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Top 10 Most Popular Twitch Esports Right Now

Clash of the MOBA titans.
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All entry information via Newzoo Esports
If our publisher Yami is such as Smite god as she claims to be, maybe she can help push the popular mythology based MOBA move a little higher up in the rankings next month. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
Hey, another MOBA! At number 9 is Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm which features iconic characters from the company’s famed franchises such as WarCraft and Diablo. All entry information via Newzoo Esports

Nintendo’s most popular esport title, Super Smash Bros. weighs in at #8. With little effort from Nintendo’s end, Smash has consistently been a popular draw. It will also be featured in July’s EVO competition. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
Street Fighter V is the highest ranking fighting game on this month’s list coming in at #7. With EVO 2016 kicking off, SF V is poised to jump even higher next month. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
Despite how polarizing the franchise is, Call of Duty continues to be a popular esport event. Interestingly enough though, only 11% of Black Ops III’s total Twitch hours comes through esports which is a much lower percentage than the next entry… All entry information via Newzoo Esports
StarCraft II continues to be the lone RTS holding down the fort amidst the sea of MOBAs. A whopping 68% of StarCraft 2’s total Twitch hours comes in through major esport events. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
Hearthstone continues its reign as the most popular card game on Twitch and it’s also Blizzard’s third, and most popular, esport on this top 10. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
Counter-Strike: GO remains the most popular non-MOBA esport in the world, wrapping up June in top 3, well ahead of Heartstone in terms of total esports hours. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
League had a successful June, totaling up 26.7 million esports hours. Despite being the #2 esport last month, it is by far the most popular game on Twitch in terms of total hours played. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
DOTA 2 topped LoL in the clash of the MOBA titans last month with 32.9 million total esports hours logged by viewers. Will it last into next month? All entry information via Newzoo Esports

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Ed McGlone
Ed McGlone was with Twinfinite from 2014 to 2022. Playing games since 1991, Ed loved writing about RPGs, MMOs, sports games and shooters.