The
LPL has long been one of the most
competitive and
passionate regions in
League of Legends circuit, but in recent years, its overall popularity and viewership numbers have been in decline. Despite this trend, one team continues to carry much of the league’s hype and fan engagement:
Invictus Gaming. Whenever the organization steps onto the Rift, it draws massive crowds both online and offline, with discussions and highlights flooding social media after every match.
A look at the ten most-watched regular season matches in LPL history shows IG’s unmatched drawing power. The team features in every single entry, highlighting just how crucial they are to the league’s appeal.
These numbers reflect domestic viewership only and are calculated differently across Chinese platforms such as
Huya,
Bilibili,
Douyu,
Kuaishou, and
Tencent Video, unlike international analytics sites like
Esports Charts, which track global peak and average viewers. As such, the rankings highlight IG’s massive popularity in China rather than serving as a direct comparison to worldwide statistics. Below are the top ten matches:
Even though IG’s
recent clashes with Bilibili Gaming in 2025 ranked an impressive fourth and sixth, it still fell short of the peak numbers from 2020, when their showdown with FunPlus Phoenix, the World Champions at that time, reached nearly six million views. The data also reveals another important trend: most of the top-viewed games came from 2020 and 2021, years often considered the last golden era of LPL viewership. Since then, the league’s popularity has noticeably declined.
With the current “superteam” iteration of IG performing well and securing high-profile matches against rivals like BLG, the team is once again in a position to qualify for Worlds. If they do, IG will undoubtedly be one of the most closely watched squads on the international stage. Fans are eager to see if the team can replicate its past glory and spark a new wave of excitement for the LPL.
