Leading eSports countries ranked by number of active players 2023

The United States was the leading eSports country worldwide according to the number of active eSports competition players in 2023. The U.S. led the list with more than 3.5 thousand active competition players, followed by China and Brazil with two thousand and 1.36 thousand professional eSports players, respectively. The United States was also the country with the largest eSports market worldwide in 2022.Who are the most successful eSports players worldwide?If a professional gamer’s success can be measured by the prizes they win from tournament victories, then Denmark’s Johan Sundstein was the leading eSports player worldwide as of September 2023. Sundstein, who players under the alias of N0tail, earned more than seven million U.S. dollars, more than half a million U.S. dollars more than second placed Jesse Vainikka. Meanwhile, Canadian Sasha Hostyn was the most successful female eSports player worldwide according to her overall earnings, having won about 443 thousand U.S. dollars.Which eSports tournaments are the most lucrative?Due in part to the popularity of eSports gaming worldwide, tournament organizers are able to offer large financial prizes to competition champions. As of 2023, the 2021 iteration of The International was the leading eSports competition worldwide according to their overall prize pool. The championship, organized annually by Valve, is for professional players of the multiplayer online battle arena video game Dota 2 and is the final event in the Dota Pro Circuit. Dota 2 was also the leading eSports game worldwide by tournament prize pool in 2023, with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) ranking second in the list.

根据2023年活跃的电子竞技竞赛玩家数量，美国在全球范围内位居电子竞技领先国家。美国以超过三千五百名活跃竞赛玩家领先榜单，紧随其后的是中国和巴西，分别拥有两千名和一千三百六十名职业电子竞技选手。美国也是2022年全球电子竞技市场规模最大的国家。谁是全球最成功的电子竞技选手？若以职业游戏玩家在锦标赛胜利中获得的奖金作为成功与否的衡量标准，截至2023年9月，丹麦的Johan Sundstein（玩家昵称N0tail）是全球最杰出的电子竞技选手。Sundstein凭借超过七百万美元的收入，比排名第二的Jesse Vainikka高出五十万美元以上。与此同时，加拿大人Sasha Hostyn凭借其整体收入成为全球最成功的女性电子竞技选手，其收入约为四十四万三千美元。哪些电子竞技锦标赛最具盈利性？由于全球电子竞技游戏的普及，锦标赛组织者能够为冠军提供巨额奖金。截至2023年，根据总奖金池，2021年的《国际邀请赛》（The International）是全球最具影响力的电子竞技竞赛。这项由Valve公司每年举办的赛事，面向多玩家在线战斗竞技场视频游戏Dota 2的职业玩家，是Dota Pro Circuit的最终赛事。Dota 2在2023年也是以锦标赛奖金池计算，全球最具影响力的电子竞技游戏，而《绝地求生》（PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds，简称PUBG）位列第二。