Valorant had a big yr for esports, however its Twitch viewership numbers declined considerably in 2025, following notable retirements and the rise of different in style video games all year long.
Typically, most main esports titles suffered for Twitch viewership all through 2025 (in addition to Counter-Strike, which rose considerably). Riot Video games‘ different flagship title, League of Legends, skilled a 20% drop in viewership over the course of the yr.
And, in response to SullyGnome, Valorant’s drops have been even worse.
Valorant Hours Watched Down by Over 30%
In 2025, hours watched in Valorant on Twitch dropped nearly 270 million, a dip of 31%. The variety of hours streamed decreased by the same quantity, with a 29% loss, whereas the utmost viewership was nearly 50% decrease than it was in 2024.
This might be on account of a number of components. Whereas esports followers are nonetheless very a lot within the recreation, the extra informal participant base has slowly moved away from the FPS title, in favor of different new video games which have come out. This implies many now want to look at video games like Arc Raiders or Marvel Rivals, which have seen massive upticks all through 2025.
Valorant additionally misplaced some notable gamers this yr, most notably Tyson “TenZ” Ngo, who was a big contributor to Valorant’s viewership throughout his time competing earlier than his retirement.
Whereas he has nonetheless been enjoying Valorant in a big majority of his streams, it raises the query of whether or not his retirement has performed an element.
Whereas some viewers might have shifted to different platforms, similar to YouTube, to look at their Valorant content material, it’s unlikely that this could end in such a big drop on Twitch.
That stated, it’s nonetheless within the high 5 most-viewed classes on the platform, so it’s hardly panic stations for the sport proper now.
Little doubt Riot Video games might be methods to higher have interaction their gamers and viewers in 2026, however what that appears like precisely stays to be seen.
