Esports Charts has introduced a 'non-standard viewership' label to identify event metrics potentially inflated by autoplay, embedded streams, bots, or promotional distribution.
The new labeling system aims to help stakeholders distinguish between genuine audience engagement and anomalous traffic to prevent the overestimation of reach.
Legitimate viewership data remains counted, and the platform’s existing policy regarding view-botting remains unchanged by this update.
Event organizers have the right to contest the 'non-standard' label by submitting evidence to prove that their traffic is legitimate.
Brands and advertisers are advised to benchmark labeled events separately from standard data when calculating return on investment.
The initiative is designed to increase transparency and analytical accuracy across all tournament statistics hosted on the Esports Charts platform.
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