The year 2019 was certainly the time ONE Championship owned the internet.
Tubular Labs, the world’s leading global data and analytics provider for online viewership, placed The Home Of Martial Arts as the top fourth sports media property out of over 5,000 companies in the world when it comes to online views, which equated to 5.6 billion last year.
The data comes from the online platforms of YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram—among others.
ONE Championship is also the highest-ranked martial arts property on the list, surpassing the fifth-ranked UFC, which garnered 3.8 billion views.
Writing on his personal blog, ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong looked back to the days when he and his team were building this empire from scratch.
“When I started ONE Championship 8.5 years ago, I could never have imagined this extraordinary adventure in a million years. In the early days, all of the haters, doubters, and naysayers told me that I was crazy, stupid, or foolish,” Sityodtong said.
“My team and I faced thousands of rejections after rejections, and failures after failures in the first 3 years. No one would give us a break. Today, ONE Championship is Asia’s largest global sports media property with a broadcast to over 150+ countries around the world.
“It has broken all records as the world’s fastest-growing global sports media property in history—full stop.”
The only properties ranked above ONE are the WWE, which is on the top of the list, the NBA, and the NFL.
However, with the aggressive social media presence of the promotion this year, do not be surprised to see ONE inch higher up the list in 2020.
With live events on hold, the promotion has been producing videos and highlights on a daily basis and has also broadcasted the Global Citizen Together At Home Music Special, which garnered millions of views from all over the world.
If ONE had a big year in 2019, expect The Home Of Martial Arts to expand their reach even further in 2020.
You catch all of the ONE Championship videos, highlights, and replays by downloading the ONE Super App for free.