![]() ![]() As if the cryptic trailer wasn’t clear enough, text flashed across the screen, indicating that Ahgren would start the next chapter of his streaming career on November 30–exclusively on YouTube Gaming. The two men exit the vehicle and barely react as it explodes before climbing into a red car to drive away. Ludwig YouTube Gaming AnnouncementĪhgren posted a tweet this evening depicting himself and a friend driving a purple car - an apparent reference to Twitch. The variety streamer solidified his fan base on Twitch but has chosen to join the likes of Jack “CouRageJD” Dunlop, Tim “timthetatman” Betar and Ben “DrLupo” Lupo on YouTube Gaming’s growing platform. Since then, Ahgren has become one of Twitch’s most popular content creators, regularly averaging more than 15K viewers per stream while maintaining well over 20K subscribers. The 26-year-old rose to prominence in April 2021, when he eclipsed Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ peak subscriber count with more than 280K during his infamous “subathon” event. Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren revealed today that he would leave the Amazon-owned platform to sign with YouTube. ![]() I want to continue making dope content and I think YouTube Gaming is the best place to do that.Another of Twitch’s premier content creators announces a move to YouTube streaming. In a statement issued earlier this week about his move to livestream on YouTube Gaming exclusively, Ludwig said, “Growing my YouTube presence has been a focus of mine since I started streaming, and I’m excited to bring everything under one roof now. Ludwig is also known for his work as an esports commentator at various Super Smash Bros. In addition to livestreaming gaming content, Ludwig also hosts game shows, competitions, a podcast, and more across his various channels. On YouTube, Ludwig currently has 2.18 million subscribers for his channel. This spring, he famously hosted a 51-day “subathon” event - to urge people to pay to subscribe to his Twitch channel - and he wound up setting the record as most-subscribed Twitch streamer with a peak of 283,066 on April 13. ![]() 16, 2019, and became one of the biggest streamers on the platform with 3.1 million followers. Ludwig began streaming full-time on Twitch on Feb. (Ludwig, for what it’s worth, has vowed to never play “Baby Shark Dance” again.)Īsked for comment, a YouTube rep pointed to Ludwig’s video about the livestream suspension. According to YouTube, he did not receive a “strike” or any other penalty for the infraction. In other words, if he had stopped playing “Baby Shark Dance,” the livestream would have resumed. Unbeknownst to Ludwig - who in YouTube lingo is a relative “NewTuber,” unfamiliar with all the platform’s nuances - the duration of YouTube’s suspension would have lasted only as long as the copyrighted material was detected. This is like a one-time thing,” Ludwig said, adding that he expects to resume his YouTube livestreams on Saturday (Dec. “If anyone from YouTube’s watching this - hey, I’ll be good from now on. “Apparently DMCA is going to be a little bit more of a concern than I thought,” he said, referring to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which lets copyright owners take down videos that infringe their content. And so they took me down,” Ludwig chuckled. “I am pretty sure the corporate overlords who own Baby Shark have, like, an iron fist on YouTube. ![]()
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