Team Vitality Wins StarLadder StarSeries Season 20 As Grand Final Peaks at Over 318,000 Viewers

Team Vitality defeated Aurora Gaming 3-1 in the Grand Final to win StarLadder StarSeries Season 20, the $500,000 Counter-Strike 2 tournament held September 17-20. Fans from around the world watched 5.3 million hours of the anniversary edition, according to viewership data from Esports Charts, StarLadder’s official viewership analytics partner.

The Biggest Stage, the Biggest Audience



Vitality's title run reached its climax against Aurora, with the pair meeting again in the Grand Final after their earlier clash in the Upper Bracket. The rematch pulled the tournament’s biggest audience, peaking at 313,618 viewers. Their first meeting had already put the matchup among the event’s biggest draws, while Vitality’s final day series against FURIA gave fans another big matchup to follow.
Crowned StarSeries Season 20 champions, Vitality claimed their first title since May.

The Road to StarSeries Season 20

Teams across three regions fought for a place at the StarSeries Season 20 Main Event.
Aurora took the spotlight across the three regions, with their Play-In match against HOTU peaking at 52,076 live viewers. The team also featured in two other high-viewership matches against TN and K27.

MIBR vs LYP was South America’s most-watched matchup, while NRG vs Voca led the North American qualifier.

A Global Audience

StarSeries Season 20 had fans tuning in across five streaming platforms.

Kick led the chart with 52.5% of total Hours Watched (2,819,460 hours), followed by Twitch at 31.2% (1,677,348 hours) and YouTube at 16.1% (868,860 hours). The remaining hours were spread across two additional platforms.

The most-watched languages were:

• • Portuguese — 21.72%
• • English — 19.83%
• • Russian — 15.26%
• • Turkish — 12.37%
• • French — 8.20%
• • Ukrainian — 5.10%

A further 13 languages, including Spanish, Mongolian and Finnish, made up the rest of the audience.

About Esports Charts

Esports Charts is an analytical service that timely aggregates viewership insights about esports, sports, and entertainment events. Since 2016, we have been focused on making esports data more accessible and transparent for businesses and the broader community of esports enthusiasts. Our ability to analyze tournament information from streaming platforms, offering comprehensive viewership statistics as well as detailed analytics on players, organizations, and games, all in one centralized place, sets Esports Charts apart in the market. 

About StarLadder 

Founded in 2001, StarLadder is an esports tournament organiser and production company with a history spanning Counter-Strike, Dota 2 and some of the biggest events in competitive gaming. Its portfolio includes the StarSeries, the CS Major in Berlin in 2019, the CS2 Major in Budapest in 2025, and The Chongqing Major.
StarLadder provides tournament operations, studio and broadcast production, and live streaming for audiences worldwide. Find out more at www.starladder.com