For 31 days, the stream has been from Ludwig Ahgren operational all day every dayHe hasn’t been awake all the time, but he and his moderators have made it become one of Twitch’s most consistent and reassuring presences – albeit one that is likely to take a not insignificant mental and physical toll on everyone involved. Since the beginning, a timer counts down to zero, but every time someone starts a subscription, ten seconds are added to the clock. Now Ahgren has more subscriptions than anyone else in Twitch history.
He officially broke the record today. Earlier, Twitch became Mixer and Twitch became megastar Tyler “Ninja” Blevins again had the record of 269,154 subscriptions – an achievement he hit at the peak of its relevance in 2018. As of this publication, Ahgren had more than 271,000 subscriptions.
“There it is! You were here,” Ahgren said while his subscription counter exceeded Blevins’ record. “This is the new record on Twitch for the most subscribers of all time. Holy shit, that was insane. “
He then called a ‘friend’, who turned out to be Blevins. Except it wasn’t Blevins at all – instead it was a sounding board of speech clips, which Ahgren used to make it sound like Blevins responded by being comically mean to him. It was quite a stretch.
On Twitter, the real Blevins congratulated Ahgren.
“Records are meant to be broken,” Blevins wrote. ‘I’d be lying if I said it [I] wasn’t a bit sad, but congratulations [Ludwig] about keeping the new sub-record on Twitch. “
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Today is the last day of the Ahgren registration marathon. He decided to set an end date, because otherwise it could last indefinitely. At first, he didn’t expect it to take that long, nor was he going to make it to Peak Ninja in the marathon that is life. That said, Ahgren had many factors in his favor. He started the subathon as an already rich Twitch star, with success and extra success, a New York Times article, and all sorts of additional reporting and dissertation.
Especially today was a special day; in addition to the standard rules underlying Ahgren’s subathon – which has become such a staple that everyone on Twitch knows about it – he advertised the last day as a charity subscription with the goal of beating Blevins’ record. Until 9:00 p.m. PST, he will donate $ 5 per subscription to The Humane Society and St Jude’s This outcome is therefore far from unexpected.
Still, it’s quite a record, especially when you consider that no one but Blevins has even come close (the streamer in third place, RanbooLive, topped 114,387 in March). This from a man who almost lost a fight against a refrigerator just a few weeks ago. Truly a comeback story for all ages.