Peak online viewership for the final stage of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour reached 79,334 people. This is three times lower than the peak figures for the Esports World Cup 2025 (254,003) and Norway Chess (254,926). The total hours watched was 720,632, which is almost four times less than the EWC 2025 (2,847,427) and nearly five times less than Norway Chess (3,514,802).

Full streaming statistics for the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 - Cape Town:

Peak viewers: 79,334

Average viewers: 34,453

Hours watched: 720,632

Airtime: 20 Hours 55 Minutes

The most popular streamers:

1. ChessCom (YouTube): 21,898 Peak viewers / 159,316 Hours watched

2. Chess (Twitch): 11,627 Peak viewers / 142,182 Hours watched

3. Magnus Carlsen (YouTube): 10,482 Peak viewers / 80,301 Hours watched

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 took place in Germany, France, the USA and South Africa. Magnus Carlsen secured the first place in the final standings, Levon Aronian won the Finals in Cape Town on December 11, 2025.

Credit: Freestyle Chess