
Esports Charts wins Esports Innovation Award
May 24, 2025 • 3 min read
Esports Charts, a Ukraine-born analytics company that aggregates real-time viewership insights about esports, has won the Esports Innovation Award at the EsportsNext Industry Awards, hosted by the Esports Trade Association (ESTA) in Dallas, USA.
The Esports Innovation Award recognizes an organization or individual that has introduced groundbreaking technology, services, or strategies significantly advancing the esports industry.

Esports Charts was honored for its scalable analytics platform, which provides comprehensive tournament and viewership statistics across more than 25 livestreaming services — helping stakeholders from publishers and teams to fans make smarter, data-driven decisions.
“Winning the Innovation Award from ESTA is an important milestone for us as a leading esports analytics service in the world. Also, we’re especially proud to represent Ukraine-born innovation on an international stage.
From day one, our mission has been to bring clarity and transparency to the world of esports data. And this recognition from the industry is both an honor and a motivation to keep raising the bar.
Thank you to our incredible team and partners, who believed in us from the start. This award is a shared success — and we’re just getting started!”
Artyom Odintsov, co-founder and CEO of Esports Charts
Founded in 2016, Esports Charts has grown into a key data provider for the global esports ecosystem — powering strategic decisions across media coverage, sponsorship valuation, and fan engagement.
Recently, the company has announced the rebranding of its parent company, ESM.One, to AWERTI, marking a new strategic move for Esports Charts and all the products within the ecosystem.

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