Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren has become the most subscribed Twitch streamer on the platform, according to statistics, thanks to an insane “Subathon” stream, which has been going on for over 6 days.
Having just recovered from a broken appendix, on March 14 Ludwig decided to run a ‘Subathon’ stream, which would allow viewers to control the amount of time he would have to spend subscribing to it.
Each subscription would add 15 seconds to the timer, which means that if he received at least one sub every 15 seconds and kept the rules, technically he would have to continue broadcasting forever.
Despite some adverse reactions, the stream attracted a lot of attention Ludwig had over 30,000 viewers just when he was sleeping, with his awake streams reaching 75,000 viewers.
Ludwig’s ‘sleep streams’ dominated Twitch.
Ludwig becomes the # 1 substitute streamer
On March 21, 2021, Ludwig became the Twitch streamer with the most subscriptions, eclipsing the Minecraft Ranboo streamer, according to TwitchTracker statistics, which show that his subscriber count has reached over 92,635.
Twitch does not publicly disclose subscription numbers and therefore these numbers are only estimates provided by Twitch Tracker. However, the statistics collected from u / raddog86 estimate Ludwig’s current total at 91,852, so we know that we are at the right stadium.
Ranboo dropped to second place, with data from TwitchTracker showing that his count of active subscribers is just over 71,000, while xQc is in third.
All of these submarines put a lot of money in Ludwig’s pockets. U / raddog86 statistics estimate that more than $ 350,000 was spent on subscriptions, with Ludwig set to receive almost $ 150,000 after tax. Half of that money, however, he plans to donate to charities.
Ludwig has a long way to go if he wants to reach the all-time record for Ninja, which reached over 269,000 active subscribers in April 2018.
As it stands, Ludwig passed the 150 hour mark with 60 hours remaining on the timer. There is a marginal rate of decline occurring at the moment, with projections showing that it will be transmitting for a total of approximately 300 hours.
At first, the flow was not expected to last that long. Originally, signatures were supposed to add 10 seconds to the timer, but a failure caused the addition of 15 seconds.
each substitute must add 10 seconds to the time, but accidentally changed to 15, so he was being tricked and now his chat is in turmoil
– purse | ludwig stream 🦇🌼🎲 (@bandito_corpse) March 18, 2021
The Guinness world record for the longest live broadcast is 259 hours, and it looks like Ludwig will eclipse that feat soon. However, as he had to break his flow into pieces, he will not officially count.
It remains to be seen whether Ludwig will persevere much longer with the current system, but it is likely that at some point he will need to reduce the amount of time a subscription adds to the timer. Otherwise, it can end up flowing forever.