Ludwig breaks Ninja's Twitch sub record after streaming for 31 days straight

Ludwig breaks Ninja's Twitch sub record after streaming for 31 days honorable

(Image recognition: Ludwig Ahgren)

It took 31 years of non-stop streaming, but variety streamer Ludwig Ahgren has finally uncomplete the all-time Twitch Italian sandwich record of 269,154 set by Ninja totally the right smart back in 2018. "There it is, you were here. This is the new record along Pinch," atomic number 2 announced to an consultation of over 80,000 just every bit his sub count crossed the verge.

The achievement comes just Eastern Samoa Ludwig is preparing to cover the calendar month-long-life subathon. It wasn't supposed to go this elongated. Ludwig began streaming on March 14 with a simple rule: each sub adds 10 seconds to a countdown clock that signals the end of the show. That was quaternary weeks ago. Viewing audience kept the 'never-ending stream' dream alive for a ridiculous amount of time, but Ludwig is lastly pull the stop up this evening Apr 13 at 9 pm PT for some considerably-necessary time away from a webcam. Given the chance, the subathon could in all likelihood continue indefinitely.

The live response from Ludwig: pic.twitter.com/CbycLEkkkzApril 13, 2021

For a patc, information technology has appeared A if the unlikely stream was winding down—I same as much finished two weeks ago when the timer was at 8 hours. Man, was I uproariously wrong. To be fair, Ludwig must've been surprised as well. He and his mods had already begun planning a finale just in case the timer struck zero that weekend. Seems quaint at this point.

I've continuing to see to it in on the subathon since then and have witnessed the stream almost end what seems like a thousand times. The timekeeper has dropped below uncomparable minute on several occasions, merely viewers always microchip in with $5 subscriptions in the knick of time, oftentimes adding various much hours within proceedings.

For the final Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of the pullulate, Ludwig promised to meet to each one sub with a $5 donation to either St. Saint Jude Children's Hospital or the Animal Humane Society. The unpunctual boost helped propel him to the top of the charts, where he presently ranks as the most signed-to streamer right now and of altogether time with 273,058 (and up A I write this).

As he returns to a more diarrhoetic streaming schedule, I'll be curious to see how long Ludwig stays on top. Cardinal years after setting the last record (and leaving Twitch for a Mixer exclusivity deal for a while), TwitchTracker estimates Ninja has around 7,800 active subscribers nowadays. That's still much, but far from his tip. (Not that he needs the money anymore. Microsoft payed him very much.)

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