PMWC 2026 draws nearly 1.78M peak viewers

The PUBG Mobile World Cup 2026 drew a peak live audience of nearly 1.78 million viewers during Round 14 of the Grand Finals. Organizers reported the figure as the game’s second-largest tournament peak and the highest since 2021.

Peak viewers for PMWC 2026 rose about 28% compared with PMWC 2025. Hindi-language broadcasts recorded a 247.8% increase in hours watched and a 196.9% rise in peak viewers year over year, coinciding with the return of Indian teams. Turkish-language peak viewership increased 249.1% year over year.

Three Turkish organizations reached the Grand Finals — S2G Esports, ULF Esports and IDA Esports — and S2G won the championship, securing the organization’s second PUBG Mobile world title. Nongshim RedForce finished second and Aurora Gaming placed third; both teams recorded their best-ever results at an S-Tier event.

Promotional Facebook streams during the Grand Finals collectively attracted more than 785,000 live viewers. Public audience figures from Chinese livestreaming platforms were excluded from the released statistics because their metrics are not directly comparable with concurrent viewership data from other platforms.

Compared with the all-time peak for PUBG Mobile tournaments, PMWC 2026 remained below the 3.8 million peak recorded at the PUBG Mobile Global Championship Season 0 in 2021. Within the Esports World Cup program, PMWC 2026 ranked as the second most-watched event to date; its peak was roughly 20% higher than the League of Legends event and below the 2.89 million peak recorded by the MLBB Mid Season Cup 2026.