Ludwig returns to Twitch with big streaming plans as YouTube contract ends

Ludwig returns to Twitch with big streaming plans as YouTube contract ends

Ludwig Ahgren is returning to Twitch as his YouTube contract comes to an end with big plans for a 100-hour League of Legends event… but his time on YouTube isn’t entirely in the background.

As is known, Ludwig Ahgren signed an exclusive contract with YouTube in November 2021, leaving Twitch, where he had previously streamed for three years.

Ludwig’s presence on YouTube has since become a staple, with the streamer interviewing former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and hosting his podcast series “The Yard” on the platform.

Despite his long-standing loyalty to the site, Ludwig says he will be moving his shows elsewhere starting in December 2024, as his contract with YouTube officially ends on November 30.

Ludwig about cold.

Ludwig has been streaming exclusively on YouTube since November 2021 – but now that his contract has expired, he is experimenting and switching back to Twitch for the first week of December.

However, he made it clear that he will not stop his YouTube streams permanently. As explained in a broadcast in November, he will split his streams between both platforms, but is currently unsure how that will pan out.

Ludwig is unsure of his streaming future as his YouTube contract ends

“I’ll be very open – I don’t know what the breakup will be. And I say ‘split’ because I’m definitely going to do some streams on Twitch,” he explained.

Ludwig’s comeback to Twitch begins with “League Week,” in which he will stream “100 Hours of League of Legends” – something he can’t do on YouTube, where broadcasts are limited to a maximum of 12 hours.

“When the Twitch streams are going phenomenal… I don’t know what to say!” he exclaimed. “There are a lot of things I like about YouTube streams and a lot of things I don’t like about YouTube streams. There’s a lot I like about Twitch streams and a lot I don’t like about Twitch streams.”

“Honestly, I don’t know. My plan is to take it step by step. But listen – I’m not going entirely one way or the other,” he continued, calling himself a “fence sitter” until he figures out what works best for his streams in the long run.

Ludwig’s statement follows comments from September 2024 in which he described himself as a “multistreaming hater” and pointed out that it “feels like every YouTube live streamer switches back to Twitch or starts multistreaming as soon as his contract ends.”

For his part, Ludwig says it would be “stupid not to try streaming on Twitch at this point,” but also made it clear that he won’t be joining Kick or Rumble as an alternative.

He also continues to claim that co-streaming is “not his thing” as he doesn’t like “dividing communities” and will stream on either platform or the other for now.

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