Ludwig Ahgren has broken the record for the highest number of paid subscribers on Twitch.

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The streamer smashed the previous landmark by Ninja - whose real name is Tyler Blevins - by broadcasting live for 31 days.

Ludwig began streaming on 14 March as part of a "sub-athon" and he's now set a new benchmark, surpassing the previous record set by Ninja, who has taken to Twitter to offer his congratulations to his rival.

He wrote on the micro-blogging platform: "Records are meant to be broken, I would be lying if I said wasn’t a little sad but congrats @LudwigAhgren on holding the new sub record on twitch (sic)"

Ludwig actually raised more than $1 million (£725,000) for charity through the record-breaking stream, which saw him, eat, play video games and sleep in a bed that looked like a sports car.

And after ending his stream earlier this week, Ludwig said: "I can't know any of you - 200,000 people on my stream right now - but somehow you guys as a collective made me really happy."

Meanwhile, music star James Arthur recently hailed the ever-increasing influence of Twitch, revealing he wants to debut more of his music on the platform.

Speaking about Twitch, he said: "That's where everything's headed."


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