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

Ludwig Ahgren is returning to Twitch as his YouTube contract expires with big plans for a 100-hour League of Legends event… but his time at YouTube isn’t taking a complete back seat.

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 regular feature, with the streamer interviewing former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and hosting his podcast series ‘The Yard’ on the platform.

Despite his longstanding loyalty to the site, Ludwig says he’ll be taking his broadcasts elsewhere starting in December 2024, as his contract with YouTube officially expires on November 30.

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Ludwig has been streaming exclusively on YouTube since November 2021 – but now that his contract is up, he’s experimenting by moving back to Twitch the first week of December.

That said, he made it clear that he won’t be shutting down his YouTube streams for good. As explained in a November broadcast, he will split his streams between both platforms, but he’s currently unsure how that will work out.

Ludwig is uncertain about his streaming future now that the YouTube contract is ending

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

Ludwig’s Twitch comeback kicks off with “League Week,” where he’ll stream “100 hours of League of Legends” — something he can’t do on YouTube, which limits broadcasts to a maximum of 12 hours.

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

“Really, I don’t know. My plan is to take it step by step. But listen: I’m not going completely 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 explanation follows comments he made in September 2024, in which he called himself a “multistreaming hater” and pointed out that it “feels like every YouTube livestreamer immediately switches back to Twitch, or starts multistreaming, as soon as their contract expires.” .’

For his part, Ludwig says it would be “stupid not to try a stream on Twitch right now,” but made it equally clear that he won’t be joining Kick or Rumble as an alternative.

He also continues to insist that co-streaming is “not his thing” because he doesn’t like “breaking communities” and will stream on one platform or the other for the time being.