The graph shows the leading eSports professional players on Twitter worldwide as of January 2016, ranked by the number of fans. As of the measured period, Søren Bjerg, a player from Denmark also known as Bjergsen, was the most famous on Twitter, with 604 thousand followers. He was followed by Enrique Martínez, aka xPeke, who gathered 596 thousand followers on Twitter. At the same time, Søren Bjerg was also the leading pro eSports player on Twitch, as his channel had nearly 68 million views in the measured period. Surprisingly, among professional players on Facebook, Bjerg ranked last, with 296 thousand fans in January 2016.
Leading eSports professional players on Twitter worldwide as of January 2016, by number of followers
(in 1,000s)
The source provides the following explanation to the methodology: "The following data only takes professional eSports players into account who participated at the premier tournaments of 2015 (in Dota2 and CS:GO) or are participating at the League of Legends Championship Series 2016 (LCS) and its equivalents in South Korea, China, South East Asia and Brazil. By looking at the data, please be aware of the fact that services like Facebook, twitter or twitch.tv are not used by all professional players; especially players from Asia use Asia-based services."
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eSports Marketing Blog. (January 22, 2016). Leading eSports professional players on Twitter worldwide as of January 2016, by number of followers (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/507443/leading-esports-pro-players-twitter-worldwide-by-followers/
eSports Marketing Blog. "Leading eSports professional players on Twitter worldwide as of January 2016, by number of followers (in 1,000s)." Chart. January 22, 2016. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/507443/leading-esports-pro-players-twitter-worldwide-by-followers/
eSports Marketing Blog. (2016). Leading eSports professional players on Twitter worldwide as of January 2016, by number of followers (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/507443/leading-esports-pro-players-twitter-worldwide-by-followers/
eSports Marketing Blog. "Leading Esports Professional Players on Twitter Worldwide as of January 2016, by Number of Followers (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jan 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/507443/leading-esports-pro-players-twitter-worldwide-by-followers/
eSports Marketing Blog, Leading eSports professional players on Twitter worldwide as of January 2016, by number of followers (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/507443/leading-esports-pro-players-twitter-worldwide-by-followers/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Leading eSports professional players on Twitter worldwide as of January 2016, by number of followers (in 1,000s) [Graph], eSports Marketing Blog, January 22, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/507443/leading-esports-pro-players-twitter-worldwide-by-followers/
