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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#10 Smite
Kicking off this list of the most popular Twitch esports as of June 2016 is Smite. If our publisher Yami is as good a Smite god as she claims to be, maybe she can help push the popular mythology based MOBA a little higher up in the rankings next month. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
#9 Heroes of the Storm
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
#8 Super Smash Bros.
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
#7 Street Fighter V
Street Fighter V is the highest ranking fighting game on this month's list coming in at #7. With EVO 2016 kicking off, SFV is poised to jump even higher next month. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
#6 Call of Duty: Black Ops III
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
#5 StarCraft II
StarCraft II continues to be the lone RTS holding down the fort for the genre. A whopping 68% of StarCraft 2's total Twitch hours comes in through major esport events. All entry information via Newzoo Esports
#4 Hearthstone
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
#3 Counter-Strike: GO
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
#2 League of Legends
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
#1 DOTA 2
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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Published: Jul 15, 2016 11:30 am