Ludwig Anders Ahgren (born July 6, 1995) is an American live streamer, YouTuber, podcaster, comedian, esports commentator, and competitor.
Ludwig Anders Ahgren[2] was born in Hollis, New Hampshire,[‡ 1][‡ 2] on July 6, 1995,[‡ 3] the son of a French mother and Swedish father.
[13][14] In June 2020, Ahgren was invited to compete against other popular Twitch streamers in the amateur chess tournament PogChamps of Chess.com, placing second in the consolation bracket.
[23] Ahgren received around 282,000 subscriptions during his subathon,[23] breaking the previous record set in 2018 by Tyler "Ninja" Blevins of the most concurrent subscribers on Twitch.
[26][27][28] According to Dot Esports, Ahgren cited his move to YouTube as one of the reasons why Twitch later relaxed its exclusivity rules for its partnered streamers.
[32]On July 2, 2022, Ludwig hosted an in-person version of his game show, Mogul Money Live, to over 5,000 people at the YouTube Theater.
Ultimate in Las Vegas, Nevada with 32-player brackets and a prize pool of $30,002 for both games, which was increased to $52,502 due to a cross-promotion with Capital One.
[38] On October 20, the day before the event was scheduled to begin, Ahgren revealed that a major sponsor had backed out at the last minute.
Intending to rival Panda's Panda Cup Finale, which was to be held on the same weekend before it got postponed,[41] Ahgren invited the top sixteen Melee and Ultimate players from Smash World Tour 2022 to compete with the primary goal of raising money to support VGBootCamp, the organizers of Smash World Tour.
[46][47] From August 17 to 18, 2024, Ahgren hosted a livestreamed athletic competition called Ludwig's Streamer Games, where content creators competed in a mix of traditional track and field events alongside schoolyard games with a twist, including the 1m + 99m Dash, Gymnastics, and the Tungsten Cube Toss.
The event featured content creators from gaming organizations such as FaZe Clan, 100 Thieves, OTV, Red Bull, and more.
[53] On September 28, 2022, Ahgren and Jschlatt, a fellow content creator, founded the YouTube channel "Lud and Schlatts Musical Emporium", a project to release royalty-free recordings of famous compositions and two original songs in the style of Nintendo video game music for use in content creation.
[60][61] On September 27, 2022, Ahgren announced the founding of the creative agency Offbrand, along with fellow streamers Brandon 'Atrioc' Ewing, Nathan Stanz, and Nick Allen.
[68] In May 2022, Ahgren announced the launch of his new company called Truffle, a browser extension focused on fixing problems within the livestreaming space.
[74][75] In January 2025, Ahgren and White would become co-owners of Shopify Rebellion, effectively merging Moist Esports with the Canadian organization.
[82] At DreamHack Atlanta 2022 in November 2022, Ahgren raised more than $315,000 for Alveus Sanctuary and No Kid Hungry through a 50-hour glass box stream.
[83][84] In June 2023, Ahgren participated in the 5-week State Farm Gamerhood Challenge charity event along with content creators such as Ninja, Jessica Blevins, Typical Gamer, Krystalogy, ImDontai, and BlackKrystel.