Six Invitational Viewership – Regressing from Last Year
Last year, the Six Invitational made headlines after scoring the highest peak viewership in the history of competitive Rainbow Six Siege. However, the Six Invitational 2025 event failed to reach this peak in any capacity – read on as we discuss Six Invitational viewership and other outcomes of this prestigious tournaments.
Six Invitational Viewership – Studying the Stats
Brazil defended the international throne with FaZe Clan claiming the Six Invitational this past weekend after an impression Lower Bracket run. After defeating Team BDS in the Grand Final, R6S betting was at its most exciting.
Here’s a look at the top 5 viewed Six Invitational tournaments ever:
- Six Invitational 2024 – 521,374 peak viewers
- Six Invitational 2025 – 379,376 peak viewers
- Six Invitational 2018 – 316,096 peak viewers
- Six Invitational 2019 – 315,240 peak viewers
- Six Invitational 2021 – 306,494 peak viewers
Specifically, the 2025 iteration saw a return of only 73% of peak viewers from last year – let’s try figure out why.
Regression All Season Long?
First things first, poor viewership was prevalent throughout all of the 2024-25 season for even the best R6S teams.
All Majors this season fell outside of the top 15 R6S events of all-time, with the BLAST R6 Major Manchester and R6 Major Montreal failing to garner traction from the audience.
From the community’s point of view, the following has disappointed players and pushed them to other titles in the market:
- Lacklustre content updates
- Poor balancing
- Prevalence of cheating
- No communication from Ubisoft
As a live-service title entering Year 9, Ubisoft has made an effort to keep players engaged, enjoying a boost in players from November to January 2025 surrounding the event’s hype. However, the develop has struggled in converting casual players into members of the esports industry.
Perhaps, improving the competitive format to include more tournaments throughout the year could definitely help. Hosting four international tournaments, one roughly every 3 months, does result in a stagnant calendar littered with league matches.
If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from the past few years of esports – nobody watches meaningless league matches, where tournament/bracket play is what pushes engagement levels and Rainbow Six betting odds.
Rainbow 6 Siege X – The Answer?
Moreover, with all of that Six Invitational viewership, Ubisoft revealed “a new era of Rainbow Six Siege“.
Naturally, Ubisoft has only teased the information without any official confirmation of what the changes to come are. Accordingly, once March comes knocking, we’ll be tuning in to see what they have up their sleeve.
However, if it’s just more of the same old content, we’re not sure much will change. We’re hoping for serious balance changes and reworks which could help bring old players and new players back on the game.
Six Invitational Viewership – Fix the Format
In conclusion, Ubisoft needs to take notes from Call of Duty and VALORANT competitions.
For example, Call of Duty is experimenting with Minor tournaments throughout the season to spice up league matches while VALORANT includes a curious Group Stage/Round Robin format which adds a layer to the competition.
Boring league matches are what plague the likes of Overwatch and minor LoL leagues such as the LCS and LEC.
However, with the R6S 2025 tournaments revealed, we’re not sure much will change in terms of viewership.
