StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 broke the tournament operator’s record for peak concurrent viewership at the start of Stage 3 — surpassing not only all previous CS2 events but also tournaments across other disciplines.

According to the platform, StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 exceeded 972,000 concurrent viewers at the beginning of Stage 3, while the previous record stood at 836,000, set by another Major hosted by the operator in 2019 — StarLadder Major Berlin. As for other esports titles, the most popular non-CS event by StarLadder is The Chongqing Major in Dota 2.