Esports Charts Extends Analytics Deal With StarLadder

Esports Charts has renewed its viewership analytics partnership with StarLadder for StarSeries Season 20. The Counter-Strike Main Event will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from Sept. 17 to 20, 2026, with eight teams competing on LAN for a share of a $500,000 prize pool.

The renewal continues a collaboration active during the 2026 season. Esports Charts supplied live audience data for regional Closed Qualifiers in July and August and will provide real-time viewership metrics and audience distribution data throughout the Barcelona Main Event.

Artyom Odintsov, co-founder and CEO of Esports Charts, commented that the company was glad to continue working with StarLadder for the series’ 20th season and to deliver audience data that tracks reach and engagement across the tournaments.

Viacheslav Shcherbakov, head of sales and partnerships at StarLadder, noted that independent audience measurement helps the organizer and its commercial partners assess who they reach across markets and identify new commercial opportunities while maintaining transparency.

StarSeries launched in 2012 and returned to Counter-Strike in 2025. The comeback edition in Budapest recorded about 1.3 million hours watched and a peak of 90,987 concurrent viewers, the sixth-highest peak in the history of the StarSeries Counter-Strike circuit. Esports Charts will publish viewership analytics during the Barcelona event to inform partners and sponsors about audience size and distribution.