Abios Founder and CEO Esports already bigger than most traditional sports
Abios Founder and CEO Oskar Fröberg says that, in terms of viewership and fanbases, esports is already bigger than most of the top traditional sports around the world
Abios Founder and CEO Oskar Fröberg says that, inwards terms of viewership and fanbases, esports is already bigger than to the highest degree of the upside traditional sports around the world.
Speaking during the ‘Betting for the next generation’ event at Kambi’s Festival of Sportsbook, which Gambling Insider is an exclusive partner of, Fröberg explained how the esports industry has simply scratched the Earth's surface of what is possible in terms of betting.
Fröberg radius inward point near both audiences and revenue within this growing vertical, saying: “There are a lot of fans, and it's growing really rapidly. In terms of viewership numbers and fanbases, it's already bigger than to the highest degree of the teetotum traditional sports around the world.
“Obviously it’s non as bighearted as association football and other dead spinning top sports, but it’s bigger than to the highest degree of the very popular sports.
“Revenue in esports is clean luxuriously but it’s allay really ahead of time days, and it’s growing really quickly. We are currently expected to raise at 13.4% CAGR o'er the coming troika to Little Phoebe years.”
Fröberg also provided an in-depth overview of the audience of esports, noting that patch some commentators may vista the relatively youth fanbase as a disconfirming aspect, this isn’t needfully the viewpoint of those with a deeper knowledge of esports.
“It's very interesting to insure that esports is such a world(a) phenomenon, and plainly the audience is quite an young,” said Fröberg. “The modish statistic that we have got is that 30% of the esports audience is 'tween 25 and 34 years old, and 32% of the audience is betwixt 16 and 24 years old. So that means that 62% of the audience is betwixt 16 and 34 years old.
“One mightiness say that power be troubling because it’s such a young audience,” he continued. “I would say the exact opposite. It creates immense opportunity, and that's really wherefore this industry is so interesting, because this audience is simply at present coming of age.
“It’s a really digital-native audience, they're clear to trying unexampled things online, are real used to purchasing services online, and the disposable income of this audience is bound to increase.”
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