The LCS Summer 2026 final between Team Liquid and LYON peaked at 279,217 viewers on 4 October. LTA North's Split 3 final drew 139,700 just over a year earlier. The audience for the league's final has doubled in thirteen months.
Across the whole split, the peak sits 75% above the 159,144 recorded by Split 3 in 2025. It also clears the 260,753 of LCS Summer 2024, the last summer split played before the merger.
Was the merger a mistake?
Riot Games merged the LCS, the CBLOL and the LLA into one region for 2025, the League of Legends Championship of The Americas, with a North and a South conference. LTA North kept six LCS teams and added as a guest team, along with , the Mexican organisation who still play in the league today.
