VCT LOCK//IN final becomes latest to pass massive VALORANT viewership milestone

The partnership era of VALORANT is off to a hot start, and the culmination of its inaugural kickoff tournament has already become the second-most-watched match in the game’s early history.

During map two of the VCT LOCK//IN grand final between Fnatic and Brazilian crowd favorites LOUD, the match has already reached a peak viewership of at least 1.156 million viewers, well above the event’s previous match peak of 883K set by NRG vs. LOUD at the end of the Alpha bracket. This makes the Fnatic vs. LOUD the second-most-viewed match ever in the history of VALORANT, per Esports Charts.