Pacific viewership

I noticed this a while ago but Japanese stream have always had more viewers than VCT Pacific channel itself doesn't matter if there's Japanese team playing or not. I wonder how big val is in Japan right now. Is it way more popular than Apex ?

ever since Apex PC gaming have been on the rise on japan fr

Nah
Apex >>

pro scene in val is more popular than apex, but casual playerbase is apex>>>>valo, not even close