Esports is now a trend in almost all ages around the world. Not only children, but also adults are involved in many esports activities. It must be admitted, the potential generated by Esports is very very profitable considering its rising position. In fact, now esports athletes have emerged to the 2022 Asian Games sports competitions.
Along with this, there are several countries that are starting to dominate the esports game. Even now emerging not only gamers but also esports athletes who have become separate icons in this sport. Which country is it?
Welcome to VazGaming, here are the countries with the largest earnings in the Esports sector Updated 2022. Is there Indonesia?
Biggest Esports Prize Winning Country Bonus: 50. Indonesia, 462 players (USD 1,348,312.73)
This is just a bonus, and maybe in the future Indonesia’s position will rise again. Ranked 50th in the last update of November 2022 with results from Esports USD 1,348,312 according to the site esportsearnings.com. For pro gamers you can look at: Fantastic! 100 Richest Indonesian Gamers with the Highest Earnings
10. Finland, 1417 players (USD 23,527,669.30)
The tenth position is currently filled by another European country, namely Finland. This country also has a very large number of pro gamers, you know, and there are three pro gamers who have the highest income thanks to winning the biggest prize tournament, The International. JerAx occupies the first position with revenues of USD 6 million or Rp. 10 billion, you know.
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9. Germany, 3757 players (USD 23,589,058.70)
Another European country that managed to occupy the ninth position, this country does have a very talented pro gamer talent even reaching more than 3700, which is the largest in the European region. The most popular esport game is DOTA 2. Pro gamers KuroKy, Fata, Mo_aubameyang are the three highest pillars.
8. Russia, 3108 players (USD 23,727,946.42)
In Russia, there is an esports team that is already legendary, you know, named Virtus.pro, they are the ones who made esports popular there. DOTA 2 dominates the most popular esports games, followed by CS:GO and Hearthstone.
7. Canada, 2536 players (USD 25,320,666.98)
As a country located in the northern part of the United States, of course the level of competition is also high in the world of esports. Arteezy is a pro gamer from Canada with the highest income from eSport athletes reaching US 2 million or the equivalent of Rp. 28 billion more.
6. France, 3276 players (USD 25,506,806.43)
France has also managed to enter the list of high-income countries from esports, you know, with the most popular game there being CS:GO. Dota 2. Fortnite. In fact, the number of players is very large, reaching 3000 more pro gamers.
5. Denmark, 1407 players (USD 32,812,197.08)
Denmark is surprisingly the number 5 high-income country in the world which comes from the income of talented and experienced esports athletes. The number one revenue of Esports Denmark was achieved by Johan “n0tail” Sundstein with a figure of USD 1,486,638.96.
One of the esports he controls is Dota2 which is famous for its various tournaments, among these victories, he managed to win 3 major class tournaments with the OG team. Apart from n0tail, of course there are others, such as the CS:GO players of the Astralis team and the League of Legends team, Team SoloMid.
4. Sweden, 2403 players (USD 35,485,836.12)
The next country that has won the most Esports prizes is Sweden. The giant roster that dominates Dota2 Esports is Alliance, an alliance of players from Sweden at The International 3. The team led by Loda managed to get rid of Natus Vincere in the final round.
CS:GO has also succeeded in donating eSports athletes in Sweden such as the Fnatic team, Ninjas in Pajamas, who often win various competitions smoothly. The athlete from Sweden who managed to donate the biggest prize was a Dota2 athlete, named Gustav “s4” Magnusson who is also a steady offlaner Alliance, OG.
Currently s4 is with the Evil Geniuses team, the total prize he has participated in during his eSports career of USD 1,619,277 is impressive isn’t it.
3. South Korea, 3711 players (USD 84,442,253.56)
Who would have thought that South Korea could occupy this position? However, it must be admitted that South Korea does have esports talent that is quite global. One of them is the Phoenix MVP team who managed to master the Dota2 game.
Not only in Dota2, League of Legends is also dominated by esports athletes from South Korea, for example Faker, the South Korean League of Legends icon who has won esports prizes of USD 1,172,048 during his career.
2. China, 4213 players (USD 103,227,132.26)
China has managed to dominate the realm of esports like in the Dota2 game. In fact, China has won the Dota2 major, The International several times. Some of the iconic esports athletes from China are Invictus Gaming, Newbee, and Wings Gaming.
Not infrequently, China also won the runner-up position as produced by CDEC Gaming, Vici Gaming, and EHOME. Wings Gaming itself managed to generate a prizepool of USD 20,770,460 and 44% of the total was held by Wings Gaming itself. More or less what he holds is USD 9,139,002.
1. United States, 15322 players (USD 131,443,267.61)
Arriving at the first position is very fierce, because there are often races between America and China. But when this post was made (06/12/2022) the United States managed to overtake China. America itself is the country with the most eSports athletes in the world, with 11,693 players.
Competition realm Dota 2, controlled by the United States of America with the best Esports athletes at their disposal. Among them, are Universe, Fear, Moo, and ppd who play on the Evil Geniuses and CompLexity Gaming teams. In fact, Universe alias Saahil Arora who is the vanguard of the team has an income of USD 2,996,693.47.
Besides Dota 2the realm that the United States has successfully dominated is Call of Duty Series and Halo Series.
Such are the giant countries that rule Esports at this time. It’s amazing, isn’t it? How about Indonesia? How are you athletes? Esports this country? Unfortunately, Indonesia is still below Croatia to South Africa at 49th position.
Of course the prizes will continue to grow and from time to time the position will change too. Well, I hope that Indonesia can improve the quality of its esports athletes.
