Riot Games and League of Legends have shown their muscles in an impressive video for Season 2022. The impressive viewer numbers clearly show how big the MOBA is globally compared to other video games.
What kind of video is it? The video from League of Legends is titled “The Call” and was released in January as a cinematic for Season 2022. The video features over 4 minutes of action-packed battles in beautiful visuals and showcases the iconic heroes of the MOBA in a cinematic manner.
What does the video say about the size of LoL? The video has garnered a staggering number of over 138 million views almost eight months after its release. In addition, there are 790,000 likes and nearly 32,000 comments.
Just the top comments on YouTube have around 12,000 likes. YouTube user Bongo car even received over 26,000 likes for saying, “I love that everyone is playing 4v5 and Ornn is just peacefully farming in the top lane and pursuing his blacksmith hobby.”
LoL Cinematic Beats the Competition
How does it fare against other major gaming titles? We at MeinMMO took a look around on YouTube to see which video game trailers have also been clicked millions of times. However, the comparison to LoL clearly shows that we are talking about two different levels:
The following gaming trailers stood out due to their view counts:
- Grand Theft Auto V Trailer: 83 million views (via YouTube)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man E3 Gameplay: 75.8 million views (via YouTube)
- Battlefield 1 Reveal Trailer: 69.9 million views (via YouTube)
- World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Cinematic: 34.6 million views (via YouTube)
- Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Trailer: 33 million views (via YouTube)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – Gameplay Reveal Trailer: 29.9 million views (via YouTube)
League of Legends measures up in our comparison of click numbers with gaming giants like GTA V, WoW, and CoD, and is still the only title on our list to reach a three-digit million value. The lead over our second place – GTA V – is almost 55 million clicks.
Even Game of Thrones Has No Chance Against LoL
How does LoL compare with other media? The 138 million views from League of Legends would also make a statement in other media. The cinematic video, for instance, is closer to the view counts of the “Marvel Avengers: Endgame” trailer (152 million views via YouTube) than to GTA V.
The trailer for Season 8 of the successful series Game of Thrones (69.9 million views via YouTube) has been left behind by the MOBA, making it by almost 20 million clicks the most-viewed trailer of the fantasy epic.
How do the view counts of the LoL cinematic affect you? Do you know of a game that was not included in our comparison that can keep up with League of Legends in terms of clicks? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
While League of Legends shows how big the MOBA is, Riot is already working on an MMORPG set in the world of LoL. When Twitch streamer Asmongold praised the upcoming title, the head of Riot jumped at the opportunity:
