Revealed: Ludwig will walk away with just 0.6% of record-breaking Twitch sub haul
Ludwig is set to walk away with as little as 0.6% of streaming profits from his record-breaking — and seemingly endless — Twitch ‘subathon,’ the star revealed, once he’s dolled out Californian tax payments, mod wages, and more.The rising Twitch star has beenlive now for more than 240 hours, after promising to stay on-stream for an extra 15 seconds per sub or “bits” gifts.The ‘subathon’ hasmade Ludwig Twitch’s most subbed streamer.All these subscriptions have put a lot of money into Ludwig’s pockets — in theory, at least. According to u/raddog86, who has beencompiling statson the historic broadcast, the Twitch star has clocked up around $470k in sub profits so far.That hefty six-digit total is a far cry from what Ludwig Ahgren will actually walk away with whenever the timer — currently ticking just past “31:20:00” — finally hits that long-awaited zero, however.In fact, the streamer has revealed a pretty shocking haircut on those earnings; once the record-breaking subathon ends, Ludwig could actually walk away with as little as 0.6% of the final Twitch sub sum, “if [his] calculations are correct.”
“This is why a lot of streamers live in Texas,” the streamer added, “because there’s no state taxes there. I don’t live there though, so I pay big taxes in California.”
“At the end of the day, the total follower gain is just so big. We’ve actually had a New York Times article on this! That’s insane. It’s nuts. All that is invaluable, I think. Spending $150k to get a Times article and all these followers, I’m fine with that.”
He went on to say, “obviously I didn’t plan for this, cause I have a trip planned, and this is probably gonna go into the trip. But, you know, it is what it is. I could just end it and scam, but that also feels bad too… we’ll have to see.”
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