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Q1 2019 Esports Rankings

Top 10 Esports Organizations

Esports organizations can deliver tremendous value for their brand partners, based on the size of their social reach and engagement. Much of this social footprint is being driven by a growing presence of influencers, who do not compete on a team or in a particular league. For the first time, brands can now understand how esports organizations rank based on their roster of team players compared to influencers. GumGum Sports' esports rankings is based on an exclusive Q1 2019 analysis of social reach for team, player and influencer accounts across Twitch, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

by PRO Players

1. FaZe Clan

2. Team SoloMid

3. Team Liquid

4. Immortals/MIBR/ LA Valiant

5. Optic GAMING

6. Cloud9

7. G2 esports

8. FNATIC

9. TEAM Vitality

10. EVIL GENIUSES

Esports organizations rally behind new game titles like Apex Legends, acquiring skilled influencers such as NRG’s Dizzy, to become relevant in trending games. Top influencers competing with each other also attract other upcoming streamers to try new games.

Loaded.gg has a massive social footprint, but was not accounted for in this top 10 as it is 100 percent made up of their influencer roster and they have several influencers who also affiliate with other esports organizations.

Games can hit waves of popularity, which allows windows of opportunity for upcoming streamers to make a mark and gain huge followings like TSM’s Myth and Daequan with Fortnite.

FaZe’s roster includes legacy players now retired from competitive gaming, who make up the majority of their social footprint as influencers. This helped FaZe rise to the top spot.

Fortnite influencers and top pros help raise teams up the standings. Tenured CS:GO players have large social footprints and can bring 1m+ followers to any esports organization.

Pros and influencers who didn’t post within the past few months of their previous post saw up to three percent in lost followers. Pros and influencers who did post gained anywhere from 10-40 percent in followers.

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Newer esports organizations can drive reach comparable to their more established competitors, based on their social influencer roster and their unique content creation/distribution capabilities.

Positioning a skilled player as a conerstone of an esports organization can solidify that influencer—like Cloud9’s Sneaky or Team Liquid’s Doublelift—as a marquee player for a particular game title.

The most popular game titles based on social footprint of team players and influencers are Fortnite, CSGo, Dota and League of Legends.

Top 10 Esports Organizations

BY INFLUENCERS

1. FaZe Clan

2. Team SoloMid

3. NRG ESPORTS

4. 100 THIEVES

5. OPTIC GAMING

6. Counter logic gaming

7. TEAM VITALITY

8. ROGUE

9. TEAM LIQUID

10. Cloud9

Top 10 Esports Organizations

OVERALL

1. FaZe Clan

2. Team SoloMid

3. NRG Esports

4. OPTIC GAMING

5. TEAM LIQUID

7. TEAM VITALITY

8. CLOUD 9

9. FNATIC

10. ROGUE

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