![]() ![]() ![]() Wyatt and Ahgren, as well as representatives for Twitch and YouTube, did not immediately respond to requests for further comment.Ludwig Ahgren, a streamer known for his content creation over on Twitch, has announced today that he is joining YouTube Gaming where he will be streaming exclusively. Benjamin "DrLupo" Lupo signed an exclusive deal to stream on YouTube in August and Tim "TimTheTatman" Betar announced he was leaving Twitch for YouTube Gaming in September. ![]() Several popular streamers have already made the move from Twitch to YouTube. ![]() Ryan Wyatt, YouTube's Head of Gaming, tweeted on Monday that he was "excited to announce" Ahgren's move to YouTube and wrote that his platform's focus was on "building a world class VOD, short form, and live platform." pog champ my dude." The left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker commented on the tweet with a joke about being cropped out of Aghren's videos. Numerous popular Twitch streamers commented on the tweet in support of the move, including the variety gaming streamer Syukkuno and "Minecraft" streamer Thomas "TommyInnit" Simons, who wrote, "Holy crap. "Best of luck and keep doing big things out there." "You're a mogul in every sense, Ludwig," the verified Twitch account replied to the tweet. Twitch supported Ahgren's announcement with a positive reply to his tweet. The video has amassed over 2.3 million views, 142,000 likes, and 9,000 retweets. YouTube allows rights holders to file takedown requests asking the platform to remove videos if creators use copyrighted material.Īt the end of the video, Ahgren wrote in on-screen titles that he was going to be streaming exclusively on YouTube Gaming starting Tuesday. After getting in the vehicle, Ahgren made a comment about how he would not land himself in trouble for playing music in "this car," which appeared to be a subtle jab at how Twitch prohibits creators from using copyright music during livestreams. The colored cars appeared to symbolize the two livestreaming services, as Twitch's logo is purple while YouTube Gaming has a red logo. The camera panned over to a similar car that was painted red, and Ahgren and Bruno decided to take it home since they agreed it was "pretty much the same one." Soon after parking the vehicle and getting out, the car appeared to explode into a blaze of flames. The clip featured Ahgren and his friend, Anthony "Slime" Bruno, who is not a streamer, driving a purple car into a parking lot. The 26-year-old announced his departure from Twitch with a comedy skit posted to Twitter on Monday. Ahgren still holds the record for all-time most active subscribers, according to the data analytics website TwitchTracker. Ahgren surpassed Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, who had previously held the record, Insider reported. In April, Ahgren broke the record for having the most active subscribers - viewers who pay a monthly fee to gain benefits and support the channel - after hosting a "subathon," which is a specific time range in which a creator works solely to increase their subscriber count and often performs particular activities for viewers to gain subs. He has over 3.1 million Twitch followers and 2.1 million on YouTube, using the handle "Ludwig" on both platforms. The record-shattering Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren, known as just Ludwig, said he will be leaving the platform to stream exclusively on YouTube Gaming.Īhgren is known for playing the video games "Among Us" and "Mario Party," as well as chatting with viewers in streams, once even cooking Thanksgiving dinner live. ![]()
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