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

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Ludwig Ahgren is moving back to Twitch as his YouTube contract expires with big plans for a 100-hour League of Legends event… but his time with YouTube isn’t entirely in the rearview.

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

Ludwig’s presence on YouTube has become a staple since then with the streamer interviews former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and host of his podcast series ‘The Yard’ on the platform.

Despite his longtime loyalty to the site, Ludwig says he will take his broadcasts elsewhere starting in December 2024, when his contract with YouTube officially ends 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 with moving back to Twitch in the first week of December.

That said, he made it clear that he won’t stop his YouTube streams forever. As explained in a November broadcast, he will split his streams between both platforms, but is currently unsure how that will work out.

Ludwig is uncertain about his streaming future as the YouTube contract expires

“I’ll be very honest – 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 will 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.”

“I really don’t know. My plan is to take it one step at a time. But look — I’m not going one way or the other,” he continued, calling himself a “fence-sitter” until he finds out , what works best for his stream 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 instantly switches back to Twitch or starts multistreaming the moment their contract ends. “

For his part, Ludwig says it “would be stupid not to try a stream on Twitch” at this point, but made it equally clear that he won’t join Kick or Rumble as alternatives.

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