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This one is done a bit more hastily than others, thanks to upcoming math exams. Did you know that the empty set is a generator for the trivial group? >.>
Table of contents
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%2002.png)
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8028950/TL/top%2050%202014%2002x.png)
Stray observations and musings
- Just like last month, Stephano was the dominating streaming force, getting the #1 spot in both lists this time around. Despite losing some viewers, he has a comfortable lead over the corresponding second place streamers.
- In contrast to the last couple of months, the top 4 of the average viewer category are streamers who streamed a good number of hours this time. That didn't help Destiny, who lost a few places in both categories from losing some viewers and streaming considerably less hours of SC2.
- I forgot to mention last time that these numbers include (and will continue to include) players streaming Starbow, or any other SC2 mod. I don't think there's a good reason to differentiate the two, as I then would have to exclude streamers playing arcade games with their subs as well. Which is pretty much impossible for me to do, anyhow, as I have to work within the game categories used on teamliquid.net.
- Speaking of which, welcome back, Tasteless, who did stream some Starbow last month.
- 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?
- Winter: A nice guy who has managed to get 490 viewers on average despite not being featured. Go check him out!
- Notable absentees last month: MarineKing, IdrA, CranK, SaSe.
- 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%2002.png)
(The actual numbers are not important, it's the ratio between month that's important.)
Note that these are player streams only.
Not a whole lot to say here. Player stream numbers have gone down again, now that WCS is back in full force (and doing pretty well, as shown below).
Overall stream views
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8028950/TL/Monthly%20viewers%202014%2002 all.png)
(The actual numbers are not important, it's the ratio between month that's important.)
And while the player stream numbers have gone down, the overall numbers have gone up slightly. Next month's numbers are more interesting, with the IEM World Championship coming up. Let's see if their move to a winner-takes-all prize pool is going to pay off or not.
As I mentioned last month, I'm not sure if I will continue the overall monthly viewer chart once MLG comes around, as there won't be any live viewer numbers available for that event.
WCS/GSL
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8028950/TL/WCS%202014%2002.png)
The WCS numbers are getting more and more equal. While WCS Europe used to get higher numbers, regularly beating the 30.000 viewers mark, both WCS America and GSL are getting pretty good viewer numbers. WCS AM especially is getting more and more viewers.
Proleague
![[image loading]](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8028950/TL/Proleague%202014%2002.png)
Proleague numbers are still fluctuating a good bit, but much like WCS AM, the numbers are steadily growing bigger, with the highest average being >20.000 viewers for Samsung Khan vs. SKT1. The Race Wars were not quite getting as much interest, however.
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 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)
