Ludwig Ahgren

**Ludwig Anders Ahgren** is an American YouTuber, and esports commentator and competitor. Ahgren is best known for his livestreams on Youtube, where he broadcasts video game-related content as well as non-video game-related content such as game shows, contests, and events. He is also known for his work as an esports commentator at various *Super Smash Bros. Melee* tournaments. Since beginning streaming full-time on February 16, 2019, Ahgren was one of the largest streamers on Twitch.

From March 22, 2021 to May 12, 2021, Ahgren was the most subscribed streamer on Twitch. During his 51-day reign, while holding a widely publicized "subathon" event, Ahgren became the most subscribed Twitch streamer of all time on April 13th, eventually reaching 283,066 subscribers at its peak, beating fellow Twitch streamer Ninja for the record.

He attended Hollis/Brookline High School in New Hampshire, graduating in 2013. In 2012, he participated in a school play of *Legally Blonde* in which he played Warner. In this time, he discovered *Call of Duty* commentary channels like SeaNanners and WoodysGamerTag, which had inspired him to make the channel "TheZanySidekick", which was his first foray into content creation.

Ludwig began streaming part-time on May 16, 2018. On February 16, 2019 he dedicated himself to streaming full-time as a career.

During 2018 and 2019, Ludwig's stream retained a relatively small audience, mostly streaming content based on *Super Smash Bros. Melee*, *Mario Party 2*, and *Dark Souls* gameplay. His streams progressively increased in viewership, along with his subscriber count.

On November 10, 2019, Ludwin set the world record for the button mashing minigame *Domination* from Mario Party 4, going faster than a tool-assisted speedrun bot designed to be the fastest possible, setting a score of 201, higher than the limit of 160 which was possible due to a mod which increased the limit of points scored.

In November 2019, Ludwig appeared in a Christmas-themed advertisement for Micro-Star International promoting the RTX 20 Series graphics card. This was not the first advertisement that Ludwig had starred in, as he had previously portrayed himself in an advertisement for Hotels.com in 2018.

On December 7, 2020, Ludwig released a Christmas-themed EP titled *A Very Mogul Christmas*. It was #1 on Billboard's top 10 for 3 weeks.

On March 1, 2021, Ludwig announced that he was taking a break from streaming to visit family and friends in New Hampshire. On March 4, 2021, Ludwig had emergency surgery to remove his appendix.

On March 22, 2021, Ludwig became the most subscribed streamer on Twitch at the time.

On November 29, 2021, Ludwig announced his partnership with YouTube Gaming. The decision was made due to a coin flip he set up. He now exclusively streams on YouTube. With this announcement, Ludwig and Ottomated were in the process of creating an extension that shows Twitch emotes and usernames for the streams. Ahgren is no longer a Twitch partner, and was removed from the yearly Twitch Recap.

### Subathon

On March 14, 2021, Ludwig began a "subathon" stream, a near-continuous stream of his life with a running clock dictating how much longer the stream would run, with every subscription to his Twitch channel adding ten seconds to the timer. The stream continued even as he slept, while his moderators provided entertainment. Ludwig set a cap of 31 days on the length of the stream (which he later reduced to 30 days), and despite Ahgren expecting the timer to run out after a day or two at most, the stream ran for 30 days, 7 hours, and 36 minutes, ending on April 13 at 9:00 PM PDT. Starting off the stream with around 30,000 subscribers on his Twitch channel, Ludwin ended the stream with 283,061 subscribers, giving him the highest all-time concurrent subscriber count on the site, beating Ninja's previous record of 269,154 in 2018.

Ahgren stated that for the final day of the stream, he would donate five dollars per subscription to Humane Society of the United States and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

Ahgren is in a relationship with Twitch streamer QTCinderella. The two currently live with four other roommates in Los Angeles, California.