LoL summoner share in North America 2025, by tier
In competitive MOBA game League of Legends, a ranking system is then used to match players of similar skill levels against each other in online games. The League of Legends ranking system has ten levels to indicate the skill level of the gamer. Among North American players, the Bronze skill level was the most common tier as of January 2025, achieved by 21.63 percent of players. Meanwhile, only a small handful of gamers were able to reach the top levels within the game.
For casual and professional gamers alike
League of Legends has built a loyal and large fanbase in the ten years since its release. The game reached a landmark 100 million monthly active users in 2016, an impressive increase from the 15 million users it had in 2011. As a result of its entertaining and varied gameplay, League of Legends has also become one of the most popular games amongst eSports viewers. The League of Legends eSports championship finals in 2023 became one of the most watched eSports events in history as as viewership peaked at 6.4 million viewers. With so many people watching this event, it comes as no surprise that the prize pool is sizeable. The 2023 edition took place in the Seoul and Busan, South Korea, with a total of 2.23 million U.S. dollars in prize money up for grabs. The South Korean eSports team T1 emerged victorious in 2023, thereby pocketing a whopping 445 thousand U.S. dollars in prize money.
