FURIA’s quarter-final exit against BetBoom drew Beijing’s biggest single audience, while MOUZ’s 54-round sweep of The MongolZ missed the top five.
IEM Beijing 2026 peaked at 720,859 concurrent viewers, according to Esports Charts, about 52,000 more than PGL Masters Bucharest managed a week earlier. The grand final played no part in it. MOUZ‘ 3-0 win over The MongolZ on Sunday is not among the event’s five most-watched series.
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MongolZMirage 13-5, Dust II 13-6, Inferno 13-4The peak came on Wednesday 4 November, the last day of the group stage, when MongolZ against FURIA and NAVI against Team Falcons were on air at the same time. No single series reached that figure on its own.
FURIA and NAVI drew the crowds
The most-watched series of the week was FURIA against BetBoom Team in the quarter-finals on Friday, which peaked at 608,868. It was also the end of FURIA’s event: BetBoom finally got the better of them 2-1, with zorte on 62-36.
NAVI appeared in each of the next four. Their group stage loss to FURIA on Tuesday peaked at 517,693. The win over Falcons on Wednesday followed with 491,279.
That leaves the final somewhere below 447,246. MOUZ were not involved in any of the top five, even on their way to the title. The final started at 15:30 local time in Beijing, which was on a Sunday morning in Europe.
Higher peak, smaller week than Bucharest
We reported Bucharest’s 667,000 peak after FURIA beat Nemiga there. Esports Charts has since moved that figure up to 668,964, still well short of Beijing. On every other measure, though, Bucharest came out ahead.
| IEM Beijing 2026 | PGL Masters Bucharest 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Peak viewers | 720,859 | 668,964 |
| Most-watched series | FURIA vs BetBoom, 608,868 | Nemiga vs FURIA, 668,964 |
| Grand final | MOUZ 3-0 MongolZ, not in top five | FURIA 3-2 Nemiga, top of the list |
| Hours watched | 12,544,088 | 20,240,205 |
| Average viewers | 222,020 | 265,736 |
| Airtime | 56h 30m | 76h 10m |
In Bucharest, the final was the main event: FURIA’s five-map win over Nemiga set the peak. In Beijing, the biggest audiences came earlier in the week. Portuguese was the most-watched broadcast language at both events.
Only 54 rounds in the final
The final was also over quickly: MOUZ needed only 54 rounds to win it, the fewest in a Bo5 final at a big CS2 event by Dust2 Brasil‘s count. MOUZ were also on the losing side of the second-shortest, against Team Vitality at ESL Pro League Season 21.
| Final | Result | Rounds |
|---|---|---|
| IEM Beijing 2026 | MOUZ 3-0 MongolZ (13-5, 13-6, 13-4) | 54 |
| ESL Pro League Season 21 |  Vitality 3-0 MOUZ (13-9, 13-4, 13-5) | 57 |
| BLAST Premier World Final 2024 |  G2 3-0  Spirit (13-7, 13-5, 13-7) | 58 |
| PGL Bucharest 2025 |  Falcons 3-0 G2 (13-5, 13-7, 13-8) | 59 |
| IEM Katowice 2025 | Vitality 3-0 Spirit (13-6, 13-5, 13-11) | 61 |
MongolZ never reached seven rounds on any map. We looked at how the title fits MOUZ’s year in how xertioN took MOUZ from 11th to the top of the VRS, and the final itself in our report on MOUZ’s 3-0.
The next chance to set a new peak is the PGL Major Singapore, where MOUZ arrive top of the VRS.
