The Mobile Legends Professional League Philippines (MPL Philippines), the Southeastern Asian country’s top-tier league for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, has recorded its highest-ever peak viewership for its 14th season.
The season saw a peak of 1.6m viewers and around 130,000 average viewers across over 161 hours of airtime, according to esports data platform Esports Charts.
The previous peak viewership record for MPL Philippines was in 2021 when Season 7 recorded around 1.4m viewers.
According to Esports Charts, the event has seen a substantial increase in viewership when compared to Season 12, which took place at roughly the same time in 2023. When compared to 2023, the latest season had around 900,000 more peak viewers and around 60,000 more average viewers.
The most popular match of the event was the grand final between Fnatic ONIC PH, a team co-created through a partnership between Fnatic and ONIC, and Aurora Gaming, a Serbian esports organisation that entered the league earlier this year. Aurora Gaming was the most popular team in the tournament, with 11.1m hours watched compared to FNC ONIC PH’s 8m. Despite its popularity though, Fnatic ONIC walked out victorious to be crowned MPL Philippines champions.
The MPL Philippines is one of the most popular esports leagues in Southeast Asia, and the second-most popular MLBB league in the world, behind MPL Indonesia. The league is franchised and has two seasons annually. The first season of the year seeds teams to the Mid-Season Cup, and the second one sends the two top teams directly to the World Championship, called M6 this season.
There are two more major regional leagues left before the slots for the M6 are filled, with MPL Indonesia and MPL Malaysia seasons concluding soon. The best MLBB teams will then prepare for the World Championship, set to take place between November 21st and December 15th in Kuala Lumpur’s Axiata Arena.
