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Huh? What's this?
For those of you who don't already know what this is about: I'm gathering various data (viewers, game, events, etc.) from all the streams that are presented on teamliquid.net (those that you can in the sidebar to your right) and use that data to produce the pretty tables and graphs you see below. The tables only contain SC2 players (that is, streams of people playing games of Starcraft 2) and not casters, teams or other streams. The tables also only contain Starcraft 2 related activities. So, for instance when CatZ is streaming Dota2, it will not be taken into account.
The data I gather is then turned into the tables you see below. One is sorted by the average viewers, the other is sorted by the average viewers times the hours streamed. The latter table favors those that stream a lot, while the former table favors popular streamers regardless of how much they stream. Either ranking has its advantages and disadvantages, and thus I present both.
For either table, I have a minimum required stream time of 5 hours to be included in the list.
The list
Due to space limitations, I have to shorten the headers and leave some data out of the tables presented here. You can get the full tables from the links below.
The headers aren't as clear as I'd like them to be thanks to this, so here's a quick explanation, just in case: "Viewers" denotes the average viewers in the given month. "Hours" are the hours played. "Place diff" and "Viewer diff" are the place and viewer differences compared to last month.
Also, the HTML version linked beneath the images has some more information that I had to leave out due to space limitation, most notably the featured status of the players.
Now, Without further ado, here's this month's tables:
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8028950/TL/top%2050%202014%2003.png)
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8028950/TL/top%2050%202014%2003x.png)
Stray observations and musings
- Despite losing some viewers and streaming a lot less, Stephano has gotten the most average viewers for the third month in a row. Retirement certainly doesn't stop this guy. Also, he is living proof that swarm host turtle play is the most exciting one there is.
- Speaking of retirement, Taiwanese player and streaming machine Hui also recently announced his retirement as a professional gamer. Despite this, he streamed even more SC2 than in the previous month, earning himself the #1 spot in the viewers*hours category.
- On average, almost every player lost some viewers last month, most notably Stephano, DeMuslim and Jaedong, who all lost about 800 viewers, give or take.
- Winter remains (apart from Hui, whose main audience is not coming from teamliquid.net) the highest placed non-featured streamer on both lists, even gaining some viewers in March. Congratulations!
- Dear Teamliquid admins and API writers: 1) You are awesome! Thanks to you, my life is so much easier. 2) Did you really have to follow Blizzard's lead on the abbreviation of their newest game? I was quite confused when I just couldn't find out why my scripts did not filter out Heroes of the Storm streams until I figured out that those streams have "HotS" as their game-flag. The same flag that was used for the beta of a certain other game abbreviated HotS.
- Here's some information on some of the lesser known names in the lists:
Hui:Hui is a Taiwanese player who is mostly playing in the TeSL. His fanbase seems to be found mostly outside of teamliquid and in the Taiwanese community, unsurprisingly.
KingCobra: He's a Russian streamer and commentator, mostly playing daily and weekly cups.- PsY is "an American Zerg player and YouTuber", says Liquipedia. And who am I to distrust Liquipedia?
- QueenE is a Swedish Protoss player playing for mYinsanity. Check out her Liquipedia entry for more information.
- AprilDai and Ketroc: I have no idea who they are, but they made it into the V*H category, so they must be awesome. If you know anything about these fine streamers, do let me know!
- Notable absentees last month: Sen, Taeja, DRG, Ret, HuK, Artosis, Tasteless
- If you find any mistakes or errors in the lists, please do let me know, especially concerning team changes or players that you are absolutely sure should be on the lists, but are not.
The big picture
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8028950/TL/Monthly%20viewers%202014%2003.png)
(The actual numbers are not important, it's the ratio between month that's important.)
Note that these are player streams only.
The slight downward trend continues. It's not all that significant in the overall picture (compare with the next graph), but a downward trend it is nonetheless.
Overall stream views
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8028950/TL/Monthly%20viewers%202014%2003 all.png)
(The actual numbers are not important, it's the ratio between month that's important.)
The downwards trend in player stream viewers has been compensated by the overall viewer numbers in the last few months, and while the numbers for March are down slightly, there's no upwards or downwards trend to be seen here. Things are stable, even if not on the highest of levels.
Note that this graph does not include the ShoutCraft Clan Wars live viewer numbers, since they are not available.
WCS/GSL
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8028950/TL/WCS%202014%2003.png)
WCS EU has its clear advantage over the other two regions back, though it's slightly worrying that the advanced rounds in both WCS EU and GSL did not gain any viewers, and even lost some viewers in some cases. Let's see what the Code S finals will bring.
Proleague
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8028950/TL/Proleague%20ATC%202014%2003.png)
Just like the previous month, the Proleague numbers are fluctuating, but on a high level (compared to previous Proleague rounds). And just like with WCS, the interest in the playoffs has not been quite as high as in the regular rounds, although in this case the length of the matches (one instead of two) might explain that. It takes a while to build a viewership, and when the event is done before that happens, the average viewer count will inevitably suffer.
That's all for this month. Hope you guys enjoyed, as always. Any kind of feedback is always welcome!
Older entries
- Top 50 streamers in February 2014
- Top 50 streamers in January 2014
- Top 100 streamers of 2013 (+ Top 50 of December)
- Top 50 streamers in November 2013
- Top 50 streamers in October 2013 (+ WCS numbers)
- Top 50 streamers in September 2013 (+ WCS numbers)
- Top 50 streamers in August 2013 (plus WCS numbers)
- Top 50 streamers in July 2013 (plus WCS numbers)
- Top 50 streamers in June 2013 (plus WCS numbers)
- Top 50 streamers in May 2013 (plus WCS numbers)
- Top 50 streamers in April 2013 (+ WCS/GSTL/SPL!)
- Top 50 streamers in March 2013 (HotS numbers!)
- Top 50 streamers in February 2013 + Proleague/GSL
- Top 50 streamers in Jan.2013+Proleague/GSL viewers
- Top 50 streamers in Dec 2012 (plus Top 100 2012!*)
- Top 50 streamers in November 2012
- Top 50 streamers in October 2012
- Top 50 streamers in September 2012
- Top 50 streamers in August 2012
- Top 50 streamers in July 2012
- Top 50 streamers in June 2012
- Top 50 streamers in May 2012
- Who is the most popular streamer?(Numbers inside!) (March-April 2012)
