According to new research by Curries Pc Nation, the e-sports market is currently worth $1.1 billion in 2020 and is expected to be $1.8 billion by 2022.
Sponsors made $456 million of the $1.1 billion total esports sales last year with those of Red Bull, BMW (BMW.DE), basketball player Michael Jordan and rapper Drake among the most high-profile sponsors.
Separate research has found, according to the WARC international marketing intelligence service, that the brand investment in esports advertisement and sponsorship will hit $844m (£657m) in 2020, by 9.9 percent worldwide and is expected to grow to $1 billion by 2022.