Twitch Discovers More Than 7.5 Million Bot Accounts

The streaming service Twitch has discovered more than 7.5 million accounts that are bots on its platform.

In a post on Twitter, the company said it has been on the lookout for these fake accounts and is taking steps to remove them. These are in fact, used to increase the number of followers and the number of views that streamers get on Twitch.

The company stated that it has been monitoring the rise in fake engagement on Twitch. It has identified over 7.5 million accounts breaking the terms of service of the company. Twitch is taking action on these accounts.

Twitch streamer Ludwig breaks a record and wins $1.5 million

Streamer Ludwig Ahgren has spent 31 days in a row streaming live on the Twitch channel and broke the world record for subscribers per month on the platform. In the end, the content creator amassed around 280,000 subscribers and at least a million and a half dollars profit.

Ludwig started his “subathon” on March 13th, considering the rule: For every subscriber he got, he would broadcast for ten more seconds. According to him, most of what he collected from the experiment would be donated to charity. In fact, the streamer just wanted to beat the record held by the professional video game player “Ninja,” who gathered 269 thousand subscribers on Twitch in 2018.

There are two types of viewers on the platform: followers and subscribers. The latter buy $5 memberships which are awarded to their favorite streamers. This means that in one month, 280,000 people gave Ludwig $5, not to count the extra donations.

Ahgren already had a base of millions of followers on YouTube. He talked, slept, played, and surfed with his subscribers for a whole month to achieve that record. According to its rules, it could have streamed even longer, but Twitch reboots followers every 31 days.

For the last day, April 14th, Ludwig launched another call. Every subscriber who will arrive by the deadline will donate an extra $5 to charity. With this, the streamer explained, subscribers would have the experience of donating directly to the foundations that need it most. This was the boost it took to break the Twitch record for good.

What Were the Results?

After this subathon, Ahgren assured that he would never do something like that again and take vacation time to forget about public exposure. Furthermore, he confirmed that he was completely exhausted. In total, he received 20 million views.

The streamer spent 31 days of his life playing and chatting with everyone. He slept his respective 8 hours, took his time to exercise, and ate three times a day. According to Ludwig, he had never been so committed to another project.

It is not yet clear when and to which associations he will donate part of his million and a half dollars earned streaming on Twitch.