After streaming nonstop for 31 days, Ludwig Ahgren has accrued more subscriptions than anybody else in Twitch history. As of this writing, Ahgren has over 273,00 subscriptions and counting, shattering the previous record of 269,155 held by Tyler "Ninja" Blevins.
Ahgren's current stream began on March 18 as a "sub-athon," with each new subscriber extending the length of his stream by ten seconds. Though he had originally planned for the stream to last a day or two, the project became so popular that Ahgren gained enough subscribers to extend the timer for weeks on end. Though he hasn't always been gaming — or even conscious — during the stream, Ahgren has kept broadcasting through both day and night.
"There it is," Ahgren said when he surpassed Blevins' record. "You were here. This is the new record on Twitch for most subscribers all time. Holy shit, that was insane."
After Ahgren broke the record, Blevins voiced his congratulations to his usurper on Twitter. "Records are meant to be broken," Blevins wrote. "I would be lying if I said wasn’t a little sad but congrats @LudwigAhgren on holding the new sub record on Twitch."I WAS HERE pic.twitter.com/bWILDI3Hui
— ludwig (@LudwigAhgren) April 13, 2021
After broadcasting on both YouTube and the now-defunct Mixer, Blevins returned to Twitch last September, signing a multi-year deal to stream exclusively on the platform.
Ahgren and Blevins' subscription numbers far exceed those of any other Twitch user. The streamer RanbooLive has the third-most tally at 114,387 in March, not even half the number of Blevins' old record.
Though he continues to gain new subscribers, Ahgren announced on Sunday that his nonstop stream will conclude today, April 13, at 9 p.m. PST. To commemorate the ending, Ahgren stated that he would match each new sub with a $5 donation to either St. Jude Children's Hospital or the Animal Humane Society.
J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.
