analytics, audience insights, eSports, FIFA

Categories:analytics

The esports experience continues to grow roots in the physical world. For example, the Overwatch League recently expanded to Atlanta (USA) and Guangzhou (China). Likewise, eSports iQ version 3.0 is now available with several new features, including: Insights from 40,000+ competitive video game fans across Latin America (LATAM) and the United Kingdom (UK) FIFA and Fortnite audiences UI layout improvements A new lifestyle interest visualization … Continue reading “eSports iQ – Version 3.0”

League of Legends 2017 Worlds Audience Insights

November 8, 2017

Tags: audience insights, Worlds 2017, eSports, League of Legends

Categories:Insights

We’ve been quietly at work for the past 6 months. Our goal: Engineer a software platform that uncovers hidden insights about esports audiences. Our perspective: Viewership and content consumption measurement are surface-level insights. Likewise, survey-based data treats esports like a homogenous group and misses key details. It is unique groups of people – who play and … Continue reading “League of Legends 2017 Worlds Audience Insights”