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Overwatch Stats, Facts and News

Last Updated on: January 7th, 2021

Overwatch Stats and Facts

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Overwatch Details

    • Game Developer(s):
    • Blizzard
    • Game Publisher(s):
    • Activision Blizzard
    • Year Released:
    • 2014
    • Available Platform(s):
    • Nintendo Switch
    • PlayStation 4
    • Xbox One
    • PC
    • Number of Players:
    • Multiplayer
    • Type(s) of Game:
    • First Person Shooter Video Games

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Overwatch Description

Overwatch is a colorful team-based shooter game starring a diverse cast of powerful heroes. Travel the world, build a team, and contest objectives in exhilarating 6v6 combat.

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PC  Xbox One PS4

Overwatch Stats

Few video games have had the immediate and transcendent impact that Blizzard’s Overwatch did when it was released in May 2016. The team-oriented first-person shooter has become an eSports rockstar with tens of millions of players and spawning a larger-than-life global Overwatch League that has attracted investment from some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment. It may still be relatively new, but there is much that can be measured about Overwatch.

Here are a few of the most interesting Overwatch statistics I have been able to dig up in my travels (including Overwatch player count). As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

How many people play Overwatch?

50 million active Overwatch players

Last updated 4/9/20


Number of Overwatch players over the game’s first year:

30 million


Number of Overwatch players during its open beta:

10 million


Number of hero characters in Overwatch:

25


Number of hours players spent on Overwatch during its first week:

119 million hours


Amount of revenue that Overwatch has generated:

$1 billion Last updated 7/23/19


Overwatch is the fastest game to hit 20 million players in Blizzard history.


Minimum amount professional players on Overwatch League teams earn:

$50,000/year


Number of Overwatch League teams announced so far:

20 teams Last updated 9/7/18


Estimated amount each Overwatch League team pays for franchise rights:

$20 million each


Number of viewers for the Overwatch League’s first day:

425,000 viewers


Number of viewers for the Overwatch League’s first week:

10 million viewers


Number of viewers for the Overwatch League’s opening week 2019:

13 million


Average number of viewers every minute of the Overwatch League’s 2019 season’s opening week:

440,000


Number of countries where Overwatch League games were viewed in its second season opening week:

190


Number of languages the Overwatch League’s second season opening week was broadcast in:

6


Average number of viewers for the Overwatch League’s 2019 Overwatch Grand Finals:

1.12 million viewers


YOY Growth in number of viewers for the Overwatch League’s Overwatch Grand Finals from 2018-2019:

16% growth


Total points of damage that have been dealt out in Overwatch play:

38 trillion Last updated 5/24/18


Total points of damage that have been healed in Overwatch play:

17 trillion Last updated 5/24/18


Total number of objectives that have been captured in Overwatch play:

56 trillion Last updated 5/24/18


Amount of time people spend watching the Overwatch League per year:

160 million hours


Amount Twitch paid for the rights to the Overwatch League:

$90 million


Percentage of Overwatch League fans that play the game:

82%


Total time spent watching Overwatch content across streaming platforms for Q1 2019:

72.8 million hours


Total time spent watching Overwatch content across streaming platforms for Q2 2019:

84 million hours

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Overwatch News

  • Overwatch League Announces 2021 Season Details, January 18, 2021
  • Overwatch’s new Winter Wonderland event goes live with new mode, skins, December 16, 2020
  • Overwatch is free to play over the Christmas break, December 24, 2020
  • Overwatch Gets Free Trial Week On Nintendo Switch, October 15, 2020
  • Overwatch Halloween Terror 2020 Event Is Live with Spooky New Skins, October 16, 2020
  • Jeff Kaplan says Blizzard “wants to do a better job” in making Overwatch League more accessible, October 9, 2020
  • ‘Overwatch’ Isn’t A Dead Game — It Has 10 Million Monthly Active Users, October 31, 2020
  • Overwatch 2 Release Date: Every Rumor and Theory, October 28, 2020
  • Overwatch League Shares Roadmap For 2021 Season, November 25, 2020
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