I can understand base on your flag (If real). https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fg%2F11j8wvrz8z,%2Fm%2F0h3pv2z. Here show where Val is more popular than CSGO. CSGO is dominating in North-East Europe while Val is more popular in West South Europe ( Spain , France, UK ,etc) and Turkey also :)
CS never been big in Spain. Mixwell was most popular Spanish CS player back then (Optic CS team) but look how much he has growth (twich viewership/twitter/his brand) with Valorant. Movistar Riders did hell of run lately but only like 10k peaked viewership in ESL_Spanish channel (which same as Mixwell regular stream(
You need to remember that Google "trends" don't show everything though. Valorant as newer game and as game that is getting constant updates is obviously going to get more Google Searches than 10 year old game with little updates. That doesn't mean that the interest or split between playerbase are similar percentages. For example I don't even remember when I have googled "CSGO" last time when I can just open Steam and CSGO from there. No reason to google it.
yeah! using something like the YouTube search option makes a lot more sense because people consume content for both games regardless of updates. Or, using a search term like "valorant masters" vs "csgo major" or "IEM", because people search those up for dates / tickets / scores.
the youtube search more or less reveals the same thing, though. (more east in Europe = more CS) https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?gprop=youtube&q=%2Fg%2F11j8wvrz8z,%2Fm%2F0h3pv2z
Idk why y’all counting the countries.. even if there is 4 or 50 countries if the player base is the same it wont change anything. With that said, the player base in eu is way bigger and there are a lot more teams so its kinda logic. But it doesn’t do it all, prac in NA could just be better because the players or the teams are more invested/better